Lionel Hampton

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