Molly Ivins - Awards

Awards

  • William Allen White Award from the University of Kansas (2001)
  • Smith Medal from Smith College (2001)
  • Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)
  • Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service (2003)
  • Pringle Prize for Washington Journalism from Columbia University (2003)
  • Eugene V. Debs Award in the field of journalism (2003)
  • David Brower Award for journalism from the Sierra Club (2004)
  • David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism from the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University (2006)
  • The Molly National Journalism Prize from the Texas Democracy Foundation (2006)

In addition to these formal awards, Ivins said that she was particularly proud of two distinct honors: having the Minneapolis police force's mascot pig named after her, and being banned from the Texas A&M campus.

In Huntsville, TX each year the Walker County Democrat Club has a Charity Dinner in honor of Molly Ivins.

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