Marge and Bill Watson Endowment for the William C. Watson Jr. Medal of Excellence

The CDC Medal of Excellence was established in 1977 as the premiere service award for CDC employees and was renamed for Bill Watson in 1985 on the occasion of his retirement from CDC. In 1999, Marge and Bill Watson established the Watson Endowment, which provides permanent funding for a cash award to be given by the Foundation to recipients of the Watson Medal of Excellence each year.