Honorary Degrees and Other Recognition
Moon held honorary degrees from more than ten universities and colleges worldwide; at least one of which, the University of Bridgeport, received significant funding from his organizations. He was a member of the Honorary Committee of the Unification Ministry of the Republic of Korea. In 1985, Moon and his wife received Doctor of Divinity degrees from Shaw University.
In 2004, at a ceremony on 23 March in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, D.C., Moon crowned himself with what he called the "Crown of Peace", in the presence of numerous U.S. representatives. Some lawmakers who attended subsequently said they had been misled as to the nature of the event.
He was posthumously awarded North Korea's National Reunification Prize in 2012.
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