Editing Friedrich Hayek (section)

=== Recognition ===
In 1980, Hayek was one of twelve Nobel laureates to meet with [[Pope John Paul II]] "to dialogue, discuss views in their fields, communicate regarding the relationship between Catholicism and science, and 'bring to the Pontiff's attention the problems which the Nobel Prize Winners, in their respective fields of study, consider to be the most urgent for contemporary man'"{{sfn|Ebenstein|2001|p=301}}

Hayek was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] (CH) in the [[1984 Birthday Honours]] on the advice of British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] for his "services to the study of economics".<ref name="LGCH"/>{{sfn|Ebenstein|2001|p=305}} Hayek had hoped to receive a [[baronet]]cy and after being awarded the CH sent a letter to his friends requesting that he be called the English version of Friedrich (i.e. Frederick) from now on. After his twenty-minute audience with the Queen, he was "absolutely besotted" with her according to his daughter-in-law Esca Hayek. Hayek said a year later that he was "amazed by her. That ease and skill, as if she'd known me all my life". The audience with the Queen was followed by a dinner with family and friends at the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]]. When later that evening Hayek was dropped off at the [[Reform Club]], he commented: "I've just had the happiest day of my life".{{sfn|Ebenstein|2001|p=305}}

In 1991, President [[George H. W. Bush]] awarded Hayek the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States, for a "lifetime of looking beyond the horizon".<ref name=":13" />