Guion Bluford - Awards and Decorations

Awards and Decorations

• USAF Command Pilot Astronaut Wings (1983);
• Defense Superior Service Medal (1984);
• Legion of Merit (1993);
• three Defense Meritorious Service Medals (1986, 1992 and 1993);
• Air Force Meritorious Service Medal (1978);
• Ten Air Force Air Medals (1967);
• Air Force Commendation Medal (1972);
• Three Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards (1967, 1970 and 1972);
• National Intelligence Medal of Achievement (1993);
• National Defense Service Medal (1965);
• Vietnam Service Medal (1967);
• Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm (1967);
• Vietnam Campaign Medal (1967);
• NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1994);
• NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1992);
• Four NASA Group Achievement Awards (1980, 1981, 1989, and 2003);
• NASA Space Flight Medals (1983, 1985, 1991 and 1992);
• German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Aviation Badge from the Federal Republic of West Germany (1969);
• Leadership Award of Phi Delta Kappa (1962);
• Jeremy Nicholson Negro Achievement Award (1969);
• T-38 Instructor Pilot of the Month (1970);
• Air Training Command Outstanding Flight Safety Award (1970);
• Air Force Institute of Technology's Mervin E. Gross Award (1974);
• Who's Who Among Black Americans (1975 to 1977);
• National Society of Black Engineers Distinguished National Scientist Award (1979);
• Pennsylvania State University Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award (1983), the Alumni Fellows Award (1986);
• Ebony Black Achievement Award (1983);
• NAACP Image Award (1983);
• City of Philadelphia's Philadelphia Bowl (1983);
• Who's Who in America (1983 to present);
• Pennsylvania Distinguished Service Medal (1984);
• New York City Urban League's Whitney Young Memorial Award;
• 1991 Black Engineer of the Year Award;
• Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) Komarov Diploma (1993);
• International Space Hall of Fame inductee (1997);
• U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inductee (2010);
• Air Force Institute of Technology Distinguished Alumni Award (2002);
• University of Houston-Clear Lake Distinguished Alumni Award (2003);
• The Pennsylvania Society Gold Medal (2011).

He also received honorary doctorate degrees from Florida A&M University, Texas Southern University, Virginia State University, Morgan State University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Tuskegee Institute, Bowie State College, Thomas Jefferson University, Chicago State University, Georgian Court University, Drexel University, Kent State University, Central State University and the University of the Sciences.