Honours and Awards
- 1980, Fortune Magazine named him as a "Man of the Year," the first and only such accolade to anyone in this region.
- In 1981, Mr. Seaga was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as a member of Her Majesty’s Privy Council.
- In 2002, the Government of Jamaica awarded him the Order of the Nation, the second highest honour.
In 2005, the University of the West Indies awarded him the honorary title of Distinguished Fellow for Life. He was also recently installed as a Fellow of the Institute of Jamaica, devoted to the arts and sciences.
- That year, he was appointed as Chancellor of the University of Technology.
Mr. Seaga has also been honoured by several countries: !981:
- Republic of Venezuela – Grand Collar de Libertador;
- Republic of Venezuela – Gold Mercury International Award; and
- Republic of Korea – Grand Gwangwa Medal, Order of Diplomatic Service.
- 1982, Federal Republic of Germany – Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
- 1987, Mexico – Order of the Aztec Eagle
He has received several prestigious international awards:
- Gleaner Honour Awards: Man of the Year, 1980, 1981
- Avenue of the Americas Association, N.Y. – Gold Key Award(1981)
- American Friendship Medal bestowed by the Freedom Foundation, 1982.
- Pan American Development Foundation Inter-American Man of the Year Development Award(1983)
- Dr. Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award (1984)
- United Nations Environment Programme – the Environmental Leadership Award(1987)
Mr. Seaga is credited with having built more institutions and initiated more far reaching policies than any other political leader in the growth and development of Jamaica.
Honorary Degrees:
- University of Miami, LL.D. (1981)
- Tampa University, LL.D. (1982)
- University of South Carolina, LL.D. (1983)
- Boston University, LL.D. (1983)
- University of Hartford, LL.D. (1987)
Read more about this topic: Edward Seaga
Famous quotes containing the word honours:
“Vain men delight in telling what Honours have been done them, what great Company they have kept, and the like; by which they plainly confess, that these Honours were more than their Due, and such as their Friends would not believe if they had not been told: Whereas a Man truly proud, thinks the greatest Honours below his Merit, and consequently scorns to boast. I therefore deliver it as a Maxim that whoever desires the Character of a proud Man, ought to conceal his Vanity.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)