Nelson Rockefeller - Awards Presented To Nelson A. Rockefeller

Awards Presented To Nelson A. Rockefeller

  • Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977
  • Universal Brotherhood Medal, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1961
  • Charles Evans Hughes Medal, National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1965
  • Distinguished Service to Conservation Award, National Wildlife Federation/Sears Roebuck Foundation, 1966
  • Gold Medal Award, National Institute of Social Sciences, 1967 (awarded to all five Rockefeller brothers)
  • Award of Merit, American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, 1968
  • Distinguished Service Award, State University of New York, 1973
  • Four Freedoms Foundation Award, 1974
  • Order of Merit, Chile, 1945
  • National Order of the Southern Cross, Brazil, 1946
  • Order of the Aztec Eagle, Mexico, 1949
  • Order of Ruben Dario, Nicaragua, 1953
  • Medallion de los Andes, University of the Andes, Colombia, 1958
  • Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, 1958
  • Grande Croix de l'Ordre de Leopold II of Belgium, 1959
  • Ramon Magsaysay Award, Philippines, 1959
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau, Netherlands, 1960
  • Prathamabhorn Knight Grand Cross of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, Thailand, 1960
  • Légion d'honneur, Commandeur, France, 1960
  • Commander of the Order of Dannebrog, 1st Class, Denmark, 1960
  • Grand Ufficials del Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, Italy, 1962
  • Order of the White Rose, Commander 1st Class, Finland, 1962
  • Agricultural Merit Award, Brazilian Rural Confederation, 1963
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of the Brilliant Star, Nationalist China, 1969
  • Nicholas Copericus Award, Poland, 1972

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