treasurer in 1961. Awards Despite never pursuing post-secondary education, Dodge was awarded Honorary Doctorates of Law from Wayne and Michigan Universities. Also, for his accomplishments as financial adviser to the Office of Military Government in Berlin and as General Lucius D. Clay's finance director for American forces in Germany, Dodge was awarded the Medal of Merit on September 18, 1946. Later, he was awarded the Exceptional Civilian Service Medal in 1950, by the Department of the Army, "for making possible a stabilization program unparalleled in modern history" (more specifically for his economic stabilization plans in Japan). Three years before his death, Dodge was decorated with the Grand Cordon Order of the Rising Sun by Emperor Hirohito on the tenth anniversary of Japan's postwar independence, on April 28, 1962, in recognition of his services. References External links Papers of Joseph M. Dodge, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library 1890 births 1964 deaths American bank presidents Businesspeople from Detroit Directors of the Office of Management and Budget Eisenhower administration cabinet members American expatriates in Japan Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun 20th-century American businesspeople American expatriates in Germany