List of awards and honors received by Al Gore

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Al Gore has received a number of important awards and honors:

Contents

Medals

Honorary Doctorates

Accolades

Gore receives the Nobel Peace Prize in the city hall of Oslo, 2007 Al gore nobel.jpg
Gore receives the Nobel Peace Prize in the city hall of Oslo, 2007

Literary Awards

Environmental Awards

Al Gore receiving the Berkeley Medal, The University of California, Berkeley's highest honor, April 2009 Gore Receives Berkeley Medal.jpg
Al Gore receiving the Berkeley Medal, The University of California, Berkeley's highest honor, April 2009

Technology Awards

Notes

  1. Williams, Michael (May 3, 2024). "Biden presents Medal of Freedom to key political allies, civil rights leaders, celebrities and politicians". CNN . Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  2. "Hon Doc for Al Gore". Concordia Journal. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
  3. "Honorary doctors and fellows". www.en.aau.dk. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  4. Gore tells CMU graduates they can become heroes, AP, May 19, 2008, archived from the original on June 17, 2008
  5. EPFL Research Day 2008, in the presence of Al Gore, April 15, 2008
  6. "Press release UvT 25 November 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  7. "UT Knoxville Awards Former Vice President al Gore an Honorary Doctorate". 14 May 2010.
  8. "Al Gore delivers Hamilton College commencement address". 23 May 2011.
  9. "Al Gore awarded Honorary Doctorate". 15 July 2020.
  10. Bono (2007-12-19). "TIME Person of the Year 2007 Runners-Up: Al Gore". TIME . Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  11. "2007 Awards for the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences". Archived from the original on 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  12. Lisa Knox Burns. "Gore to People: It's Up to US" Archived 2008-04-05 at the Wayback Machine edhat.com.
  13. Top 100 Public Intellectuals
  14. NAACP SETS A DATE FOR IMAGE AWARDS: Nominees to be announced in January; ceremony to be held following month Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
  15. "Cal Poly Pomona | Dept. Of Architecture". Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  16. "All Nobel Laureates". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  17. "Al Gore To Be Awarded Gothenburg Prize For Sustainability". SR International - Radio Sweden. Archived from the original on 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  18. "Academy Announces 2007 Class of Fellows". Archived from the original on 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  19. "Al Gore". Prince of Asturias Foundation. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
  20. Al Gore and Amos Oz Among 2008 Dan David Prize Winners, February 12, 2008, archived from the original on December 12, 2009, retrieved June 15, 2008
  21. "2008 Freedom Award Honors Al Gore and Diane Nash for 'A Climate of Change'". Wall Street Journal . August 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  22. "House passes resolution to honor Gore's efforts". knoxnews.com. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  23. Al Gore Praises Blum Center, Students [ permanent dead link ]
  24. Scripps to salute centennial of UCSD founder/oceanographer Roger Revelle
  25. , Fishbase, 2012.
  26. Vice President Albert Gore Accepts Cisco Circle Award, cisco.com, June 23, 1993, archived from the original on February 24, 2007
  27. "The Computerworld Honors Program: Honoring Those Who Use Information Technology to Benefit Society". Archived from the original on 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  28. A.P. (5 May 2005). "Webby Awards not laughing at Gore's contribution to Net Former Vice President of the United States". USA Today . Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  29. Carr, David (8 June 2005). "Accepting a Webby? Brevity, Please". American Broadcasting Company . Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  30. 2012 Inductees, Internet Hall of Fame website. Last accessed April 24, 2012

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