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 & Dying – Link
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