Lionel Hampton - Awards

Awards

• 2001 - Harlem Jazz and Music Festival's Legend Award
• 1996 - National Medal of Arts presented by President Bill Clinton
• 1995 - Honorary Commissioner of Civil Rights by George Pataki
• 1995 - Honorary Doctorate from the New England Conservatory of Music
• 1993 - Honorary Doctorate from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
• 1992 - Inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
• 1992 - "Contributions To The Cultural Life of the Nation" award from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• 1988 - The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship
• 1988 - The National Association of Jazz Educators Hall of Fame Award
• 1987 - Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from the University of Idaho - UI's School of Music renamed "Lionel Hampton School of Music."
• 1987 - The Roy Wilkins Memorial Award from the NAACP
• 1986 - The "One of a Kind" Award from Broadcast Music, Inc.
• 1984 - Jazz Hall of Fame Award from the Institute of Jazz Studies
• 1984 - Honorary Doctorate of Music from USC
• 1983 - The International Film and Television Festival of New York City Award
• 1983 - Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the State University of New York
• 1982 - Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
• 1981 - Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Glassboro State College
• 1979 - Honorary Doctorate of Music from Howard University
• 1978 - Bronze Medallion from New York City
• 1976 - Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Daniel Hale Williams University
• 1975 - Honorary Doctorate of Music from Xavier University of Louisiana
• 1974 - Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Pepperdine University
• 1968 - Papal Medal from Pope Paul VI
• 1966 - George Frederick Handel Medal
• 1957 - American Goodwill Ambassador by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
• 1954 - Israel's Statehood Award