1. Honorary degrees

2. Accolades

3. Navy submarine

4. Fish species

5. Grammy Awards

6. References`

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

Honorary degrees

Carter has received honorary degrees from many American and foreign colleges and universities. They include:

• LL.D. (honoris causa) 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
• D.Eng (honoris causa) Georgia Institute of Technology, 1979
• Ph.D (honoris causa) Weizmann Institute of Science, 1980; Tel Aviv University, 1983; University of Haifa, 1987
• D.H.L. (honoris causa) Central Connecticut State University, 1985; Trinity College, 1998; Hoseo University, 1998
• Doctor (honoris causa) G.O.C. University, 1995; University of Juba, 2002
• Honorary Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2007^[1]
• Honorary Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford, 2007^[2]
• University of Oxford Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) on 20 June 2007^[3]
• Liberty University Doctor of Humanities (DH) on 19 May 2018^[4]

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^[5]
• 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^[6]
• 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^[7]
• 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 Freedom Award; Freedom Medal, 1995^[8]
• 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
• William Penn Mott, Jr., Park Leadership Award, National Parks Conservation Association, 2000^[9]
• 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^[10]
• Berkeley Medal, University of California campus, May 2, 2007
• International Award for Excellence and Creativity, Palestinian Authority, 2009^[11]
• 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^[12]
• 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^[13]
• 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 the Government of Panama, 2016
• Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 2016^[14]
• Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
• Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 2019^[15]

Navy submarine

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.^[16]

Fish species

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.^[17]

Grammy Awards

Mr Carter won three Grammy Awards in the Best Spoken Word Album category:^[18]

• 2019: Faith: A Journey For All
• 2016: A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
• 2007: Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis

In addition to these wins, Mr Carter was also nominated a further six times.

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

References`

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