This is an abbreviated list of awards and honors Dr. Hrabowski has received during his time as UMBC president.
2023
Medicine for All People (MAP) International – 2023 Bill Foege Global Health Award
UNCF’s Baltimore City Mayor’s Masked Ball – Honoree
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s 31st Anniversary – Honoree
Amherst College — Honorary Degree
New York University — Honorary Degree
Society for Science — Honorary Board Member
National Academy of Sciences — Public Welfare Award, fellow
2022
University of Illinois at Urbana — Champaign, Chancellor’s Medallion
Skidmore College — Honorary Doctorate
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Speaker at Harvard
College Board — Dr. Asa Hilliard Award
National Academy of Engineering — Fellow
American Association of Blacks in Higher Education – Harold E. Delaney Exemplary Leadership Award
Yale School of Management — Legend in Leadership Award
STAT — STATUS List 2022 (Leaders and Influencers in the Life Sciences)
NASPA — Outstanding Contribution to Higher Education Award
Ohio State University — Honorary Doctor of Education
ASU+GSV — Lifetime Achievement Award and Innovator of Color
Drexel University — Honorary Doctorate
Wesleyan University — Honorary Doctorate
Northeastern — Honorary Doctorate
2021
The New American Colleges and Universities — Ernest L. Boyer Award
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education — Dr. John Hope Franklin Award
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — Honorary Doctor of Science
University of Miami — Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
The Society for Science — Honorary Board member
National Academy of Public Administration — Fellow
2020
The World Trade Center Institute — Governor’s Award
The Baltimore Sun — Business and Civic Hall of Fame
University of California San Francisco — UCSF Medal
2019
University of California, Berkeley — Clark Kerr Award
University of Denver — Honorary Doctorate
Hamilton College — Honorary Doctorate
Worcester Polytechnic Institute — Honorary Doctor of Arts
2018
New York Academy of Medicine —Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Health Policy
University of Maryland School of Medicine — Dean’s Medal
University of Pennsylvania — Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Brandeis University — Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Wagner College — Honorary Degree
American Council on Education — Lifetime Achievement Award
2017
Society of Developmental Biology — Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize
University of Massachusetts Lowell — Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
University of New England — Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) — Advocate for Higher Education Award
2016
Ebony magazine — Ebony Power 100
Georgia Institute of Technology — Honorary Doctorate
University of the Arts — Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
Savoy’s Power 300 — Most Influential Black Corporate Directors
2015
American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) — Ralph Coats Roe Medal
University of Notre Dame — Honorary Doctor of Laws
University of Pennsylvania — Zemsky Medal for Innovation in Higher Education
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. State Celebration Commission, Missouri — Chairman’s Award
2014
FCW: The Business of Federal Technology – named to the Federal 100
American Council on Education (ACE) – Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology — Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award
Maryland Daily Record Circle of Influence Inductee (Reflecting Designation as an Influential Marylander in 2007, 2012, and 2014)
Chesapeake Regional Tech Council Legend’s Circle Individual Award
Johns Hopkins University, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ideals Award
University of Cincinnati, President’s Award for Excellence
Champion for Children Award, Maryland State Department of Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Honorary Doctor of Laws
2013
Spelman College, Honorary Degree
Morehouse School of Medicine, Honorary Doctor of Science
Presidential Medal of Excellence, Bowie State University
American Association for the Advancement of Science, William D. Carey Award
American Educational Research Association, Distinguished Public Service Award
Association for Program Administrators of CSTEP and STEP, Educational Visionary Award
World Affairs Council – Washington, D.C., Educator of the Year Award
Black Engineer of the Year Award
Heinz Award (Human Condition category)
National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Inductee
2012
Leadership Maryland, Outstanding Leader of the Year
U.S. News & World Report STEM Solutions Leadership Hall of Fame Award
The Links, Incorporated, Co-Founders Award for Services to Youth
University of La Verne, Honorary Doctorate (Exemplary Leadership & Public Service)
Bank Street College of Education, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
University of Maryland, Baltimore, President’s Award
Ohio State University, William Henry Watson, Jr., Memorial Award
Greater Baltimore Committee, Regional Visionary Award
Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber, Visionary Leadership Award (inaugural)
