Awards and Honors

Streets named after Elisabeth in Meilen, Switzerland & Nieuwkoop, Netherlands

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partial List:

The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion, Mary Baldwin College, VA, 1985

American Academy of Achievment – Golden Plate Award

American Academy of Bereavement – Outstanding Achievment 1998

American College of Health Care Admin. – President’s Award 1993

Backbone of Thanatology Award, Parker Chiropractic Research Foundation, 1977

Bereavement Counseling Service Award, St. Anne’s Church, Dublin, Ireland, 1987

Changing the Face of Medicine – Inclusion on list of famous female physicians

City of Dallas – Special Recognition

Colonel on Staff, Governor E.W. Edwards, Louisiana, 1974

Community Leaders & Noteworthy Americans Award, Raleigh, NC, 1978

Dedication & Outstanding Support Award, CHI, Alexandria, VA 1985

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Award, American Society of Hospice Care, Weston, MA, 1985

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Hais, First hospice created in Netherlands renamed after EKR, September, 2018

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Plein, Nieuwkoop City street/place named after EKR, Netherlands, September, 2018

Emergency Nurses’ Assoc. – Special Recognition

Enriching the Circle of Care Award, CHI, Alexandria, VA 1985

Fellow of the College of Human Sciences, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1976

Fones Award, CT State Dental Association, Hartford, CT, 1986

Gardner Visionary Award, Pathways Hospice Foundation, Palo Alto, CA 2010

Gerard B. Lambert Awards – Special Recognition

Golden Key to City, Memphis, Tennessee, 1977

Golden Plate Award – American Academy of Achievement 1980

Honorary Citizen, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1972

Honorary Citizen, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1974

Honorary Deputy Sheriff, State of Tennessee, County of Shelby, 1979

Honorary State Senator, Louisiana, 1974

Honorary Member, Christophorus Hospiz Verein, Munich, Germany, 1986

Honorary Member, Yoga Fellowship of N. Ireland, 1985

Honorary Member, Mark Twain Society

Honorary Member, Board of Trustees, Foundation of Hospice and Home Care, WA, 1983

Humanitarian Award, International Association of Cancer Victims and Friends, Inc.; Solano Beach, CA 1977

Ideal Citizen Award, Chicago, IL, 1977

The Immigrant Learning Center – Included as one of  Eleven Famous women Immigrants into the United States, 2021 – Link

Inclusion in: Foremost Women of the Twentieth Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 1986

Inclusion in: The World Who’s Who of Women, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 1986

Institute of Human Caring, Torrance, CA (Dr. Ira Byock) – Display of personal archives of Kübler-Ross, 2019-2023

Life Fellow, John F. Kennedy Library, 1987

Life Member, World Institute of Achievement, Raleigh, NC 1986

Living Legacy Award, Women’s Intl. Center, La Jolla, CA, 1984

Modern Samaritan Award 1976

National Hospice Organization – Founders Award 1993

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) – Ongoing photo exhibit of fifty (50)+ photographs of the life of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross at national headquarters, VA. 2009 – Present

National Library of Medicine – Included in “Changing the Face of Medicine – Celebrating America’s Women Physicians” 2003

National Women’s Hall of Fame, 2007 – Link

New York Public Library – “Books of the Century” – Included, On Death & DyingLink

One Hundred Most Important Thinkers of the Century – Time Mag. 3/99President’s Cabinet Award, University of Detroit, Detroit, MI, 1979

Service to Mankind Award, Southwest Sertoma Club, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977

Simon & Schuster 100 (Simon & Schuster’s picks of the top 100 books of the past 100 years) – “On Death & Dying” 2024

Southern Birmingham College (Lifetime Achievement) 1995

Teilhard Prize – Teilhard Foundation 1981

Tokyo Soc. of Med. Sciences (Univ. of Tokyo) – Special Recognition

University of Detroit – The Presidents Club

VNA Health – Serenity Hospice of Santa Barbara – Exhibit of Kübler-Ross personal archives, 2023 – Currently

Visiting Nurses Assoc. of Greater Philadelphia (Lifetime Achievement) 1995

Women’s International Center – Living Legacy Award

Woman of the Year Award, Ladies Home Journal 1977

Woman of the Decade, Ladies Home Journal 1979

World Institute of Achievement – Outstanding Achievement 1986

 

Honorary Degrees:

Doctor of Science, H.C., Albany Medical College, New York 1974
Doctor of Laws, University of Notre Dame, IN.,1974
Doctor of Science, Smith College 1975
Doctor of Science, Molley College, Rockville Center, NY, 1976
Doctor of Humanities, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN. 1975
Doctor of Laws, Hamline University, MN. 1975
Doctor of Humane Letters, Amherst College, MA. 1975
Doctor of Humane Letters, Loyola University, IL 1975
Doctor of Humane Letters, Bard College, New York, 1977
Doctor of Humanities, Hood College, MD 1976
Doctor of Letters, Rosary College, IL. 1976
Doctor of Pedagogy, Keuka College, NY 1976
Doctor of Humane Science, University of Miami, FL 1976
Doctor of Humane Letters, Bard College, NY 1977
Doctor of Science, Weston MA., 1977
Honorary Degree, Anna Maria College, MA., 1978
Doctor of Humane Letters, Union College, New York 1978
Doctor of Humane Letters, D’Youville College, New York 1979
Doctor of Science, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1979
Doctor of Divinity, 1996

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