Buster Sefor (1941–), 2011* Low Thian Seng, 2015 Garrett Serikawa (1932–2019), 2016 Doreen Simmons (1932–2018), 2017 Yosihiko H. Sinoto (1924–2017), 1995 Alfred Russell Stone (1902–1954), 1954 James Takemori (1926–2015), 2004 Seiichi Tanaka (1968– ), 2013 Alicia Terada, 2017 Rudolf Teusler (1876–1934) Ted Tsukiyama (1920–2019), 2001 Ronald Stewart Watt (1947– ), 2010 William Wheeler (1851–1932), 1924 Shuji Yagi (Shuho Bon Yagi), 2019 Akira Yoshizawa (1911–2005), 1983 6th Class, Silver Rays Fadi Aoun / Lebanon (2022) Henry Hajimu Fujii (1886–1976), 1971 Kuniichi Iwata (Specialist) (1919–2014), 1995 Bolesław Orliński (1899–1992), 1926 Fudeko Reekie, 2013 John Wilson (Captain) (1851–1899), 1895 Yun Chi-sung (1875–1936), 1905 7th Class, Green Paulownia Leaves Medal In 2003, the 7th and 8th levels – named for leaves of the Paulownia tree, long used as a mon (emblem) for the highest levels of Japanese society – were moved to a new and distinct order, the single-class Order of the Paulownia Flowers. Leonard Kubiak (1899–1939), 1926 Shōjiro Kuwazoe (1876-1953)https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/LYXL-XXQ(Mormon) 8th Class, white Paulownia Leaves Medal In 2003, the 7th and 8th levels – named for leaves of the Paulownia tree, long used as a mon (emblem) for the highest levels of Japanese society – were moved to a new and distinct order, the single-class Order of the Paulownia Flowers. Class unknown Aung San (1915–1947) Beneš, Edvard (1884–1948), 1928 Ralph T. Browning (1941–2018) Burzagli, Ernesto (1873–1944), 1906 Henry Clews (Awarded 1908) Craig, Albert M. (1988) de Bary, William Theodore (1993) Eichelberger, Robert Lawrence (1886–1961) Ellis, Alfred John (1915–2020), 1989 Fortescue, Granville Roland (1875–1952) Gibney, Frank B. (1924–2006), 1976 Józef Gieysztor Grondijs, Louis (1878–1961) Hosoya, Judayu (1840–1907) Ibrahim, Sultan of Johor (1873–1959) Knott, Cargill G. (1856–1922), 1891 Joy Kogawa (Awarded 2010) Wiesław Kotański, 1986 Kunz, George Frederick (1856–1932) Charles de Limburg Stirum (1906–1989) Henryk Lipszyc, 1992 McKenzie, Lionel W. (1995) Morrison, George F. (1867–1943) Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah, Sultan of Selangor (1893–1955) Ozaki Yukio (1858–1954) Paine, Godfrey (1871–1932), 1918 Patrick, Hugh Talbot 1994 Raymond, Rossiter W. (1840–1918) Takamine Hideo (1854–1910) Wasson, James R. (1847–1923), 1874 Franciszek Ziejka Ivan Ivanovich Zarubin (1822–1902), 1881 See also Order of merit: A list of orders by various states Systems of other states: Order of Civil Merit (Korea) Order of Chula Chom Klao and Order of the White Elephant (Thailand) Order of St. Michael and St. George (UK) Legion of Honour (France) Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Grand Merit Cross, Merit Cross and Merit Medal