AWARDS & HONORARY DEGREES


Awards Received by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Gimble National Award presented by Gimble Philadelphia Awards Committee, May 5, 1982

1981 National Service Medal presented by Freedoms Foundation, June 10, 1982

Service to Democracy Award presented by American Assembly, November 23, 1982

President's Special Award presented by New York Women's Bar Association, May 9, 1984

Elizabeth Blackwell Award presented by Hobart and William Smith Colleges, March 8, 1985

1985 Mortar Board National Citation Award presented by Mortar Board, Inc.,
July 25, 1985

Marshall Visitor Award presented by International House, March 19, 1986

Thomas Jefferson Award in Law presented by University of Virginia, April 13, 1987

Jane Addams Award presented by Rockford College, Washington, D.C., May 8, 1987

Distinguished Public Service Award presented by Maricopa County Bar Association, May 25, 1987

Golden Plate Award presented by American Academy of Achievement, June 27, 1987 

Achievement Award presented by American Association of University Women's Educational Foundation, June 25, 1988

Bess Wallace Truman Award presented by Junior Service League of Independence, Missouri, May 3, 1990

Award of Merit presented by Stanford Law School, September 22, 1990

Judge William Green Award for Professional Excellence presented by the University of Richmond, October 10, 1990

Centennial Medal presented by Daughters of the American Revolution, April 15, 1991

Ohio State Law Award presented by Ohio State University, May 12, 1992

Brandeis Medal Award presented by the University of Louisville School of Law, May 4, 1992

Gold Good Citizenship Medal presented by Sons of the American Revolution, October 23, 1992

Fordham-Stein Prize presented by Fordham University, October 27, 1992

Learned Hand Medal presented by the Federal Bar Council Law Day Dinner, May 4, 1993

Distinguished Citizen Award presented by the University of Arizona College of Law,
May 22, 1993

General Omar N. Bradley Spirit of Independence Award presented by the Sports Foundation December 30, 1993

Government Communicator Award in public service presented by The Advertising Council Inc., Library of Congress Great Hall, May 8, 1995

Distinguished Achievement Award presented by Arizona State University, September 22, 1995

Frances Willard Munds Award presented at the Arizona 75th Anniversary of Woman Suffrage Task Force, September 23, 1995

National Women's Hall of Fame Award presented by the Board of Directors of the National Women’s Hall of Fame, October 14, 1995 (Chief Judge Michael A. Telesca accepted the award on behalf of Justice O’Connor).

Brien McMahon Memorial Award presented by Fordham University Club, October 25, 1995

Congressional Families Action for Cancer Awareness award presented by the Congressional Families Advisory Board, September 28, 1995

The Henry Clay Medallion presented by the Henry Clay Society October 1, 1996

Sandra Day O'Connor Medal of Honor presented by Seton Hall University School of Law, November 26, 1996

Sandra Day O’Connor Award presented by Arizona Womens’ Foundation, April 5, 1997

Janet Reno Torchbearer Award presented by the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, May 14, 1997

American Bar Association Medal presented by The American Bar Association, August 2, 1997

Maggie Sloan Crawford Award presented by the Olivet Nazarene University,
October 29, 1997

Sara Lee Frontrunner Award presented by the Sara Lee Foundation, November 6, 1997.

Ellen Browning Scripps Medal presented by Scripps College for Women, March 10, 1998

Mary Harriman Award presented by the Association of Junior Leagues International,
May 2, 1998

Cosmos Club Award presented by the Cosmos Club, May 7, 1998

Baldwin Public Service Award presented by Quinnipiac College Law School, October 19, 1998

First Ladies Salute First Women Award presented by the National First Ladies’ Library, March 16, 1999

Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award presented by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, July 9, 2000

Western Heritage Award presented by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, April 21, 2001

Carol Los Mansmann Award for Distinguished Public Service presented by Duquesne University School of Law, September 21, 2001

Will Rogers Memorial Award presented by the New Mexico Military Institute, January 19, 2002

Induction in the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame Medal, presented by the National Cowgirl Museum, June 7, 2002

Benjamin Franklin Award for Distinguished Public Service presented by The American Philosophical Society, April 25, 2003

Theodore Roosevelt American Experience Award presented by Union League Club, May 5, 2003

Philadelphia Liberty Medal presented by the National Constitution Center, July 4, 2003

Award for World Justice presented by Southern Center for International Studies, October 28, 2003

The Ruth Batner Miller Memorial Award for Excellence in American History presented by Friends of the Concord Free Public Library, November 8, 2003

Role Model of the Year Award presented by Jobs for America’s Graduates, Inc., December 4, 2003

Judicial Honoree of the Year award presented by The Bar Association of the District of Columbia, December 6, 2003

The Elliot L. Richardson Prize for Excellence in Public Service presented by Council for Court Excellence, March 8, 2004

Publius Award presented by Center for the Study of the Presidency, April 23, 2004

2004 Women’s Leadership Award presented by The Women’s Leadership Forum, May 25, 2004

Distinguished Career Award presented by the Arizona Bar Association, June 11, 2004

2004 National Jefferson Award in the Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official category presented by American Institute for Public Service, June 22, 2004

U. S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official presented by the American Institute for Public Service and the Jefferson Awards, June 22, 2004

Aspen Institute Public Service Award presented by The Aspen Institute, August 7, 2004

The Gold Medal Award presented by Union League of Philadelphia, November 18, 2004

Chesterfield Smith Award presented by Street Law, Inc., April 5, 2005

Frederick A.P. Barnard Award presented by Barnard College - Columbia University, April 12, 2005

Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award presented by The Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation, May 6, 2005

Benjamin Franklin Creativity Laureate Prize presented by The Creativity Foundation, May 20, 2005

West Point Sylvanus Thayer Award presented by The Association of Graduates United States Military Academy, October 20, 2005.

