The Office of Strategic Services Society, formerly known as the Veterans of the OSS, is a 501(c)(3) organization nonprofit association of veterans of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), their families, and other members dedicated to preserving the legacy of the famed intelligence agency.
The Veterans of the OSS was founded in 1947 by General William J. Donovan in New York City, and based there for 50 years. In 1997, the name OSS Society was adopted, and the Society moved to Washington, DC.
The OSS Society is currently in efforts with other IC organizations to create a National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations in Virginia.
In 2016, the OSS Society successfully negotiated, in coordination with the State Department and the National Park Service, to have the E Street Complex awarded the status of National Historic Place by the National Register of Historic Places.
Honorable chairs
David Petraeus Ross Perot James R. Schlesinger William H. Webster John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim Paul E. Lefebvre
John D. Bennett Bryan D. Brown Charles T. Cleveland Robert M. Gates Porter J. Goss Gina C. Haspel Ronald D. Johnson James N. Mattis Ellen E. McCarthy William H. McRaven Eric T. Olson Leon E. Panetta Norton A. Schwartz Joseph L. Votel William H. Webster James Woolsey Jr. Daniel Yoo
Awards
William J. Donovan Award Distinguished Service Award Hugh Montgomery Award Peter Ortiz Award Virginia Hall Award John Waller Award Stanley Lovell Award
Donovan Award winners
1961 Allen W. Dulles 1963 John J. McCloy 1964 William W. Quinn 1965 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1966 Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1967 Everett McKinley Dirksen 1969 J. Russell Forgan 1970 The Astronauts of Apollo 11 1971 David K.E. Bruce 1974 William J. Casey 1977 Ambassador Robert D. Murphy 1979 Jacques Chaban-Delmas 1981 Margaret Thatcher 1982 John A. McCone 1983 Richard Helms 1983 Sir William Stephenson 1986 Ronald W. Reagan 1991 George H.W. Bush 1993 Dr. Carl F. Eifler 1995 William E. Colby 2004 Dr. Ralph J. Bunche 2005 William H. Webster 2009 David H. Petraeus 2010 Ross Perot 2011 Eric T. Olson, USN (Ret.) 2012 Robert M. Gates 2013 William H. McRaven 2014 Leon E. Panetta 2015 Hugh Montgomery 2016 Norton A. Schwartz 2017 Michael G. Vickers 2018 Gina C. Haspel 2019 James N. Mattis 2022 George J. Tenet 2023 William J. Burns
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