Intelligence Medal of Merit

The Intelligence Medal of Merit is awarded by the Central Intelligence Agency for performance of especially meritorious service or for achievement conspicuously above normal duties.

Notable recipients

 * Gust Avrakotos
 * I. Nathan Briggs
 * George W. Cave
 * John Chambers (1923–2001) Hollywood make-up artist involved in Canadian Caper during 1979 Iran hostage crisis (aka Jerome Calloway )
 * Charles Cogan
 * Gene A. Coyle
 * Peter Earnest
 * Richard G. Fecteau
 * Robert Gates
 * Gina Haspel
 * John J. Hicks, former director of National Photographic Interpretation Center; for his work during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
 * J.B.E. Hittle
 * Stephen Kasarda
 * Mark Kelton, former deputy director of the National Clandestine Service for Counterintelligence
 * George V. Lauder
 * Harry E. Mason
 * Edmund H. Nowinski (twice)
 * James Olson
 * Jerrold Post
 * Robert Schaller
 * James D. Skinner
 * Frank Snepp
 * John Stockwell
 * Elizabeth Sudmeier
 * David O. Sullivan
 * Al Ulmer
 * Charles Wilson, first non-Agency Officer to be awarded the Medal