Honors
For his business and philanthropic leadership he was awarded Knights Cross of the Order of Merit, (Hungary) (2009), Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE, UK, 2012), Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE, UK, 2003), Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) (2006), Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) (2008), Commander of the Order of St. John (2009) and Guild of Benefactors (Cambridge University, UK) (2009). Pigott's many business honors include being recognized as Washington State CEO of the Year (2003). He received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2006) and is an honoree of the Ireland Chamber of Commerce (ICCUSA, 2005) and was selected for the Irish America Magazine "Business 100" list (2005). In addition, Pigott received the Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award (HOBY 2007) and Stanford University Governors’ Award (2007) for over 30 years' of dedicated service to the university. He received the 2010 Medal of Honor from the St George's Society of New York.
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