Sylvanus Thayer Award

The Sylvanus Thayer Award is the United States Military Academy's highest honor, awarded annually to a U.S. citizen whose service and accomplishments exemplify West Point's values of Duty, Honor, Country. Established in 1958 and named after Colonel Sylvanus Thayer—Superintendent of the Academy from 1817 to 1833 and widely regarded as the "Father of the Military Academy"—the award is the Academy’s closest equivalent to an honorary degree.

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