Awards
Brinker has received the following awards and titles:
1995 University of Illinois Alumni Achievement Award
The 1997 S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen, awarded by Jefferson Awards
The 2000 Cino del Duca Award, the James Ewing Layman Award from the Society of Surgical Oncology
2004 Service to America Leadership Award presented by the National Association of Broadcasters Educational Foundation
2005 Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award in Support of Medical Research
The American Society of Breast Disease 2006
In 2006, Nancy Brinker received an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Boston University.
2007 Trumpet Award
2007 Castle Connolly National Health Leadership Award
2007 Pro Cultura Hungarica Medal
American Association for Cancer Research Centennial Medal for Distinguished Public Service in 2007
2007 IARC Medal of Honour
Modern Healthcare 2007 Health Care Hall of Fame
2009 Porter Prize
Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President Barack Obama on August 12, 2009
Reader's Digest Trust Poll: The 100 Most Trusted People in America, May 2013
Inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2016 in the area of Social Services.
National Women's Hall of Fame
Texas Women's Hall of Fame
Time magazine, 100 Most Influential People in the World
Ladies' Home Journal's 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century
Biography Magazine's The 25 Most Powerful Women in America
Anti-Defamation League Americanism Award
The Ladies' Home Journal's Top 10 Champions of Women's Health
Global Pathfinder Award
The Champions of Excellence Award presented by the Centers for Disease Control
ASCO Special Recognition Award
Cancer Research and Treatment Fund, Inc. Cancer Survivors Hall of Fame
The Sword of Ignatius Loyola Award from Saint Louis University
The Albert Einstein's Sarnoff Volunteer Award
The Champion of Prevention Award by the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control
Inducted into the Cancer Research and Treatment Fund, Inc. Cancer Survivors Hall of Fame
In 2011, Nancy Brinker received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
In 2012, Nancy Brinker received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Duke University.
In 2017, Nancy Brinker was named one of the “50 Women Who Are Changing the World” by Woman’s Day Magazine
