Mitt Romney

==Awards and honors==
===Honorary degrees===
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! style="width:10%;"| Date
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| '''1999''' || [[University of Utah]] || Doctorate of Business<ref>{{cite news |author=Egan, Dan|title=SLOC Boss Romney Will Give U. Commencement Address|date=April 9, 1999 |newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|page=B3}}</ref>
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| '''2002''' || [[Bentley College]] || [[Doctor of Law]]<ref>{{cite press release|url-status=dead|url=http://www.bentley.edu/newsroom/latest-headlines/mitt-romney-calls-bentley-college-graduates-be-american-heroes|title=Mitt Romney Calls for Bentley College Graduates to 'Be American Heroes'|publisher=[[Bentley College]]|date=May 1, 2002|access-date=September 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514064325/http://www.bentley.edu/newsroom/latest-headlines/mitt-romney-calls-bentley-college-graduates-be-american-heroes|archive-date=May 14, 2013}}</ref>
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| '''2004''' || [[Suffolk University Law School]] || [[Doctor of Public Administration]]<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.suffolk.edu/16089.html |title=Suffolk University to Award Eight Honorary Degrees |publisher=[[Suffolk University]] |date=May 24, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128153246/http://suffolk.edu/16089.html |archive-date=November 28, 2010 }}</ref>
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| '''2007''' || [[Hillsdale College]] || Doctorate in Public Service<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillsdale.edu/images/userImages/cclawson/Page_4889/PC_News_Summer07.pdf |title=Commencement 2007 |publisher=[[Hillsdale College]] |access-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528014331/http://www.hillsdale.edu/images/userImages/cclawson/Page_4889/PC_News_Summer07.pdf|archive-date=May 28, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| '''2012''' || [[Liberty University]] || [[Doctor of Humanities]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberty.edu/news/index.cfm?PID=18495&MID=55432 |title=Commencement 2012: Paying tribute to Liberty's heritage, God's blessings|last=Bible|first=Mitzi|date=May 12, 2012|publisher=[[Liberty University]]}}</ref>
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| '''2013''' || [[Southern Virginia University]] || Honorary Doctorate<ref>{{cite news|url=https://svu.edu/news/2013/mitt-romney-to-speak-at-commencement-april-27/ |title=Mitt Romney to Speak at Commencement April 27|author=King, Hannah|publisher=Southern Virginia University|date=March 22, 2013}}</ref>
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| '''2015''' || [[Jacksonville University]] || Honorary Doctorate<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/os-ap-mitt-romney-commencement-speech-jacksonville-university-20150425-story.html|title=Mitt Romney to Jacksonville University graduates: Get a life|author=Farrington, Brendan|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=April 25, 2015}}</ref>
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| '''2015''' || [[Utah Valley University]] || Doctorate of Business<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/2015/5/1/20563875/mitt-romney-tells-uvu-grads-to-live-a-large-life |title=Mitt Romney tells UVU grads to 'live a large life'|last=Jacobsen |first=Morgan|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|date=April 30, 2015}}</ref>
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| '''2015''' || [[Saint Anselm College]] || Honorary Doctorate<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.anselm.edu/News/Mitt-Romney-Urges-Saint-Anselm-Graduates-to-Engage-in-Citizenship.htm|title=Mitt Romney Urges Graduates to Engage in Citizenship|author=Adams, Michelle|publisher=[[Saint Anselm College]]|date=May 17, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905071346/http://www.anselm.edu/News/Mitt-Romney-Urges-Saint-Anselm-Graduates-to-Engage-in-Citizenship.htm|archive-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref>
|}

===Non-academic awards and honors===
[[File:Romney 2006 ESGR.PNG|thumb|right|alt=Photograph of Romney flanked by two other men at a formal awards occasion|Receiving the 2006 [[Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award]] on behalf of [[Commonwealth of Massachusetts|his state]]]]

''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine included Romney in its [[People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People|50 Most Beautiful People list]] for 2002,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/archive/mitt-romney-politician-vol-57-no-18/ |access-date=February 7, 2020 |title=Mitt Romney: Politician|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=May 13, 2002}}</ref> and in 2004, a foundation that promotes the [[Olympic truce]] gave him its inaugural Truce Ideal Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/sports/other_sports/olympics/articles/2006/02/13/romney_looks_ahead_back_in_olympics_visit/ |access-date=February 7, 2020 |title=Romney looks ahead, back in Olympics visit|author=Pane, Lisa Marie|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=February 13, 2006}}</ref> The Cranbrook School gave him its Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005.<ref name="wapo-cran" /> In 2008, he shared with his wife Ann the [[The Canterbury Medal|Canterbury Medal]] from [[The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty]], for "refus[ing] to compromise their principles and faith" during the presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/2008/5/10/20251627/romney-honored-for-defense-of-religious-liberty |title=Romney honored for 'Defense of Religious Liberty'|author=Roche, Lisa Riley|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|location=Salt Lake City|date=May 10, 2008}}</ref> In 2012, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine included Romney in their [[Time 100|List of The 100 Most Influential People in the World]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112000,00.html |title=The 100 Most Influential People in the World |last=Bain|first=Bill|date=April 18, 2012|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>

In 2021, Romney received the [[Profile in Courage Award]] for being the only member of his party to vote to convict Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-impeachments-mitt-romney-d77c4e352ce6fce8bd12079252edabff|title=Romney gets Profile in Courage Award for impeachment vote|date=April 20, 2021|website=[[Associated Press|AP News]]}}</ref>