John E. Svenson

The medal's obverse bears image of a sculpture of six birds flying up towards the sky.

The reverse bears view of office building with two palm trees and five smaller trees; clouds behind. Around top, PIERCE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; under building, HOME OFFICE / LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

Dick Johnson's reference work of American medallic art has this medal listed under Svenson and its obverse under Joseph di Lorenzo without further explanation. Maybe that means that the two cooperated on the medal or maybe it's a filing mistake (usually he mentions the form of cooperation as well as the fact that there was a cooperation).  For now, I have attributed this medal only to Svenson.

References:   MACo 1967-033

The medal's obverse bears heavily dressed pipeline worker in front of three panels of industrial imagery: pump stations at top, pipeline in middle, tanks and harbor with oil tanker at bottom. Signed at bottom, SVENSON

The medal's reverse bears legend only. Around and across, TRANS ALASKA PIPELINE / COMPLETION / & / START-UP / JUNE 20, 1977

The Alyeska Pipeline represents a triumph of engineering in the harshest weather conditions.  It connects the oil fields near Prudhoe Bay to the harbor at Valdez.  Constructed after all other attempts to transport the oil had failed, including specially equipped ice-breaking tankers, the pipeline is owned and operated by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.

The circular medal was struck in bronze by the Metalarts Company of Rochester, New York.