Peter Drucker

==Awards and honors==
Drucker was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by US President [[George W. Bush]] on July 9, 2002.<ref>[http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/dac&CISOPTR=3478&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, 2002-07-09], The Drucker Institute Archives, Claremont, California.</ref> He also received honors from the government of Austria,<ref>[http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/dac&CISOPTR=2797&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 Great Silver Award], Box 8, Folder 7, The Drucker Institute and Archives, Claremont, California.</ref> including the [[Grand Silver Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria]] in 1974,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question | language = de | page=398 | access-date = January 20, 2013 }}</ref> the [[Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria]] in 1991<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question | language = de | page=905 | access-date = January 20, 2013 }}</ref> and the [[Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class]] in 1999<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question | language = de | page=1305 | access-date = January 20, 2013 }}</ref> and the [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]], 3rd class; June 24, 1966, from the government of Japan.<ref>[http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/dac&CISOPTR=2808&CISOBOX=1&REC=15 Japanese Decoration of Honor], Box 8, Folder 7, The Drucker Institute Archives, Claremont, California.</ref>

Drucker was the Honorary Chairman of the ''Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management'', now the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110403084814/http://www.leadertoleader.org/ ''Leader to Leader Institute''], from 1990 through 2002.<ref>Drucker, Peter. [http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/dac&CISOPTR=2425&REC=3 Biographical data], Box 35, Folder 30, The Drucker Institute Archive, Claremont, California.</ref> In 1969 he was awarded [[New York University]]'s highest honor, its Presidential Citation.<ref>[http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/dac&CISOPTR=2803&CISOBOX=1&REC=2 Letter recognizing Presidential Citation of New York University], Box 8, Folder 7, The Drucker Institute Archives, Claremont, California.</ref> For his article, "What Makes an Effective Executive", ''[[Harvard Business Review]]'' honored Drucker in the June 2004 with his seventh [[McKinsey Award]]&nbsp;– the most awarded to an individual.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120114151949/http://hbr.org/web/2009/mckinsey/mckinsey-award-winners McKinsey Award Winners] at ''[[Harvard Business Review]]''</ref> Drucker was inducted into the [[Junior Achievement]] US Business Hall of Fame in 1996.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ja.org/hof/viewLaureate.asp?id=37&alpha=D | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100619110547/http://ja.org/hof/viewLaureate.asp?id=37&alpha=D | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 19, 2010 | title= Peter F. Drucker | work= U.S. Business Hall of Fame | publisher= Junior Achievement | access-date= December 17, 2012 }}</ref> He received 25 honorary doctorates from American, Belgian, Czech, English, Spanish and Swiss universities.<ref>[http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/search/collection/dac/searchterm/honorary%20degrees/field//mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/ Honorary Degrees] in The Drucker Institute Archives, Claremont, California.</ref> His 1954 book ''The Practice of Management'' was voted the third most influential management book of the 20th century in a poll of the Fellows of the [[Academy of Management]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Bedeian |first1= Arthur G. |last2= Wren |first2= Daniel A.|author-link1= Arthur G. Bedeian|author-link2=Daniel A. Wren|date=Winter 2001 |title= Most Influential Management Books of the 20th Century |journal= Organizational Dynamics |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages= 221–25 |doi= 10.1016/S0090-2616(01)00022-5 | url = http://www.bus.lsu.edu/bedeian/articles/MostInfluentialBooks-OD2001.pdf}}</ref> In Claremont, California, Eleventh Street between College Avenue and Dartmouth Avenue was renamed "Drucker Way" in October 2009 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Drucker's birth.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.druckerinstitute.com/link/eleventh-street-in-claremont-calif-will-be-renamed-%E2%80%9Cdrucker-way%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-celebrating-renewing-and-honoring-the-life-work-and-legacy-of-peter-drucker/ | title= Eleventh Street in Claremont, Calif., will be renamed 'Drucker Way' | first= Christina | last= Wassenaar | publisher= Drucker Institute | date= October 8, 2009 | access-date= December 17, 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130122194838/http://www.druckerinstitute.com/link/eleventh-street-in-claremont-calif-will-be-renamed-%E2%80%9Cdrucker-way%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-celebrating-renewing-and-honoring-the-life-work-and-legacy-of-peter-drucker/ | archive-date= January 22, 2013 | url-status= dead }}</ref>
Drucker was posthumously honored when he was inducted into the Outsourcing Hall of Fame in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wartzman|first1=Rick|title=Insourcing and Outsourcing: the Right Mix|journal=Bloomberg Business|date=February 2010|url=http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/feb2010/ca2010024_507452.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210044752/http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/feb2010/ca2010024_507452.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2010|access-date=April 27, 2015|publisher=Bloomberg Business.com}}</ref>  In 2018, Drucker was named the world's most influential business thinker on the Thinkers50.com list.<ref>{{cite news |title=2018 Hall of Fame Inductees |url=http://thinkers50.com/hall-of-fame/ |access-date=November 30, 2018 |publisher=thinkers50.com}}</ref>