TIME – named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World
Technology Council of Maryland Lifetime Achievement Award
2011
Top American Leader Award – Washington Post and Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership
Carnegie Corporation of New York Academic Leadership Award
GE African American Forum ICON Lifetime Achievement Award
Gladstone Institute Leadership Award for Promoting Diversity in Science & Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Johns Hopkins University
TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence
2010
Ruth L. Kirschstein Award, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Harvard University
Honorary Doctor of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College
Maryland’s “First Citizen” Award (Maryland State Senate)
Frank W. Hale, Jr., Diversity Leadership Award, National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
Candle in Education Award, Morehouse College
2009
Time – named one of America’s 10 Best College Presidents
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Georgetown University
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Biomedical Research
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Michigan
Virginia B. Smith Innovative Leadership Award, National Center for Public Policy & Higher Education and Council for Adult & Experiential Learning
Honorary Doctor of Letters, Daniel Webster College
Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award, American Council on Education
2008
Honorary Doctor of Sciences, North Carolina State University
Frederick Douglass Award, University System of Maryland Achievement in Higher Education Award, Washington Center for Internships & Academic Seminars
2007
Honorary Doctorate, Haverford College
Honorary Doctor of Letters, Wheaton College
2006
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Princeton University
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Goucher College
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Pace University
Teachers College Medal for Distinguished Service to Education, Teachers College-Columbia University
Board of Judges, Harold W. McGraw, Jr., Prize in Education
2005
Honorary Doctor of Humanities, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Honorary Doctor of Letters, Duke University
2004
Citigroup Friends of Maryland Education Award
Honorary Doctor of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Gallaudet University
Honorary Degree, Prince George’s Community College (Maryland)
Speaker’s Medallion, Maryland House of Delegates
John Hope Franklin Distinguished Contributor to Higher Education Award, Black Issues in Higher Education
Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser in Maryland, Maryland Chapter, Association of Fundraising Professionals
Ida B. Wells Risk Taker Award, National Alliance of Black School Educators
2003
American Philosophical Society, Fellow
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Franklin & Marshall College
Honorary Degree, Roosevelt University
National Academy of Sciences – Induction into National Academy’s Portrait Collection of African Americans
Phi Kappa Phi – University Service Award
Maryland Business Hall of Fame, Membership Induction
2002
Yale University – Edward Bouchet Leadership Award in Minority Graduate Education
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Binghamton University
Honorary Degree, Medical University of South Carolina
Honorary Degree, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York
Fast 50 Champion of Innovation, Fast Company Magazine
Council on Chemical Research, Diversity Award
Marion C. Bascom, Sr., Leadership Award, Associated Black Charities
2001
American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Fellow
Harold W. McGraw, Jr., Prize in Education
Author-Illustrator Human & Civil Rights Award, National Education Association
Honorary Degree, Mercy College
Stuart M. Macht Award for Community & Business Leadership (Baltimore County, MD)
2000
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
1999
Marylander of the Year, The Baltimore Sun
Reginald H. Jones Distinguished Service Award, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering
Golden Torch Academic Visionary Award, National Society of Black Engineers
1998
Honorary McCormick Scientist, McCormick Technology Worldwide, McCormick & Company, Inc.
Henry A. Rosenberg, Sr. Distinguished Citizen Award, Boy Scouts of America, Baltimore Area Council
BETA Award (Baltimore’s Extraordinary Technology Advocate), Greater Baltimore Committee’s Technology Council
Human Relations Chairperson’s Award, Baltimore County Human Relations Commission
1997
Education Award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore County, Maryland Chapter
Paul Harris Fellow Award, Woodlawn-Westview Rotary Club
1996
U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, & Engineering Mentoring
(Awarded to Dr. Hrabowski’s university in recognition of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program for gifted African American undergraduates in science and engineering)
1994
The Andrew White Medal, Loyola College of Maryland
The Hatikvah Award, The Jewish National Fund
The Educator Achievement Award, National Science Foundation
1993
Outstanding Science Educator Award, Eli Lilly & Company