Editing James Randi (section)

==Awards and honors==
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| 1977 || Visiting Magician of the Year, Academy of Magical Arts & Sciences at [[the Magic Castle]] in Hollywood.<ref name="aboutjr">{{cite web|title=About James Randi|url=http://web.randi.org/about-james-randi.html|website=James Randi Educational Foundation|access-date=August 24, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128172118/http://web.randi.org/about-james-randi.html|archive-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref>
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| 1978 || Garden State Magicians' award.<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 1981 || Asteroid [[3163 Randi]] was named after James Randi,<ref name="KLxSN">{{Cite web|url=https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=3163|title=(3163) Randi|website=IAU Minor Planet Center|access-date=January 22, 2020|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102811/http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=3163|url-status=live}}</ref> who had always been an active [[Amateur astronomy|amateur observer]]. His friend [[Carl Sagan]] encouraged his interest.<ref name="TorontoStar1986" /><br />Certificate of appreciation at the MIT Club of Boston.<ref name="aboutjr" /><br />Designated Grand Master of Magic by Hocus Pocus Magazine.<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 1983 || Blackstone Cup, International Platform Association as Outstanding Speaker (won again in 1987).<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 1984 || Honorary membership, Bay Surgical Society of Los Angeles.<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 1986 || A $273,000 [[MacArthur Foundation Fellowship]] was awarded to James Randi for his investigations of the claims of Uri Geller and TV "[[faith healers]]"<ref name="macfound">{{cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/284/|title=James Randi|website=MacArthur Foundation|publisher=[[John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation]]|location=Chicago, IL|access-date=August 19, 2012|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115150543/https://www.macfound.org/fellows/284/|url-status=live}}</ref><br />Honorary membership, Israeli Society for Promoting the Art of Magic.<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 1987 || Special fellowship, Academy of Magical Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles.<ref name="aboutjr" /><br />Certificate of Appreciation, Ring 254 of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.<ref name="aboutjr" /><br />Award of Merit, Assembly 22 of the Society of American Magicians.<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 1988 || National Consumer Service Award, [[National Council Against Health Fraud]].<ref name="aboutjr" /><br />International Ambassador of Magic, Society of American Magicians.<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 1989 || Joseph A. Burton Forum Award, [[American Physical Society]].<ref name="lVscq">{{cite web |url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/burton.cfm |title=Joseph A. Burton Forum Award |publisher=American Physical Society |location=College Park, MD |access-date=June 15, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202232131/http://www.aps.org./programs/honors/awards/burton.cfm |archive-date=December 2, 2008}}</ref><br />Gold Medal, University of Ghent.<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 1990 || Humanist Distinguished Service Award, [[American Humanist Association]].<ref name="aboutjr" /> <br />Thomas Paine Award, Baton Rouge Proponents of Rational Inquiry & Scientific Methods.<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 1992 || Commemorative Medal with Golden Wreath, Hungarian Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge.<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 1996 || Distinguished Skeptic Award, [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]] (CSICOP).<ref name="aboutjr" /><ref name="First World Congress 1996">{{cite journal|title=CSICOP Award Winners|journal=Skeptical Inquirer|date=1996|volume=20|issue=5|page=7}}</ref>
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| 1997 || Lifetime Achievement Award, [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]].<ref name="aboutjr" /><br />"One of the 100 Best People in the World, people who make our lives richer or larger or happier," Esquire magazine.<ref name="aboutjr" /><br />Award, Science & Engineering Society of the National Security Agency.<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 1999 || "In Defense of Reason" Special Lifetime Achievement Award, Comitato Italiano per il Controllo dell Affermazioni sui Paranormale.<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 2000 || Distinguished Lecturer Award, [[Nova Southeastern University]].<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 2002 || Presidential Citation, [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]].<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 2003 || First [[Richard Dawkins Award]].<ref name="Randiofficialbio">{{cite web |last=Wagg |first=Jeff |date=July 10, 2007 |title=About James Randi Full Bio |url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/component/content/article/58.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202165723/http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/component/content/article/58.html |archive-date=February 2, 2009 |access-date=October 9, 2013 |work=JREF}}</ref>
