U.S. President Jimmy Carter (born October 1, 1924) has received numerous accolades, awards, and honorary degrees. Several places, institutions, and other things have been named for him.
Among the honors Carter has received are the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Others include:
In 1998, the U.S. Navy named the third and last Seawolf-class submarine the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) in honor of former President Carter and his service as a submariner officer. It became one of the first Navy vessels to be named for a person living at the time of naming.[20]
In 2002, a fish species was given a scientific name after him, the bluegrass darter (Etheostoma jimmycarter), for his environmental leadership and accomplishments in the areas of national energy policy and wilderness protection, and his lifelong commitment to social justice and basic human rights.[21]
In February 2023, the United States Naval Academy changed the name of its engineering building from Maury Hall to Carter Hall in honor of the former president and Naval Academy graduate. The building was previously named for Matthew Fontaine Maury, an oceanographer and U.S. naval officer who gave up his commission to fight against the United States by serving as a naval officer and diplomatic envoy to England for the Confederacy.[22][23]
President Carter has been nominated for the Grammy Awards 9 times in the Best Spoken Word Album category, winning three times.[24]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1997 | Best Spoken Word Album | Living Faith | Nominated |
1998 | Best Spoken Word Album | The Virtues of Aging | Nominated |
2001 | Best Spoken Word Album | An Hour Before Daylight | Nominated |
2006 | Best Spoken Word Album | Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis | Won |
2007 | Best Spoken Word Album | Sunday Mornings In Plains: Bringing Peace To A Changing World | Nominated |
2009 | Best Spoken Word Album | We Can Have Peace In The Holy Land | Nominated |
2014 | Best Spoken Word Album | A Call to Action | Nominated |
2015 | Best Spoken Word Album | A Full Life: Reflections at 90 | Won |
2018 | Best Spoken Word Album | Faith - A Journey for All | Won |
His win in 2019 at the age of 94 years and 132 days made him the third oldest person to win a Grammy. The current record holder is Pinetop Perkins, who was 97 when he won a Grammy in 2011 (one month before his death). Carter is the oldest still-living Grammy winner.