Major Awards conferred on His Holiness the Dalai Lama


Award/Degrees	Date

HONORARY DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY		23 March 1997
Sun Yat-sen University, Chungshan, Taiwan

SPIRIT OF THE DREAM				15 January 1996
THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF BLUES FOUNDATION
Hollywood, Cal, USA

ROOSEVELT FOUR FREEDOMS AWARD			4 June 1994
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
Middelburg, Holland

WORLD SECURITY ANNUAL PEACE AWARD		27 April 1994
New York Lawyer's Allianace, New York, USA

DOCTOR OF HUMAN ARTS AND LETTERS		26 April 1994
Columbia University, New York, USA

DOCTOR OF HUMAN LETTERS				25 April 1994
Berea College, USA

HONORARY FELLOW					20 March 1994
Hebrew University
Jerusalem, Israel

FIRST PRIZE FOR HUMANITY			13 June 1993
Sartorius Foundation, Germany

DOCTORATE DEGREE				14 May 1993
St Andrews University
St Andrews,  U.K.

DOCTORATE DEGREE				13 May 1993
Aberdeen University
Aberdeen,  U.K.

Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa			10 June 1992
Pontifica Universidade Catolica 
de Dao Paulo, Brazil

DEGREE OF LIBERATURE				5 January 1992
Andra University, Visakapatnam, India

HONORARY DOCTORATE OF LAWS			5 May 1992
Melbourne University
Australia

SHIROMANI AWARD					25 March 1991
Shiromani Institute
Delhi, India

PEACE AND UNITY AWARDS				23 August 1991
National Peace conference
New Delhi, India

WHEEL OF LIFE AWARD				10 October 1991
The Temple of Understanding
New York, USA

EARTH PRIZE,  					5 June 1991
United Earth and
U.N. Environmental Program, 
New York, U.S.A.

DISTINGUISHED PEACE 				6 April 1991
LEADERSHIP AWARE FOR 1991
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Santa Barbara, USA

ADVANCING HUMAN LIBERTY				17 April 1991
Freedom House, 
New York, U.S.A.	

DEGREE OF D LIT					8 December 1990
Karnataka University, Dharwad, India

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION				June 1990	
Bologna University, 	
Bologna, Italy	

DOCTOR OF DIVINITY				4 January 1990
Central Institute of High 		
Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, India

LE PRIX DE LA MEMORIE				4 December 1989
Foundation Danielle Mitterrand, Paris, France

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE				10 December 1989
Norwegian Nobel Committee
Oslo, Norway	
	
IN RECOGNITION OF PERSEVERANCE 			23 September 1989
OF TIMES OF ADVERSITY
World Management Council, USA
	
LE PRIX DE MEMORIE				12 April 1989	
Foundation of France			
Danielle Mitterand, Paris, France

RAOUL WALLENBERG HUMAN				21 July 1989
RIGHTS AWARDS		
Congressional  Rights Caucus Human Rights, 
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

DR. LEOPOLD LUCAS PRIZE				16 June 1988 	
University of Tubingen, Germany

THE ALBERT SCHWEITZER 				28 February 1987
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
The Human Behavioral Foundation,
New York, U.S.A.	 
 
DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA				16 January 1984	
University of Paris, France

HONORARY CITIZEN				21 July 1981
The City of Wheaton, Illinois, USA

LIBERTY TORCH					19 October 1979	
Gilbert di Lucia, 
New York, U.S.A.	 
		
DOCTOR OF HUMANITIES				4 October 1979	
Seattle University, U.S.A.	   	 

KEY TO LOS ANGLES				September 1979
The Mayor Tom Bradley

KEY TO SAN FRANCISCO				27 Setpember 1979
The Mayor Feinstein

DOCTOR OF BUDDHIST				22 September 1979
PHILOSOPHY	
Oriental Studies, UCLA, U.S.A.	

Honarary Citizenship				17 September 1979
The Mayor of Houstonc, Texas

DOCTOR OF DIVINITY				17 September 1979	
Caroal College, Waukesh, U.S.A.	

SPECIAL MEDIAL					17 June 1979	
The Asian Buddhist Council for Peace, 
Mongolia

PLAKETT AWARD	
Norwegian Refugee Council 
for His Holiness' contribution towards 
refugee work, Norway

THE LINCOLN AWARD				23 January 1960	
Research Institute of America 
for His Holiness' distinguished leadership 
in the service of freedom, USA

THE ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD 			16 September 1959
MEMORIAL AWARD
USA

THE RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD 			31 August 1959
TO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
Philipines

DOCTOR OF LETTERS				1957	
Benares Hindu University, India

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