Honors

    Awards Named in his Honor:

Michael Landon Award, presented by the California Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, to an individual who has made a lifetime commitment to the advancement and inclusion of people with disabilities in the media industry, at the Media Access Awards.

The Michael Landon Award, Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television, presented by the Young Artist Foundation at the Annual Young Artist Awards.

Michael Award, given out at the fashion industry’s annual awards ceremony, which is called The Michael Awards, and benefits the National Children’s Leukemia Foundation. The first recipient of the Michael Award was Cindy Crawford in March 1993.

PanCAN-AACR Michael Landon Career Development Award, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

    Named to list (#24) of 50 Greatest TV Icons, Entertainment Weekly and TV Land Present: The 50 Greatest TV Icons, November 16, 2007

    Inducted into the South Jersey Arts & Entertainment Hall of Fame, 2004

    Automatic Inductee to The New York Walk of Fame, 2004

    Recipient (Bonanza), TV Land Award, Best in the West, 1^st Annual TV Land Awards, March 2, 2003 (Aired: March 12, 2003)

    No. 33 on TV Guide’s list of 50 Sexiest Stars of All Time, TV Guide Special Issue, September 28-October 4, 2002

    Honored at "Evening with the Stars,"  Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), November 8, 1998

    Inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame, 1998

    45 People Who Made a Difference in the television industry, TV Guide Special Issue, April 4-10, 1998

    Inducted into the Collingsworth (N.J.) High School Athletic Hall of Fame, 1997

    No. 8 on TV Guide’s list of 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time, TV Guide Special Issue, December 14-20, 1996

    Michael Landon’s bronze bust unveiled in The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Hall of Fame Plaza, 199?

    Inducted into The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Hall of Fame, October 1995

    Honored at St. Vincent Medical Center’s annual dinner, April 23, 1993

    First Michael Awards, benefiting the National Children’s Leukemia Foundation, is held on March 15, 1993 in NYC

    Center Court re-named, Michael Landon Center Court, and a bust statue of him placed behind the stadium court at Randolph Tennis Center, Tucson, Arizona, 1992

    Michael Landon Memorial, Memorial Grove in Cooper River Park, Pennsauken, New Jersey, Dedicated by WAR (Women Against Rape) Child Watch on September 17, 1991

    A tribute to Michael Landon at the Thirteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards, Young Artist Foundation, 1991

    A tribute to Michael Landon, 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, August 25, 1991

    Community center in Malibu Bluffs Park is named in his honor (Michael Landon Community Center), June 1, 1991

    Tribute to Michael Landon by Rep. Gallegly in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 16, 1991 (part of the Congressional Record)

    Co-Host, 15^th Annual People’s Choice Awards, March 11, 1989

    Recipient of an award from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department Auxiliary Volunteers, 198[5]

    Grand Marshal, 53rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, 1984

    Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, August 1984

    President of the Emmy jury, International Emmy Awards, 1982

    Received Certificate of Appreciation from California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Handicapped, 1982

    Scheduled Co-Host, 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, September 7, 1980
                    Replaced (as were the other co-hosts, Bob Newhart and Lee Remick) because they honored the boycott of the show

                         called for by the Screen Actors Guild

         Named National Chairman for the 1977 Easter Seal Campaign

    Grand Marshal, Reno Rodeo Parade, May 1972

    Presenter at 6^th Annual Awards Dinner, Academy of Country and Western Music, March 22, 1971

    Named a Honorary U.S. Air Force Recruiter, [July] 1967

    Co-Grand Marshal, The Indy 500 Festival Parade, May 1967

                            Shared the honor with Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker

    Citation from U.S. Postal Service for Bonanza episode "Ride the Wind," 1966

    Named Honorary Mayor of Encino, California, 1965-196[6]

    Named a Honorary Citizen of Nevada, October 31, 1964

    Co-Grand Marshal, Nevada Day Parade, October 31, 1964

                            Shared the honor with Lorne Greene

    Appears (as Little Joe) in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 28, 1963

    Grand Marshal, Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade, 1963

    Cast of Bonanza rode their horses in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 24, 1960

    Grand Marshal, Annual J.C. Rodeo Parade held in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 1960

Year Unknown:

         Inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, 19__

    Honorary Member of the Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures, 19__

    Led the WSB-TV Salute 2 America Parade (Atlanta, Georgia), July 4, 197_

    Grand Marshal, Grand Floral Parade, Blossomtime Festival of Southwestern Michigan, [first Saturday of May], 196_

    Grand Marshal, La Grange Pet Parade, 196_

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