Rough Rider Award

The Roughrider 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 (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, entrepreneur (November 23, 2002)
• Sister Thomas Welder, educator (May 1, 2004)
• Harry J. Pearce, business leader (August 11, 2004)