Dolores Hope - Honors

Honors

Dolores Hope received numerous honors during her lifetime.

Religious

  • Dame of St. Gregory with Star (one of a very select few women named Dame of St. Gregory with Star)
  • The President's Medal from Loyola College in Baltimore.
  • The Outstanding Catholic Laywoman Award from St. Louis University
  • The Elizabeth Seton Medal Award from Seton Hill University
  • Terence Cardinal Cooke Humanitarian Award from Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
  • Patronal Medal from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and The Catholic University of America

Secular

  • Hollywood Walk of Fame star for her contributions to live theatre
  • A street named after her in The Bronx (her hometown)
  • A permanent installation of the Tree Peony Collection bearing her name
  • Chancellor Medal from the University of California, Riverside
  • Winnie Palmer Humanitarian Award (from the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association)
  • Patty Berg Award (2008), for contributions to women's golf
  • In 1997, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars|Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.

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