In Support of Richard Stallman

Richard Stallman's Honors and Awards

Published on April 05, 2021.  Last updated November 20, 2024.

Richard Stallman has received broad recognition for his work. He has been granted a number of honors and awards, including national and international prizes, induction into the Internet Hall of Fame, and several honorary doctorates and professorships from universities around the world. Here they are listed in chronological order.

• 1986: Honorary lifetime membership in the Chalmers Computer Society. Mentioned in the announcement of a talk at the Chalmers University of Technology. (Archived)
• 1990: MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (Genius Grant). McArthur Fellows Class of 1990. (Archived)
• 1990: The ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award For pioneering work in the development of the extensible editor EMACS (Editing Macros). (Archived)
• 1996: Doctorate honoris causa from Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology. (Archived)
• 1998: Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer award. (Archived)
• 1999: Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award.
• 2001: The Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award for Social/Economic Well-Being. (Archived)
• 2001: Doctorate honoris causa from the University of Glasgow. (Archived)
• 2002: United States National Academy of Engineering membership. (Archived)
• 2003: Doctorate honoris causa from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. (Archived)
• 2003: Honorary professorship from the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería del Perú (UNI). Mentioned in the announcement of a talk at the same university in 2008.
• 2004: Doctorate honoris causa from the Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina. (Archived)
• 2004: Honorary professorship from the Universidad Tecnológica del Perú. (Not found on line)
• 2005: Fondazione Pistoletto prize. Reported in Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper (Archived). Reported in an FSF blog post (Archived).
• 2007: Honorary professorship from the Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Perú.
• 2007: First Premio Internacional Extremadura al Conocimiento Libre, Spain. (Archived)
• 2007: Doctorate honoris causa from the Universidad de Los Angeles de Chimbote, Perú. (Not found on line)
• 2007: Doctorate honoris causa from the University of Pavia, Italy.
• 2008: Doctorate honoris causa from the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Perú. (Not found on line)
• 2009: Doctor of Science honoris causa from Lakehead University, Canada. (Archived)
• 2011: Doctorate honoris causa from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. (Archived)
• 2012: Honorary professorship from the Universidad César Vallejo de Trujillo, Perú. (Not found on line)
• 2012: Doctorate honoris causa from the Universidad Latinoamericana Cima de Tacna, Perú. (Archived)
• 2012: Doctorate honoris causa from the Universidad José Faustino Sanchez Carrión, Perú. (Not found on line)
• 2013: Inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. (Archived)
• 2014: Doctorate honoris causa from Concordia University, Canada. (Archived)
• 2015: Doctorate honoris causa from Universidad las Américas, Perú. (Not found on line)
• 2016: The ACM Award for development of GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection. (Archived)
• 2016: Doctorate honoris causa awarded jointly by the Université Pierre et Marie Curie and Paris-Sorbonne, France.
• 2016: Social Medicine award, from GNU Solidario. (Archived)
• 2017: Doctorate honoris causa from the Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, Argentina. (Archived)
• 2018: Doctorate honoris causa from the Universidad de Tucumán, Argentina. (Archived)
• 2018: Honorary professorship from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional de Mendoza, Argentina. Announced in Los Andes newspaper. (Archived)
• 2024: Doctorate honoris causa from the Universidad Autónoma del Perú, Perú. (Archived)
• 2024: Doctorate honoris causa from the Universidad Nacional de Cañete, Perú. (Resolution R.C.O. N° 406-2024-UNDC) (Archived)

Sources: Wikipedia stallman.org