Washburn native to receive Rough Rider Award
BY ALYSSA MEIER
Editor
A Washburn native and former retired U.S. Secret Service agent is set to become the 44th recipient of the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award.
Governor Doug Burgum announced in a press release last week that Clint Hill will be the next recipient of the Rough Rider Award, the state’s highest citizen honor.
“Clint Hill is an exceptional North Dakotan who has risked his life and health time and time again to protect our nation and its commander in chief,” Burgum said. “During his 17-year career with the U.S. Secret Service, he stood guard over the nation’s highest office through the many extraordinary and unprecedented historical events that occurred from the beginning of the Cold War through the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s. His exemplary record of service at the highest level of national security continues to inspire pride and respect among North Dakotans, and we are deeply grateful for his lifetime of service.”
According to the press release, Hill is a Washburn native and graduate of Concordia college in Moorhead, Minn. With degrees in history and physical education, Hill intended to be a teacher and coach, but was drafted into the U.S. Army. He served as a Special Agent in the Army Counter Intelligence Corps until his honorable discharge.
