Second annual Donaldson Awards from Billboard Magazine for outstanding achievement in the theater.

Honorary Citizen of Linden from the City of Linden California.

A tribute of love from the children of the Mount Carmel school, February 2nd, 1978.

Awarded by the Western Illinois University Foundation

Honorary Grandfather award from the United Nations International Year of the Child.

Show Business Shriners club in appreciation of Burl Ives