Awards and Distinctions

1964, May 11

Pieper receives an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology of the University of Munich

1968, April 16

Pieper receives the “Aquinas Medal” at the congress of the “American Catholic Philosophical Association” in New Orleans (USA)

1974, April 20

Pieper is appointed commander of the Papal Order of St. Gregorius

1974, June 20

Pieper receives an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology of the University of Münster

1979, November 5

Pieper receives the “Paulusplakette” of the city of Münster

1980, August 3

Pieper receives the Premio Doxa from the Ateneo Filosofico (Mexico) at Kings College, London

1981, March 29

Romano Guardini Prize of the Catholic Academy in Munich

1982, February 26

International Balzan Prize

1985, November 25

Pieper receives an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy and Pedagogy of the University of Eichstätt

1987, November 5

Ingersoll Prize for academic prose (Chicago)

1987, December 9

National award of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf

1989, December 12

Presentation of the “Großes Goldenes Ehrenzeichen” of Austria by the Minister of Science and Research in Vienna

1990, September 30

Ring of honor of the Görres-Society

1990, November 20

Pieper receives an honorary doctorate (Human Letters) of the Catholic University of America, Washington D. C.