Honorary Awards 1952 - 1983

Complete Listing of Honorary Awards 1952 - 1983


1952
Award of merit, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, New York chapter

1954
Gran premio, TRIENNALE Dl MILANO, Italy

1955
Award of merit, U.S. MARINE CORPS, (civilian)
Centennial Award, and Citation, MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE

1957
Gran premio, TRIENNALE Dl MILANO, Italy

1958
Gold medal, SCARAB, National Architectural Society

1960
Frank P. Brown medal, FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
Roy Edwin Crummer Award, CRUMMER SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Gold medal, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Philadelphia chapter

1963
Allied professions gold medal, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
Plomado de Oro award, SOCIETY OF MEXICAN ARCHITECTS

1964
Gold key laureate, DELTA PHI DELTA National fine arts honor society
Medal for Notable Creative Achievement, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY

1966
Award of Achievement, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA

1967
Alumnus Honoris Causa, ASBESTOS--DANVILLE--SHIPTON HIGH SCHOOL
Appreciation Award, MENSA
Appreciation Award, YOUNG PRESIDENT'S ORGANIZATION, Western Area Conference
Centennial Award, BOSTON SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS
Honorary Citizen, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
Leadership Award, ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE
Order of Lincoln medal, LINCOLN ACADEMY OF ILLINOIS
The Fifth Thanksgiving Award, CLARKE COLLEGE
Golden Eagle Award for Excellence in Film, COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL NON-THEATRICAL EVENTS

1968
Award for excellence, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION (Expo '67 Dome)
Boss of the Year, NATIONAL SECRETARIES
Citation, BUFFALO WESTERN NEW YORK CHAPTER AIA
First architectural design award, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS,(Expo '67 Dome)
Gold medal (architecture), NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS
President's Cabinet Award, UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Royal gold medal of architecture, from Her Majesty the Queen on recommendation of the
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS

1969
Citation of merit, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Diploma of Achievement, DEAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Humanist of the year, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HUMANISTS
Master designer, Product Engineering, MCGRAW-HILL AWARD
Citation of Merit, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

1970
Gold medal, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
Gold medal, CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE
Eighth Lively Arts Award for Architecture, A.W.N.Y.
Master Architect, ALPHA RHO CHI (resigned 1980)
Award of Merit, CLIFF DWELLERS

1971
Salmagundi Medal and Honorable Life Membership, SALMAGUNDI CLUB

1972
Outstanding Lecturer and Author, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
The Founders Medal, AUSTIN COLLEGE

1973
Award of Merit, PHILADELPHIA ART ALLIANCE
Citation of Honorary Citizenship, CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
First Annual DVM Award, DELAWARE VALLEY MENSA ASSOCIATION
Honorary Citizen, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA

1974
Annual Award, BOSTON MONTESSORI SCHOOLHOUSE
Appreciation Medal, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CLUB OF NEW YORK
Educator of the Year Award, MONTESSORI INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
Appreciation Award, WABASH VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC.
Citation, DREXEL UNIVERSITY (Nesbitt College)
Commendation, CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

1975
Certificate of Honor, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Diploma, STOWE SCHOOL
Distinguished Service Award Medal, BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
Marshal Visitor, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
Planetary Citizen Award, UNITED NATIONS
Recognition, PHILADELPHIA ARTISTS SHOWCASE
Reward for Peace, WORLD UNIFICATION MOVEMENT

1976
America's Tricentennial Resolution for Utopia over Oblivion, founding of the Buckminster Fuller Matrix Society, VON BRAWN CIVIC CENTER, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
Award for 16 Years Service, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT CARBONDALE
Citizen of the New Age of Enlightenment Award, INTERNATIONAL MEDITATION SOCIETY 1976
Gold Medal of Honor, NATIONAL ARTS CLUB
International New Thought Alliance Humanitarian Award
Recognition Award, OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Southeast Campus Center
The Bicentennial Award, GOLDEN SLIPPER CLUB, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wilma and Roswell Messing, Jr. Award, ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATES
Achievers Award in Architecture, SAMSONITE CORPORATION

1977
Distinguished Speaker
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY
Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award, NEW YORK LEAGUE FOR THE HARD OF HEARING
Eli Whitney Award, CONNECTICUT PATENT LAW ASSOCIATION
Engineering and Science Award, DREXEL UNIVERSITY FEDERATION OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
First Annual Henry Townley Heald Award, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Graduate Association
Honorary Citizen, PARK FOREST, ILLINOIS
Planetary Citizens Award, UNITED NATIONS
Stevens Honor Award, STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
"The Golden Plate"; Award, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACHIEVEMENT

1978
Citation, REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Honorary Banquet and Medal of Merit, LOTUS CLUB

1979
Quest Medal, ST. EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY
First Annual Humanities Award, WORLD SYMPOSIUM ON HUMANITY
American-lsrael Arts, Sciences and Humanities Award, STATE OF ISRAEL BONDS
First Lifelong Learning Award, METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Raymond A. Dart Award (";The Steel Brain";), UNITED STEELWORKERS ASSOCIATION
John Scott Award, CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

1980
Academician, AMERICAN ACADEMY AND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS
Special Award, COUNTY OF ERIE, NEW YORK
First Dean's Award, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO ARCHITECTURAL SCHOOL
Honorary Royal Designer for Industry, ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS (England)

1981
Nesbitt College Honor Citation, DREXEL UNIVERSITY
Housing Hall of Fame 1981 Resolution of Honor, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

1982
President's Fellow Award, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Distinguished Service Award, WORLD FUTURE SOCIETY
Engineering and Science Hall of Fame
Star Tau Persei, located on CHARLES C. GATES PLANETARIUM DOME dedicated to Buckminster Fuller, Denver, Colorado

1983
Medal of Freedom, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER RECOGNITION DAYS



See also:
Honorary Degrees



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