Hector P. Garcia - Honors and Awards

Honors and Awards

Throughout his distinguished career, Dr. García was awarded multiple accolades from various governments and other organizations. They include:

• The U.S. Army's Bronze Star and six battle stars, 1942–1946
• The American G.I. Forum's Medalla al Merito, 1952, for his work with Mexican American veterans
• The Republic of Panama's Condecoracion, Orden Vasco Nunez de Balboa, with the rank of commander, 1965
• The 8th United States Marine Corps District honored him with a plaque in recognition of his service to the war deceased, 1967
• A humanitarian award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Corpus Christi chapter, 1969
• The Distinguished Service Award from the National Office of Civil Rights, 1980
• The Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1984
• Honor Al Merito Medalla Cura Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon A.D.P.E., Mexico City, México.
• Corpus Christi Human Relations Commission's Community Service Award, 1987
• The Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organization's Humanitarian Award, 1988
• The National Hispanic Heritage Foundation's Hispanic Heritage Award in Leadership, 1989
• The Midwest/Northeast Voter Registration Project's National Hispanic Hero Award, 1989
• MAPA Award for outstanding service to Hispanics from the Mexican American Physicians' Association, 1990
• The National Association of Hispanic Journalists' Distinguished Lifetime Service Award, 1990
• The Equestrian Order of Pope Gregory the Great from Pope John Paul II, 1990
• Corpus Christi State University's first honorary doctorate of Humane Letters, 1991
• Hector Garcia Place is a short street named after Dr. Garcia, located in downtown Pueblo, Colorado.