Recognition
Ernest Holmes received a variety of recognition for his work. In 1945, he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Andhra University in India. The California College of Medicine, University of California at Irvine awarded him a Doctor of Humane Letters, and the Foundation Academic University of Spiritual Understanding in Venice, Italy, awarded him a Doctor of Letters. In 1942, he was bestowed with the Cross of the Commander of the Grand Humanitarian Prize of Belgium, and in 1944 he was named honorary member of the Eugene Field Society.
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