Irving Berlin - Awards and Celebrations

Awards and Celebrations

• Received the Army's Medal of Merit on October 2, 1945 from General George C. Marshall, at the direction of President Harry S. Truman, in appreciation for writing the music and lyrics to "This Is the Army."
• Won a Tony Award in 1951 for Best Score for the musical, Call Me Madam.
• Received a special Congressional Gold Medal in 1954 from President Dwight D. Eisenhower for contributing the song, "God Bless America." Berlin had also written three songs for his candidacy, including "I Like Ike."
• Won a Special Tony Award (New York City) in 1963 for his contributions to the American musical.
• Awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1968.
• Was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
• Was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 by President Gerald Ford
• Won a Lawrence Langner Tony Award (New York City) in 1978 for his distinguished life in the American theater.
• Awarded (in absentia,) a Medal of Liberty during centennial celebrations for the Statue of Liberty in 1986.
• His 100th-birthday celebration concert for the benefit of Carnegie Hall and ASCAP on May 11, 1988.
• Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.