Alexander Calder American, 1898-1976

Spanish Pavilion at the Paris World’s Fair (1937)
First prize, Rohm and Haas Plexiglass Sculpture Competition (1939)
Outstanding Citizen Award, City of Philadelphia (1955)
Major commissions for the Brussels World’s Fair, the UNESCO building in Paris, and Idlewild (now JFK) Airport in New York (all 1958)
First prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition (1958)
Gold Medal, Architectural League of New York (1960)
Election to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York (1960)
Medal from the American Institute of Architects (1961)
Art in America Award for Outstanding Contribution to American Art (1962)
Election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1964)
Named Chairman of Artists for SANE (1965)
Honorary Doctor of Art, Harvard University (1966)
Honorary Doctor of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology (1969)
Gold Medal for Sculpture, Academy of Arts and Letters (1971)
Grand Prix National des Arts et Lettres, France (1975)
U.N. Peace Medal (1975)
Bicentennial Artist Award, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1976)