List of honors and awards received by Barack Obama

The following is a list of accolades and honors conferred upon the 44th U.S. President, Barack Obama.

Honorary degrees

State	Date	School	Degree
Illinois	June 4, 2005	Knox College	Doctor of Laws (LL.D)^[1] ^[2]
Massachusetts	June 2, 2006	University of Massachusetts Boston	Doctor of Laws (LL.D)^[3]
Illinois	June 16, 2006	Northwestern University	Doctor of Laws (LL.D)^[4]
Louisiana	August 13, 2006	Xavier University of Louisiana	Doctor of Laws (LL.D)^[5]
District of Columbia	May 12, 2007	Howard University	Doctor of Laws (LL.D)^[6]
New Hampshire	May 19, 2007	Southern New Hampshire University	Doctor of Laws (LL.D)^[7]
Connecticut	May 25, 2008	Wesleyan University	Doctor of Laws (LL.D)^[8] ^[9]
Indiana	May 17, 2009	University of Notre Dame	Doctor of Laws (LL.D) ^[10] ^[11]
Michigan	May 1, 2010	University of Michigan	Doctor of Laws (LL.D) ^[12]
Virginia	May 9, 2010	Hampton University	Doctor of Laws (LL.D) ^[13]
Ohio	May 5, 2013	Ohio State University	Doctor of Laws (LL.D) ^[14]
Georgia (U.S. state)	May 19, 2013	Morehouse College	Doctor of Laws (LL.D) ^[15]
District of Columbia	May 7, 2016	Howard University	Doctor of Science (D.Sc)^[16] ^[17]
New Jersey	May 15, 2016	Rutgers University	Doctor of Laws (LL.D)^[18] ^[19]

Awards

2005: Obama received NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award upon his election to the U.S. Senate
2006: Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards for abridged audiobook version of Dreams from My Father
2007: He received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction for Dreams from My Father.
2008: Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards for abridged audiobook version of The Audacity of Hope
2008: Harold Washington Award^[20] from the Congressional Black Caucus as well as the 2008 Phoenix Award from the CBC Foundation, Inc.^[21]
2008: His concession speech after the New Hampshire primary was set to music by independent artists as the music video "Yes We Can", which was viewed 10 million times on YouTube in its first month^[22] and received a Daytime Emmy Award.^[23]
2009: Nobel Peace Prize
2011: Transparency Award jointly offered by OMB Watch, the National Security Archive, the Project on Government Oversight, the Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press and OpenTheGovernment.org.^[24]^[25]
2013: NME Award for Hero of the Year
2013: Freedom of the City of Cape Town (jointly with Michelle Obama). The freedom scroll was accepted on their behalf by Acting U.S. Ambassador, Virginia Palmer.^[26]^[27]
2013: Israeli President's Medal of Distinction^[28]
2014: "Ambassador of Humanity" Award from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education^[29]
2017: Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.^[30]
7 May 2017: John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. ^[31] ^[32]
2 November 2017: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology's "Make It Loud" award for contributions as President supporting FIRST and STEM education^[33]

Namesakes

References

↑ "Commencement 2005 - Knox College News".
↑ https://www.knox.edu/about-knox/our-history/honorary-degrees
↑ "University of Massachusetts at Boston Commencement Address".
↑ "Commencement 2006: Sen. Obama to Address Grads". Northwestern University.
↑ "Sen. Obama addresses Xavier graduates". ’’USA Today’’.
↑ https://www.howard.edu/secretary/convocations/recipients-year.htm
↑ "SNHU Commencement with Sen. Barack Obama". Southern New Hampshire University. Archived from the original on 2007-07-04.
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkeSaKZTsHo
↑ "Obama encourages public service in commencement address".
↑ Dame, ENR/PAZ // University Communications: Web // University of Notre. "President Obama to deliver Notre Dame's Commencement address // News // Notre Dame News // University of Notre Dame".
↑ http://commencement.nd.edu/assets/230272/honorary_degrees_archive_by_alpha.pdf
↑ https://president.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/03/Honorary-Degrees-1836-Present.pdf
↑ http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/Obama-Tells-HU-Grads-to-be-Role-Models-and-Mentors
↑ https://www.osu.edu/universityawards/dsa/honorary.html
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e50Tt9qJRQk
↑ https://www.howard.edu/secretary/convocations/recipients-year.htm
↑ "Commencement 2016 Recap | Howard University". www2.howard.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
↑ http://universitysecretary.rutgers.edu/degrees?page=8
↑ "Commencement 2016 | Rutgers University". Retrieved 2016-05-15.
↑ Stewart, Nikita (28 September 2008). "Obama Hails Those Who Paved His Way" – via washingtonpost.com.
↑ "Senator Barack Obama Receives Phoenix Award at ALC ’08 Gala Dinner", Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (September 29, 2008), via Archive.org
↑ Strange, Hannah (March 5, 2008). "Celebrities join YouTube revolution". The Times. London. Retrieved December 18, 2008. (subscription required)
↑ Wappler, Margaret (June 20, 2008). "Emmys give knuckle bump to will.i.am; more videos on the way". Los Angeles Times blogs. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
↑ "President Receives Transparency Award from Open-Government Coalition". 7 April 2011.
↑ Phillip, Abby (March 30, 2011). "Shh! Obama gets anti-secrecy award". Politico.
↑ "Acting US Ambassador accepts scroll for Freedom of the City on behalf of the Obamas". Politicsweb. June 9, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013.
↑ Cronje, Jan (May 27, 2013). "Award for Obamas 'not a game'". IOL News. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013.
↑ Cashman, Greer (March 21, 2013). "Peres bestows on Obama the Medal of Distinction". Jerusalem Post.
↑ Grossberg, Josh."USC Shoah Foundation and Steven Spielberg Honor President Barack Obama with Ambassador for Humanity Award", USC Shoah Foundation (May 7, 2014).
↑ Lamothe, Dan. "Obama got the Pentagon’s medal for distinguished public service, and Sarah Palin didn’t like it", Washington Post (January 5, 2017).
↑ https://www.jfklibrary.org/Events-and-Awards/Profile-in-Courage-Award/Award-Recipients.aspx
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
↑ "FIRST Honors President Barack Obama, Commits to Closing STEM Equity Gap". FIRST. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2018-04-22.