Joan and David Lincoln Award for Public Virtue presented by The Joan and David Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, October 22, 2005

The Compass Award presented by the National Constitution Center, November 15, 2005

Rita C. Davidson Award presented by the Women’s Bar Association of Maryland, November 17, 2005

Life Time Achievement Award presented by the National Association of Women Judges Association, March 6, 2006

Lincoln Leadership Prize presented by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, October 28, 2006

Silver Anniversary Leadership Award presented by the YWCA of Tucson, February 9, 2007

George P. Shultz Distinguished Public Service Award presented by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, March 2, 2007

Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award presented by Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, November 13, 2007

2007 Gold Medal Award presented by The National Institute of Social Sciences, November 13, 2007

2008 Gold Medal Award presented by the New York State Bar Association, February 2, 2008

Ford’s Theatre Lincoln Medal presented by Ford’s Theatre Society, February 10, 2008

2008 Reagan Distinguished American Award presented by Jonathan Club, February 27, 2008

Harry F. Byrd Class of 1935 Public Service Award presented by the Virginia Military Institute, March 26, 2008

2008 Trustees Council of Penn Women Beacon Award presented by Trustees Council of Penn Women, April 10, 2008

Wallace Stegner Award presented by the Center of the American West, University of Colorado, April 17, 2008

2008 Wickersham Award presented by the Friends of the Law Library of Congress, October 30, 2008

2009 Hendrick Fellowship Award presented by the United States Coast Guard Academy, April 9, 2009

2009 Paul H. Douglas Ethics in Government Award presented by the University of Illinois, May 18, 2009

Person of the Century Award presented by the Los Angeles Rotary Club, May 22, 2009

Radcliffe Institute Medal presented by Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, June 5, 2009

Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by President Barack Obama, August 12, 2009

The Richard Nelson Current Award presented by the Lincoln Forum, November 18, 2009

Rosalie Wynn Hearst Distinguished Public Service Award presented by the United States Senate Youth Alumni Association, March 5, 2010

The ABA Rule of Law Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, October 14, 2010

Senator William Proxmire Award 2009 presented by The Cooper Ridge Institute, October 15, 2010

 

Honorary Degrees Awarded to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Doctor of Laws awarded by Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina, May 1, 1982

Doctor of Laws awarded by Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, May 25, 1982

Doctor of Laws awarded by The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 31, 1982

Doctor of Laws awarded by Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1982

Doctor of Laws awarded by Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, May 29, 1983

Doctor of Laws awarded by Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland, February 18, 1984

Doctor of Laws, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, May 11, 1984

Doctor of Laws, Fordham University, New York, New York, October 24, 1984

Doctor of Laws, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, May 18, 1985

Doctorate of Laws, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, May 25, 1985

Doctor of Laws, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., May 26, 1986

Doctor of Laws, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, October 28, 1986

Doctor of Laws, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota,  November 20, 1987

Doctor of Humane Letters, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, May 14, 1989

Doctor of Laws, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1989

Doctor of Laws, University of Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware, September 28, 1990

Doctor of Laws, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, May 18, 1991

Doctor of Laws, New York Law School, New York, New York, June 10, 1992

Doctor of Laws, Willamette College of Law, Salem, Oregon, September 10, 1992

Doctor of Laws, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, April 3, 1993

Doctor of Laws, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, August 11, 1994

Doctor of Laws, Southwestern University, Los Angeles, California, May 21, 1995

Doctor of Civil Law, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, May 12, 1996.

Doctor of Laws, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, May 25, 1996

Doctor of Laws, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 14, 1996

Doctor of Public Service, The South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, May 4, 1999

Doctor of Laws, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C, May 23, 1999

Doctor of Laws, The Citadel Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, April 4, 2000

Doctor of Laws, The George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, May 20, 2000,

Doctor of Laws, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D. C., May 25, 2003

Doctor of International Law, Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management, Washington, D. C., June 10, 2003

Doctor of Laws, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 12, 2004

Doctor of Laws, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, May 23, 2004

Doctor of Laws, Yeshiva University, Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York, June 1, 2004

Doctor of Laws, Yale University, Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, May 22, 2006

Doctor of Laws, Elon University School of Law, Greensboro, North Carolina, September 19, 2006

Doctor of Laws, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, May 18, 2008

Doctor of Humane Letters, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, October 15, 2008

Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa, Keio University at Tokyo, Japan, December 12, 2008

Doctor of Laws, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, September 17, 2009

Doctor of Laws, State  University of New York at Binghamton, New York City, New York, November 4, 2009