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| 2007 || [[Philip J. Klass#The Philip J. Klass Award|Philip J. Klass Award]].<ref name="M8OQ9">{{cite journal |last=Randi |first=James |date=March 23, 2007 |title=In Closing |journal=Swift |type=Newsletter |access-date=May 18, 2007 |url=http://www.randi.org/jr/2007-03/032307tx.html#i11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326234436/http://www.randi.org/jr/2007-03/032307tx.html#i11 |archive-date=March 26, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 2008 || Lifetime Achievement Award, [[Independent Investigations Group]] (IIG). Previous recipients Carl Sagan and Harry Houdini.<ref name="aboutjr" /><ref name="jyWSC">{{cite web |url=http://www.iigwest.com/iigawards/2008/index.html |title=The 2008 IIG Awards |date=August 21, 2010 |website=The Independent Investigations Group |publisher=[[Independent Investigations Group]] |location=Hollywood, CA |access-date=July 1, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713005259/http://www.iigwest.com/iigawards/2008/index.html |archive-date=July 13, 2011}}</ref>
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| 2009 || In Praise of Reason Award, [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]].<ref name="aboutjr" />
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| 2010 || Elected a [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]] Fellow.<ref name="5FjBH">{{cite press release |last=Bupp |first=Nathan |title=Sixteen Notable Figures in Science and Skepticism Elected CSI Fellows |url=http://www.csicop.org/news/press_releases/show/sixteen_notable_figures_in_science_and_skepticism_elected_csi_fellows |date=January 12, 2010 |publisher=Committee for Skeptical Inquiry |location=Amherst, NY |access-date=February 12, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202163416/http://www.csicop.org/news/press_releases/show/sixteen_notable_figures_in_science_and_skepticism_elected_csi_fellows |archive-date=February 2, 2010}}</ref>
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| 2012 || Lifetime Achievement Fellowship, [[Academy of Magical Arts]].<ref name="d3p7l">{{cite web |url=http://themandalamag.com/2012/04/02/the-academy-of-magical-arts-awards-results/ |title=The Academy of Magical Arts Awards Results |last=McMaster |first=Shawn |date=April 2, 2012 |website=The Mandala |publisher=Shawn McMaster |access-date=April 6, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408135746/http://themandalamag.com/2012/04/02/the-academy-of-magical-arts-awards-results/ |archive-date=April 8, 2012}}</ref><br />Lifetime Achievement Award, [[American Humanist Association]].<ref name="f9e6w">{{cite press release |last=Magee |first=Brian |title=Atheists 'Marching' to New Orleans for 71st Annual American Humanist Association Conference |url=http://members.neworleanscvb.com/CustPage.aspx?pagename=special-event-invitations&ID=44 |date=May 23, 2012 |publisher=American Humanist Association |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=October 9, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009071203/http://members.neworleanscvb.com/CustPage.aspx?pagename=special-event-invitations&ID=44 |archive-date=October 9, 2013}}</ref><br />Lifetime Achievement Award, [[Australian Skeptics]] Inc.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Skeptics' Awards 2012 ... And the winner is |journal=The Skeptic |date=December 2012 |volume=32 |issue=4 |page=14 |url=https://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%20Skeptic%20Volume%2032%20(2012)%20No%204.pdf |access-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-date=March 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314043943/https://www.skeptics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/magazine/The%20Skeptic%20Volume%2032%20(2012)%20No%204.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2016 || [[Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication]], 2016<ref name="oYHN4">{{cite web|url=https://www.tuwien.ac.at/aktuelles/news_detail/article/124447/|title=Heinz Oberhummer Award geht an James Randi|publisher=[[Technische Universität Wien]]|date=November 3, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203122734/https://www.tuwien.ac.at/aktuelles/news_detail/article/124447/|archive-date=December 3, 2016}}</ref><br />Lifetime Achievement Award, [[Humanist Canada|Humanist Association of Canada]].<ref name="vCB1s">{{cite web|last1=Randi|first1=James|title=May 31, 2016|url=https://www.facebook.com/jamesrandi/posts/10154191706231462:0?sw_fnr_id=2435300048&fnr_t=0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/24271671461/10154191706231462 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |url-access=limited|website=Facebook: James Randi|publisher=Facebook|access-date=August 24, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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|    ||James Randi was one of very few members of the UK Magic Circle to be granted their highest order: Member of the Inner Magic Circle With Gold Star (MIMC).<ref name="THLQN">{{cite web |url=http://themagiccircle.co.uk/member-lookup |title=Members |website=The Magic Circle |access-date=July 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725141104/http://themagiccircle.co.uk/member-lookup |archive-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref>
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