In recognition of his contributions, he was one of the inaugural recipients of the Benjamin Franklin Award in 1960.

He was one the inaugural recipients of the Nigerian National Merit Award in 1979.

Owen and his fellow band members were also the inaugural recipients of the "Spirit of Alabama" medal awarded by Governor Bob Riley.

They were also the inaugural recipients of the "Spirit of Alabama" medal awarded by Governor Bob Riley.

He was one of the inaugural recipients of the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting in 1986.

The Robert Wallace Chair of English at the University of Melbourne, Professor Deirdre Coleman was one of the inaugural recipients in 1979.

The inaugural recipients were eighth blackbird and Creative Time.

In 2006 he was one of the two inaugural recipients of the Athena Award, given by the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU).

Other inaugural recipients were his childhood tutor, the Reverend George Henslow.

In 1950 Boleslavsky was one of the inaugural recipients of the International Grandmaster title from FIDE.