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The Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award is an award presented by the governor of the state of North Dakota. It is bestowed upon prominent North Dakotans.

Recipients

Note: date in parentheses indicates date of award

  • Lawrence Welk, entertainer (August 28, 1961)
  • Dorothy Stickney, actress (November 2, 1961)
  • Ivan Dmitri, artist (April 13, 1962)
  • Roger Maris, athlete (January 4, 1964)
  • Eric Sevareid, journalist (April 17, 1964)
  • General Harold K. Johnson, military service (April 23, 1965)
  • Dr. Anne H. Carlsen, educator (September 9, 1966)
  • Edward K. Thompson, journalist (April 19, 1968)
  • Dr. Robert Henry Bahmer, archivist (July 28, 1970)
  • Louis L'Amour, author (May 26, 1972)
  • Bertin C. Gamble, entrepreneur, founder of Gamble-Skogmo (October 20, 1972)
  • Casper Oimoen, athlete (February 12, 1973)
  • Peggy Lee, entertainer (May 23, 1975)
  • Harold Schafer, entrepreneur (July 4, 1975)
  • Era Bell Thompson, journalist (August 14, 1976)
  • Dr. Leon Orris Jacobson, physician (October 1, 1976)
  • Elizabeth Bodine, humanitarian (July 27, 1979)
  • Clifford "Fido" Purpur, athlete (May 16, 1981)
  • Phyllis Frelich, actress (April 27, 1981)
  • General David C. Jones, military service (May 21, 1982)
  • Ronald N. Davies, judge (June 11, 1987)
  • Phil Jackson, athlete (July 30, 1992)
  • Larry Woiwode, author (October 23, 1992)
  • Angie Dickinson, actress (December 2, 1992)
  • Reverend Richard C. Halverson, minister (March 26, 1994)
  • Brynhild Haugland, legislator (March 20, 1995)
  • Admiral William A. Owens, military service (January 29, 1996)
  • Carl Ben Eielson, pioneer aviator (August 26, 1997)
  • Warren Christopher, public servant (June 20, 1998)
  • Bobby Vee, entertainer (June 20, 1999)
  • Chester "Chet" Reiten, entrepreneur (October 8, 2002)
  • Thomas J. Clifford, educator (November 23, 2002)
  • Sister Thomas Welder, educator (May 1, 2004)
  • Harry J. Pearce, business leader (August 11, 2004)
  • William C. Marcil, business leader (May 18, 2006)
  • Woodrow W. Keeble, World War II and Korean War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient (July 23, 2009)
  • Doug Burgum, entrepreneur and philanthropist (November 20, 2009)
  • Ronald D. Offutt, Agribusiness Leader and Philanthropist , founder of RDO Equipment Company (September 15, 2011)
  • Louise Erdrich, author (April 19, 2013)
  • Herman Stern, humanitarian, social and economic activist, businessman, visionary and director of the North Dakota Winter Show, Holocaust rescuer (March 13, 2014)
  • Gerald W. VandeWalle, judge (January 7, 2014)
  • John D. Odegard, aviation pioneer (October 15, 2015)

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