The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation awarded the 2004 Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service to Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld on August 9, 2004 at a dinner at the U.S. Capitol Building celebrating the 30th anniversary of President Ford taking the oath of office as 38th President of the United States.

Dr. Alan Greenspan was selected as the first recipient of the Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service in 2003