Rough Rider Award

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The Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award is an award presented by the governor of the state of North Dakota to prominent North Dakotans. The award "recognizes present and former North Dakotans who have been influenced by the state in achieving national recognition in their fields of endeavor, thereby reflecting credit and honor upon North Dakota and its citizens." [1]

It has been awarded to 50 North Dakotans since its establishment in 1961 under Governor William L. Guy. [2]

Recipients

NameRationaleDate of Award
Lawrence Welk Career as an entertainerAugust 28, 1961
Dorothy Stickney Career as an actressNovember 2, 1961
Ivan Dmitri Career as an artistApril 13, 1962
Roger Maris Career as an athleteJanuary 4, 1964
Eric Sevareid Career as a journalistApril 17, 1964
General Harold K. Johnson Military service, 24th Chief of Staff of the U. S. ArmyApril 23, 1965
Dr. Anne H. Carlsen Career as an educatorSeptember 9, 1966
Edward K. Thompson Career as a journalistApril 19, 1968
Dr. Robert Henry Bahmer Career as an archivist, 4th Archivist of the United StatesJuly 28, 1970
Louis L'Amour Career as an authorMay 26, 1972
Bertin C. Gamble Career as an entrepreneurOctober 20, 1972
Casper Oimoen Career as an athleteFebruary 12, 1973
Peggy Lee Career as an entertainerMay 23, 1975
Harold Schafer Career as an entrepreneurJuly 4, 1975
Era Bell Thompson Career as a journalistAugust 14, 1976
Dr. Leon Orris Jacobson Career as a physicianOctober 1, 1976
Elizabeth Bodine Humanitarian activitiesJuly 27, 1979
Phyllis Frelich Career as an actressApril 27, 1981
Clifford "Fido" Purpur Career as an athleteMay 16, 1981
General David C. Jones Military service, 9th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffMay 21, 1982
Ronald N. Davies Career as a juristJune 11, 1987
Phil Jackson Career as an athlete and coachJuly 30, 1992
Larry Woiwode Career as an authorOctober 23, 1992
Angie Dickinson Career as an actressDecember 2, 1992
Reverend Richard C. Halverson Career as a clergyman, 60th Chaplain of the U. S. SenateMarch 26, 1994
Brynhild Haugland Career as a legislatorMarch 20, 1995
Admirial William A. Owens Military service, 3rd Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffJanuary 29, 1996
Carl Ben Eielson Career as an aviatorAugust 26, 1997
Warren Christopher Career as a public servantJune 20, 1998
Bobby Vee Career as an entertainerJune 20, 1999
Chester "Chet" Reiten Career as an entrepreneurOctober 8, 2002
Thomas J. Clifford Career as an educatorNovember 23, 2002
Sister Thomas Welder Career as an educatorMay 1, 2004
Harry J. Pearce Career as a businessmanAugust 11, 2004
William C. Marcil Career as a businessmanMay 18, 2006
Woodrow W. Keeble Military service, Medal of Honor recipientJuly 23, 2009
Doug Burgum Career as an entrepreneur and philanthropistNovember 20, 2009
Ronald D. Offutt Career as an entrepreneur and philanthropistSeptember 15, 2011
Louise Erdrich Career as an authorApril 19, 2013
Herman Stern Career as a businessman, activist, and humanitarianMarch 13, 2004
Gerald W. VandeWalle Career as a jurist, 43rd Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme CourtJanuary 7, 2014
John D. Odegard Career in aviation and educationOctober 15, 2015
Eugene Dahl Career as a businessman and entrepreneurOctober 28, 2016
Clint Hill Career as a U. S. Secret Service agentOctober 5, 2018
Monique Lamoureux and Jocelyne Lamoureux Careers as athletes, Olympic gold medalistsJuly 14, 2021
Dr. Merton B. Utgaard Career as an educator, founder of International Music Camp July 29, 2022
Virgil Hill Career as an athleteOctober 30, 2023
James Buchli Career as an aviator and astronautJuly 30, 2024
Steve D. Scheel Career as an entrepreneur and philanthropistNovember 26, 2024 [3]

Sources

  1. "Burgum presents 50th Rough Rider Award to SCHEELS chairman emeritus Steve D. Scheel in Fargo", North Dakota Office of the Governor
  2. "Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award". North Dakota Office of the Governor. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. Hjelmstad, Gretchen (2024-11-26). "Steve Scheel honored with Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved 2024-11-26.

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