• Source: List of awards and honors received by Jimmy Carter

U.S. President Jimmy Carter (born October 1, 1924) has received numerous accolades, awards, and honorary degrees. Several places, institutions, and other things have been named for him.




Honorary doctorates


Doctor of Laws : Morehouse College, 1972; Morris Brown College, 1972; University of Notre Dame, 1977; Emory University, 1979; Kwansei Gakuin University, 1981; Georgia Southwestern College, 1981; New York Law School, 1985; Bates College, 1985; Centre College, 1987; Creighton University, 1987; University of Pennsylvania, 1998; Queen's University, 2012
Doctor of Engineering : Georgia Institute of Technology, 1979
Doctor of Philosophy : Weizmann Institute of Science, 1980; Tel Aviv University, 1983; University of Haifa, 1987
Doctor of Humane Letters : Central Connecticut State University, 1985; Trinity College, 1998; Hoseo University, 1998; George Mason University, 2024
Doctor : G.O.C. University, Haiti, 1995; University of Juba, 2002
Doctor of Civil Law : University of Oxford, on 20 June 2007
Doctor of Humanities : Hong Kong Baptist University, 2011; Liberty University, on 19 May 2018




Honorary Fellow


Honorary Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2007
Honorary Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford, 2007
He was made an honorary member of The Phi Beta Kappa Society at Kansas State University in 1991.




Accolades


Among the honors Carter has received are the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Others include:

Freedom of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1977
Silver Buffalo Award, Boy Scouts of America, 1978
Gold Medal, International Institute for Human Rights, 1979
International Mediation medal, American Arbitration Association, 1979
Martin Luther King Jr., Nonviolent Peace Prize, 1979
International Human Rights Award, Synagogue Council of America, 1979
Foreign Language Advocate Award, Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 1979
Conservationist of the Year Award, 1979
Harry S. Truman Public Service Award, 1981
Ansel Adams Conservation Award, Wilderness Society, 1982
Human Rights Award, International League of Human Rights, 1983
World Methodist Peace Award, 1985
Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, 1987
Edwin C. Whitehead Award, National Center for Health Education, 1989
S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen, Jefferson Awards, 1990
Liberty Medal, National Constitution Center, 1990
Spirit of America Award, National Council for the Social Studies, 1990
Physicians for Social Responsibility Award, 1991
Aristotle Prize, Alexander S. Onassis Foundation, 1991
W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, 1992
Spark M. Matsunaga Medal of Peace, US Institute of Peace, 1993
Humanitarian Award, CARE International, 1993
Conservationist of the Year Medal, National Wildlife Federation, 1993
Audubon Medal, National Audubon Society, 1994
Rotary Award for World Understanding, 1994
J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, 1994
National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Award, 1994
UNESCO Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, 1994
Grand-Cross of the Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa of Panama, 1995
Four Freedoms Award; Freedom Medal, 1995
Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Award, Africare, 1996
Humanitarian of the Year, GQ Awards, 1996
Kiwanis International Humanitarian Award, 1996
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, 1997
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Awards for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 1997
United Nations Human Rights Award, 1998
The Hoover Medal, 1998
The Delta Prize for Global Understanding, Delta Air Lines & The University of Georgia, 1999
International Child Survival Award, UNICEF Atlanta, 1999
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1999
William Penn Mott Jr., Park Leadership Award, National Parks Conservation Association, 2000
Zayed International Prize for the Environment, 2001
Jonathan M. Daniels Humanitarian Award, VMI, 2001
Herbert Hoover Humanitarian Award, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 2001
Christopher Award, 2002
Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography or Autobiography, 2002
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 2007
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, the University of Georgia, 2006
Berkeley Medal, University of California campus, May 2, 2007
International Award for Excellence and Creativity, Palestinian Authority, 2009
Mahatma Gandhi Global Nonviolence Award, Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence, James Madison University (shared with his wife, Rosalynn Carter)
Recipient of 2009 American Peace Award along with Rosalynn Carter
International Catalonia Award 2010
Knight-Grand-Cross of the Order of the Crown of Belgium, by Royal Decree of King Albert II of the Belgians, 2011
International Advocate for Peace award, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution at Cardozo School of Law, 2013
The O'Connor Justice Prize, 2015.
The President's Medal, Emory University, 2015
Liberty and Justice For All Award, LBJ Foundation, 2016
The Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero of Panama, 2016
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 2016
Georgia Hunting and Fishing Hall of Fame, 2016
Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín, 2017
Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service, 2017
Bill Foege Global Health Award, 2018
Induction into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame, the University of Georgia, 2018
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 2019
Tzedek v’Shalom award, J Street, 2021




Namesakes






= Navy submarine

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In 1998, the U.S. Navy named the third and last Seawolf-class submarine the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) in honor of former President Carter and his service as a submariner officer. It became one of the first Navy vessels to be named for a person living at the time of naming.




= Fish species

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In 2002, a fish species was given a scientific name after him, the bluegrass darter (Etheostoma jimmycarter), for his environmental leadership and accomplishments in the areas of national energy policy and wilderness protection, and his lifelong commitment to social justice and basic human rights.




= U.S. Naval Academy building

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In February 2023, the United States Naval Academy changed the name of its engineering building from Maury Hall to Carter Hall in honor of the former president and Naval Academy graduate. The building was previously named for Matthew Fontaine Maury, an oceanographer and U.S. naval officer who gave up his commission to fight against the United States by serving as a naval officer and diplomatic envoy to England for the Confederacy.




Grammy Awards


President Carter has been nominated for the Grammy Awards 10 times in the Best Spoken Word Album category, winning three times.

His win in 2019 at the age of 94 years and 132 days made him the third oldest person to win a Grammy. The current record holder is Pinetop Perkins, who was 97 when he won a Grammy in 2011 (one month before his death). Carter is the oldest still-living Grammy winner.




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