Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies:
It is a great pleasure for me to announce that the President's Awards for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service are being made to these members of the career service:
SAMUEL M. COHN, Assistant Director for Budget Review, Office of Management and Budget.
U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, Career Ambassador, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State.
DR. EDWARD F. KNIPLING, Director, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture.
DR. FRED LEONARD, Scientific Director, Army Medical Biomechanical Research Laboratory, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Department of the Army.
GEORGE H. WILLIS, Deputy to the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of the Treasury.
These individuals are outstanding among the many men and women who serve their country and fellow citizens with great distinction. Their exceptional achievements have moved the Nation for-. ward in such diverse fields as budgeting and finance, international relations, environmental science, lifesaving surgical techniques, and the world's monetary system. I know all of you share my gratitude for their superlative, although usually anonymous services to their country.
RICHARD NIXON
Note: The memorandum was dated May 4, 1971, and released May 5.
The President presented the awards for 1971 in a ceremony at the White House on May 5.
Richard Nixon, Memorandum Announcing Recipients of the Federal Civilian Service Awards. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/239933