U.S. President Jimmy Carter (born October 1, 1924) has received numerous accolades, awards, and honorary degrees. Several places, institutions, and other things have been named for him.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter (born October 1, 1924) has received numerous accolades, awards, and honorary degrees. Several places, institutions, and other things have been named for him.
Among the honors Carter has received are the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Others include:
Grand-Cross of the Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa of Panama, 1995
Knight-Grand-Cross of the Order of the Crown of Belgium, by Royal Decree of King Albert II of the Belgians, 2011
Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero of Panama, 2016In 1998, the U.S. Navy named the third and last Seawolf-class submarine the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) in honor of former President Carter and his service as a submariner officer. It became one of the first Navy vessels to be named for a person living at the time of naming. [20]
In 2002, a fish species was given a scientific name after him, the bluegrass darter (Etheostoma jimmycarter), for his environmental leadership and accomplishments in the areas of national energy policy and wilderness protection, and his lifelong commitment to social justice and basic human rights. [21]
In February 2023, the United States Naval Academy changed the name of its engineering building from Maury Hall to Carter Hall in honor of the former president and Naval Academy graduate. The building was previously named for Matthew Fontaine Maury, an oceanographer and U.S. naval officer who gave up his commission to fight against the United States by serving as a naval officer and diplomatic envoy to England for the Confederacy. [22] [23]
President Carter has been nominated for the Grammy Awards 10 times in the Best Spoken Word Album category, winning three times. [24]
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Best Spoken Word Album | Living Faith | Nominated |
| 1998 | The Virtues of Aging | Nominated | |
| 2001 | An Hour Before Daylight | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis | Won | |
| 2007 | Sunday Mornings In Plains: Bringing Peace To A Changing World | Nominated | |
| 2009 | We Can Have Peace In The Holy Land | Nominated | |
| 2014 | A Call to Action | Nominated | |
| 2015 | A Full Life: Reflections at 90 | Won | |
| 2018 | Faith - A Journey for All | Won | |
| 2025 | Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording | Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration | Pending |
His win in 2019 at the age of 94 years and 132 days made him the third oldest person to win a Grammy. The current record holder is Pinetop Perkins, who was 97 when he won a Grammy in 2011 (one month before his death). Carter is the oldest still-living Grammy winner.
James Earl Carter Jr. is an American politician and humanitarian who served from 1977 to 1981 as the 39th president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1963 to 1967 in the Georgia State Senate and from 1971 to 1975 as the 76th governor of Georgia. Carter is the longest-lived president in U.S. history and the first to live to 100 years of age.
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. Young later became active in politics, serving as a U.S. Congressman from Georgia, United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Carter Administration, and 55th Mayor of Atlanta. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Georgia since Reconstruction, as well as one of the first two African Americans elected to Congress from the former Confederacy since Reconstruction, alongside Barbara Jordan of Texas. Since leaving office, Young has founded or served in many organizations working on issues of public policy and political lobbying.
Eleanor Rosalynn Carter was an American writer, activist, and humanitarian who served as the first lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981, as the wife of president Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. Throughout her decades of public service she was a leading advocate for women's rights and mental health.
The Carter Center is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. He and his wife Rosalynn Carter partnered with Emory University after his defeat in the 1980 United States presidential election. The center is located in a shared building adjacent to the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum on 37 acres (150,000 m2) of parkland, on the site of the razed neighborhood of Copenhill, two miles (3 km) from downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The library and museum are owned and operated by the United States National Archives and Records Administration, while the center is governed by a Board of Trustees, consisting of business leaders, educators, former government officials, and philanthropists.
Theodore Martin Hesburgh, CSC was an American Catholic priest and academic who was a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross. He is best known for his service as the president of the University of Notre Dame for thirty-five years (1952–1987).
Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America was the primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America from 1959 until his resignation in 1996.
Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni was an Egyptian-American emeritus professor of law at DePaul University, where he taught from 1964 to 2012. He served in numerous United Nations positions and served as the consultant to the US Department of State and Justice on many projects. He was a founding member of the International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul University which was established in 1990. He served as president from 1990 to 1997 and then as president emeritus. Bassiouni is often referred to by the media as "the Godfather of International Criminal Law" and a "war crimes expert". As such, he served on the Steering Committee for The Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, which was launched to study the need for a comprehensive convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity, and draft a proposed treaty. He spearheaded the drafting of the proposed convention, which as of 2014 is being debated at the International Law Commission.
The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, houses U.S. President Jimmy Carter's papers and other material relating to the Carter administration and the Carter family's life. The library also hosts special exhibits, such as Carter's Nobel Peace Prize and a full-scale replica of the Oval Office as it was during the Carter Administration, including a reproduction of the Resolute desk.
The Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, located in Plains, Georgia, preserves sites associated with Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States. These include his residence, boyhood farm, school, and the town railroad depot, which served as his campaign headquarters during the 1976 election. The building which used to be Plains High School serves as the park's museum and visitor center. As Carter lives in Plains, the area surrounding the residence, including the burial site of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter (1927–2023) is under the protection of the United States Secret Service and is not open to the public.
John William Carter is an American businessman and politician. The eldest child of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, he was the Democratic nominee in the 2006 United States Senate election in Nevada but lost to Republican incumbent John Ensign.
Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) is a state public university in Americus, Georgia. Founded as the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School in 1906, the university was established and is administrated by the Georgia Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The historic core of the campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
John Paul Wallach, born in New York City, was an American journalist, and author. He served as foreign editor and diplomatic correspondent for Hearst newspapers for nearly 30-years, traveling to more than 70 countries with five different Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.
Books about and authored by Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States (1977–1981).
Helene D. Gayle is an American physician, and academic and non-profit administrator. She has been president of Spelman College since 2023. She formerly was CEO of the Chicago Community Trust, one of the nation's leading community foundations. Earlier in her career she was the director of international humanitarian organization CARE, and spent much of her career in the field of public health research in epidemiology at the CDC.
Patricia Murphy Derian was an American civil rights and human rights activist who opposed racism in Mississippi and went on to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1977 to 1981. She was, remembered The Times of London, "a courageous champion of civil rights who took on some of the world's most brutal dictators in her role as a senior American diplomat".
Betty Lou Bumpers was an American politician, advocate for childhood immunizations, and world peace activist, who served as the First Lady of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975. Together, she and Rosalynn Carter ran a successful campaign to ensure that all American school children were immunized. Bumpers was the wife of Dale Bumpers, who served as governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975 and as a U.S. Senator from 1975 to 1999.
Prior to the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage, the Georgia Institute of Technology's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts had awarded the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress & Service. Awarded annually from 2001-2010, the Prize honored individuals who had contributed to the progress of American civilization through his or her service to a field or profession associated with the academic disciplines taught in the Ivan Allen College.
The post-presidency of Jimmy Carter began on January 20, 1981, following the end of Jimmy Carter's term as president. Carter was the 39th president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. Carter's post-presidency is widely considered by historians and political analysts to be one of the most accomplished of any former U.S. president. After leaving office, Carter remained engaged in political and social projects, establishing the Carter Center, building his presidential library, teaching at Emory University in Atlanta, and writing numerous books, ranging from political memoirs to poetry. He also contributed to the expansion of the nonprofit housing organization Habitat for Humanity.
