Caspar Weinberger - Awards

Awards

• Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987.
• Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1988, awarded in recognition for an "outstanding and invaluable" contribution to military cooperation between the UK and the US, particularly during the Falklands War of 1982.
• Weinberger was awarded the Gold Star Award by the International Strategic Studies Association for Outstanding Contributions to Strategic Progress Through Humanitarian Achievement.
• Caspar Weinberger was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame in 1981, the highest honor that can be bestowed on any graduate from the school.
• The Walter F. Patenge Medal of Public Service from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1975.