Harmon Trophy
She posthumously received the Harmon Trophy for "Outstanding Aviatrix of 1964", which was announced by then Vice President Hubert Humphrey at the White House. In 1966, The Ninety-Nines set up a memorial fund for Smith, and in 1969, John H. Reading, then Mayor of Oakland, California declared May 12 as "Amelia Earhart-Joan Merriam Aviation Day".