George Washington Carver

==Honors==
[[File:George W Carver - NARA - 559197.jpg|thumb|A painting by [[Betsy Graves Reyneau]]]]

* 1923, [[Spingarn Medal]] from the [[NAACP]], awarded annually for outstanding achievement.<ref name="Special_History_Study" />
* 1928, honorary doctorate from Simpson College
* 1939, the Roosevelt Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Southern Agriculture
* 1940, Carver established the George Washington Carver Foundation at the Tuskegee Institute.
* 1941, [[The George Washington Carver Museum]] was dedicated at the Tuskegee Institute.
* 1942, Ford built a replica of Carver's birth cabin at the [[The Henry Ford|Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village]] in Dearborn as a tribute.
* 1942, Ford dedicated a laboratory in Dearborn named after Carver.
* 1943, [[Liberty ship]] {{SS|George Washington Carver}} launched
* 1947, [[Carver Military Academy|George Washington Carver Area High School]], named in his honor is opened by the [[Chicago Public Schools]] in the [[Riverdale, Illinois|Riverdale/Far South Side]] area of [[Chicago, Illinois]], United States. 
* 1950, [[George Washington Carver State Park]] named
* 1951–1954, U.S. Mint features Carver on a 50 cents silver commemorative coin
* 1965, Ballistic missile submarine {{USS|George Washington Carver|SSBN-656}} launched.
* 1969, [[Iowa State University]] constructs Carver Hall in honor of Carver—a graduate of the university.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/buildings/building.asp?id=20 |title=Carver Hall, Iowa State University, Facilities Planning & Management |access-date=March 21, 2014 |archive-date=March 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321110942/http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/buildings/building.asp?id=20 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1943?, the US Congress designated January 5, the anniversary of his death, as George Washington Carver Recognition Day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/statutes/title25/25-2/25-2-39.HTM |title=25-2-39. Dr. George Washington Carver Recognition Day |publisher=Rilin.state.ri.us |access-date=March 21, 2014 |archive-date=November 6, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051106152843/http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE25/25-2/25-2-39.HTM |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/george-washington-carver-recognition-day-celebrated |title=George Washington Carver Recognition Day Celebrated |access-date=February 22, 2015 |archive-date=February 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223001809/http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/george-washington-carver-recognition-day-celebrated |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1999, [[USDA]] names a portion of its [[Beltsville, Maryland]], campus the George Washington Carver Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usda-names-building-complex-to-honor-dr-george-washington-carver-scientists-legacy-of-innovation-continues-at-tuskegee-university-76425417.html|title=USDA Names Building Complex to Honor Dr. George Washington Carver|publisher=[[PR Newswire]]|access-date=May 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602062829/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usda-names-building-complex-to-honor-dr-george-washington-carver-scientists-legacy-of-innovation-continues-at-tuskegee-university-76425417.html|archive-date=June 2, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2002, Iowa Award, the state's highest citizen award.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://publications.iowa.gov/16716/1/Redbook-2013-2014%20%2885GA%29.pdf |title=Iowa Official Register (2013–2014) |publisher=Iowa General Assembly |year=2014 |pages=437 |access-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705194015/http://publications.iowa.gov/16716/1/Redbook-2013-2014%20(85GA).pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2004, [[George Washington Carver Bridge]], [[Des Moines, Iowa]]
* 2007, the [[Missouri Botanical Gardens]] has a garden area named in his honor, with a commemorative statue and material about his work
*2022, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed legislation naming Feb. 1st every year as George Washington Carver Day in Iowa
* Willowbrook Neighborhood Park in [[Willowbrook, California]] was renamed George Washington Carver Park in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |title=George Washington Carver Park |publisher=[[Los Angeles County, California]] Department of Parks and Recreation |url=http://parks.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/dpr/Parks/George_Washington_Carver_Park |access-date=April 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311144211/http://parks.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/dpr/Parks/George_Washington_Carver_Park |archive-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref>
* Schools named for Carver include the George Washington Carver Elementary School of the [[Compton Unified School District]] in [[Los Angeles County, California]],<ref>{{cite web | title = Welcome to Carver Elementary School | publisher = [[Compton Unified School District]] | url = http://gwces-compton-ca.schoolloop.com | access-date = April 13, 2015 | archive-date = April 15, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150415225820/http://gwces-compton-ca.schoolloop.com/ | url-status = live}}</ref> the George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science of the [[Sacramento City Unified School District]] in [[Sacramento, California]],<ref>{{cite web | title = Who Is George Washington Carver? | publisher = [[Sacramento City Unified School District]] | url = http://carverartsandscience.org/who_is_carver.php | access-date = April 13, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150330072739/http://www.carverartsandscience.org/who_is_carver.php | archive-date = March 30, 2015 | url-status = dead}}</ref> and the Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School, a [[Newark Public Schools|Newark public school]] in [[Newark, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Dr. George Washington Carver: Where Achievement is Realistic, Obtainable & Infinite! | publisher = [[Newark Public Schools]] | url = http://www.nps.k12.nj.us/car/ | access-date = February 22, 2017 | archive-date = February 23, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170223130121/http://www.nps.k12.nj.us/car/ | url-status = live}}</ref>
* Taxa named after him include: ''Colletotrichum carveri'' and ''Metasphaeria carveri'', both named by [[Job Bicknell Ellis]] and [[Benjamin Matlack Everhart]] in 1902;<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ellis|first1=J. B.|last2=Everhart|first2=B. M.|title=New Alabama Fungi|journal=The Journal of Mycology|date=1902|volume=8|issue=2|pages=62–73|doi=10.2307/3752297|jstor-access=free|jstor=3752297}}</ref> ''Cercospora carveriana'', named by [[Pier Andrea Saccardo]] and Domenico Saccardo in 1906;<ref>{{cite book|last1=Saccardo|first1=P. A.|last2=Saccardo|first2=D.|title=Sylloge fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum|date=1906|publisher=P. A. Saccardo|location=Patavius|page=607|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32884368|volume=18|access-date=November 6, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107175245/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32884368|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Taphrina carveri'' named by [[Anna Eliza Jenkins]] in 1939;<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jenkins|first1=Anna E.|title=New species of Taphrina on red maple and on silver maple|journal=Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences|date=1939|volume=29|issue=5|pages=222–230|jstor=24529580|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39699626|access-date=November 6, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107181025/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39699626|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Pestalotia carveri'', named by E. F. Guba in 1961.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Collins|first1=Daniel J.|last2=Frederick|first2=Lafayette|last3=Warren|first3=Herman|last4=Rossman|first4=Amy|last5=Dominick|first5=Shannon|title=Contributions of Dr. George Washington Carver to global food security: Historical reflections of Dr. Carver's Fungal Plant Disease Survey in the southeastern United States|journal=APSnet Features|date=2014|doi=10.1094/APSFeature-2014-02|doi-access=}}</ref>