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[1] "Commencement 2005 - Knox College News".

[2] ttps://www.knox.edu/about-knox/our-history/honorary-degrees

[3] "University of Massachusetts at Boston Commencement Address".

[4] "Commencement 2006: Sen. Obama to Address Grads". Northwestern University.

[5] "Sen. Obama addresses Xavier graduates". ’’USA Today’’.

[6] ttps://www.howard.edu/secretary/convocations/recipients-year.htm

[7] "SNHU Commencement with Sen. Barack Obama". Southern New Hampshire University. Archived from the original on 2007-07-04.

[8] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkeSaKZTsHo

[9] "Obama encourages public service in commencement address".

[10] Dame, ENR/PAZ // University Communications: Web // University of Notre. "President Obama to deliver Notre Dame's Commencement address // News // Notre Dame News // University of Notre Dame".

[11] ttp://commencement.nd.edu/assets/230272/honorary_degrees_archive_by_alpha.pdf

[12] ttps://president.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/03/Honorary-Degrees-1836-Present.pdf

[13] ttp://news.hamptonu.edu/release/Obama-Tells-HU-Grads-to-be-Role-Models-and-Mentors

[14] ttps://www.osu.edu/universityawards/dsa/honorary.html

[15] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e50Tt9qJRQk

[16] ttps://www.howard.edu/secretary/convocations/recipients-year.htm

[17] "Commencement 2016 Recap | Howard University". www2.howard.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-09.

[18] ttp://universitysecretary.rutgers.edu/degrees?page=8

[19] "Commencement 2016 | Rutgers University". Retrieved 2016-05-15.

[20] Stewart, Nikita (28 September 2008). "Obama Hails Those Who Paved His Way" – via washingtonpost.com.

[21] "Senator Barack Obama Receives Phoenix Award at ALC ’08 Gala Dinner", Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (September 29, 2008), via Archive.org

[22] Strange, Hannah (March 5, 2008). "Celebrities join YouTube revolution". The Times. London. Retrieved December 18, 2008. (subscription required)

[23] Wappler, Margaret (June 20, 2008). "Emmys give knuckle bump to will.i.am; more videos on the way". Los Angeles Times blogs. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

[24] "President Receives Transparency Award from Open-Government Coalition". 7 April 2011.

[25] Phillip, Abby (March 30, 2011). "Shh! Obama gets anti-secrecy award". Politico.

[26] "Acting US Ambassador accepts scroll for Freedom of the City on behalf of the Obamas". Politicsweb. June 9, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013.

[27] Cronje, Jan (May 27, 2013). "Award for Obamas 'not a game'". IOL News. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013.

[28] Cashman, Greer (March 21, 2013). "Peres bestows on Obama the Medal of Distinction". Jerusalem Post.

[29] Grossberg, Josh."USC Shoah Foundation and Steven Spielberg Honor President Barack Obama with Ambassador for Humanity Award", USC Shoah Foundation (May 7, 2014).

[30] Lamothe, Dan. "Obama got the Pentagon’s medal for distinguished public service, and Sarah Palin didn’t like it", Washington Post (January 5, 2017).

[31] ttps://www.jfklibrary.org/Events-and-Awards/Profile-in-Courage-Award/Award-Recipients.aspx

[32] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-04-08.

[33] "FIRST Honors President Barack Obama, Commits to Closing STEM Equity Gap". FIRST. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2018-04-22.