Nancy Reagan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Awards and honors == [[File:Nancy Reagan honorary degree 2009.jpg|thumb|right| Reagan receiving an honorary degree from Eureka College, 2009]] As noted earlier, Nancy Reagan was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 2002<ref name="President Bush Honors Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award"/> and the [[Congressional Gold Medal]], in the same year.<ref name="Congressional Gold Medal History"/> In 1989, she received the [[Council of Fashion Designers of America]]'s lifetime achievement award.<ref name="honorednyt"/> As First Lady, Nancy Reagan received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from [[Pepperdine University]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/02/us/gets-honorary-degree-nancy-reagan-after-receiving-law-degree-yesterday.html | title=Gets Honorary Degree | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=The New York Times | date=May 2, 1983}}</ref> Later, she received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from [[Eureka College]] in Illinois, her husband's alma mater, in 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://chronicleillinois.com/news/local-news/eureka-college-awards-nancy-reagan-honorary-doctorate/ | title=Eureka College Awards Nancy Reagan Honorary Doctorate | publisher=Chronicle Media | date=April 8, 2009}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page