# List of awards and honors received by Joe Biden

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Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, has received numerous honors in recognition of his career in politics.
These include:

## National Honors

| Country | Date | Decoration | Ribbon bar | Post-nominal letters |
| United States | 12 January 2017 | Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction | | |
| United States | 16 January 2025 | Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service | | |

## Foreign honors

| Country | Date | Decoration | Post-nominal letters |
| Estonia | 5 February 2004 | Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (1st Class) | |
| Pakistan | 28 October 2008 | Crescent of Pakistan | |
| Kosovo | 21 May 2009 | Golden Medal of Freedom | |
| Georgia | 22 July 2009 | St. George's Order of Victory | |
| Latvia | 1 April 2011 | Order of the Three Stars (1st Class) | |
| Colombia | 17 November 2016 | Order of Boyaca (Extraordinary Grand Cross) | ODB |
| Ukraine | 17 January 2017 | Member of the Order of Liberty | MOL |
| Montenegro | 22 March 2018 | National Order of the Montenegrin Great Star, First Class | |
| Israel | 14 July 2022 | President's Medal | |
| Ukraine | 22 December 2022 | Cross of Military Merit | |
| Lithuania | 11 July 2023 | Order of Vytautas the Great with the Golden Chain | |
| Federal Republic of Germany | 18 October 2024 | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Grand Cross Special Class) | |

## Scholastic
### Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships

| Location | Date | School | Position |
| Connecticut | 1975 – 1976 | Timothy Dwight College at Yale University | Chubb Fellow |
| Delaware | 1991 – 2008 | Widener University Delaware Law School | Adjunct Professor |
| Pennsylvania | 7 February 2017 – present | University of Pennsylvania | Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor On leave as of 25 April 2019 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 February 2017 – present | Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania | Senior Fellow On leave as of 25 April 2019 |

### Honorary degrees

| Location | Date | School | Degree | Gave commencement address |
| Pennsylvania | 1976 | University of Scranton | Doctorate | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | 1981 | Saint Joseph's University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) | No |
| Delaware | May 2000 | Widener University Delaware Law School | Doctorate | |
| Delaware | 7 May 2003 | Delaware State University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Yes |
| Massachusetts | 19 May 2003 | Emerson College | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Yes |
| Delaware | 29 May 2004 | University of Delaware | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) | Yes |
| Massachusetts | 23 May 2005 | Suffolk University Law School | Doctorate | Yes |
| New York | 10 May 2009 | Syracuse University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) | Yes |
| North Carolina | 18 May 2009 | Wake Forest University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | 13 May 2013 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) | Yes |
| Florida | 3 May 2014 | Miami Dade College | Doctorate | Yes |
| South Carolina | 9 May 2014 | University of South Carolina | Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) | Yes |
| Ireland | 24 June 2016 | Trinity College Dublin | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) | Yes |
| Maryland | 20 May 2017 | Morgan State University | Doctor of Public Service (DPS) | Yes |
| Maine | 21 May 2017 | Colby College | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) | Yes |
| South Carolina | 17 December 2021 | South Carolina State University | Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) | Yes |
| District of Columbia | 13 May 2023 | Howard University | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) | Yes |
| Georgia (U.S. state) | 19 May 2024 | Morehouse College | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) | Yes |

## Awards

| Location | Date | Institution | Award |
| New York | 26 April 1992 | Ellis Island Honors Society | Ellis Island Medal of Honor |
| Georgia (U.S. state) | 2005 | Men Stopping Violence | True Ally Award |
| District of Columbia | 26 October 2009 | National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund | National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's Distinguished Service Award |
| Maryland | 23 November 2009 | American Speech–Language–Hearing Association | Annie Glenn Award |
| District of Columbia | 3 May 2011 | Atlantic Council | Distinguished International Leadership Award |
| New York | 21 March 2013 | Irish America magazine | Irish America Hall of Fame Inductee |
| Maryland | 2015 | Patient Safety Movement Foundation | Humanitarian Award Awarded with Barack Obama |
| New York | 17 October 2015 | Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate | Patriarch Athenagoras Humanitarian Award |
| Indiana | 15 May 2016 | University of Notre Dame | Laetare Medal Awarded with John Boehner |
| Pennsylvania | 7 June 2016 | Allegheny College | Allegheny College Prize for Civility in Public Life Awarded with John S. McCain III |
| Ireland | 24 June 2016 | Philosophical Society of Trinity College Dublin | Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage |
| District of Columbia | 6 December 2016 | Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights | Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Awarded with Howard Schultz and Scott Minerd |
| District of Columbia | 1 March 2017 | Bipartisan Policy Center | Congressional Patriot Award |
| New York | 16 March 2017 | HELP USA | HELP HERO Humanitarian Award |
| District of Columbia | 5 October 2017 | Center for Strategic and International Studies | Zbigniew Brzezinski Annual Prize |
| New York | 11 October 2017 | New York City Anti-Violence Project | Courage Award |
| New York | 3 November 2017 | United Nations Association of New York | United Nations Day Humanitarian of the Year Award |
| District of Columbia | 10 December 2017 | American Society of Hematology | ASH Public Service Award |
| Delaware | 8 January 2018 | Delaware State Chamber of Commerce | Josiah Marvel Cup Award Awarded with Jill Biden |
| Delaware | 14 April 2018 | PNC Bank | Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service Awarded with Ronald Chernow and Henry Louis Gates Jr. |
| District of Columbia | 23 May 2018 | Freedom House | Freedom House Human Rights Award Awarded with Robert Corker, Elena Milashina and Igor Kochetkov |
| Ohio | 11 July 2018 | John Glenn College of Public Affairs at Ohio State University | Excellence in Public Service Award |
| Tennessee | 17 October 2018 | National Civil Rights Museum | Hyde Family Foundation Award |
| District of Columbia | 29 November 2018 | Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University | Luminary Leadership Award |
| District of Columbia | 9 April 2019 | National Minority Quality Forum | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| New York | 10 December 2020 | TIME magazine | Time Person of the Year Awarded with Kamala Harris |
| Michigan | 19 May 2024 | NAACP | Lifetime Achievement Award |

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