Editing Walter Cronkite (section)

=== Awards and honors ===
[[File:Walter Cronkite (8157767811).jpg|thumb|Cronkite hosting the 61st Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon in May 2002]]
In 1968, the faculty of the [[E. W. Scripps School of Journalism]] at [[Ohio University]] voted to award Cronkite the [[Carr Van Anda]] Award "for enduring contributions to journalism."<ref>[http://scrippsjschool.org/about/historyofschool.php E.W. Scripps School of Journalism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725062232/http://scrippsjschool.org/about/historyofschool.php |date=July 25, 2009 }}.</ref> In 1970, Cronkite received a "Freedom of the Press" [[George Polk Award]]<ref name="Barron" /><ref name="KTVN Channel 2" /> and the [[Paul White (journalist)|Paul White]] Award from the [[Radio Television Digital News Association]].<ref name="RTDNA">{{cite web |url=http://www.rtdna.org/content/paul_white_award#.U4FBHS8-Ngc |title=Paul White Award |publisher=[[Radio Television Digital News Association]] |access-date=May 27, 2014 |archive-date=February 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225052416/http://rtdna.org/content/paul_white_award#.U4FBHS8-Ngc |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1972, in recognition of his career, [[Princeton University]]'s [[American Whig-Cliosophic Society]] awarded Cronkite the [[James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service]].<ref>[http://archives-trim.un.org/webdrawer/rec/552938/view/Item-in-KAA%20Schoolsuniversities%202002%20-%20oct.%20-%20dec..PDF 2002 Letter to Kofi Annan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226142153/http://archives-trim.un.org/webdrawer/rec/552938/view/Item-in-KAA%20Schoolsuniversities%202002%20-%20oct.%20-%20dec..PDF |date=December 26, 2012 }}</ref>
[[File:Walter Cronkite Wash D.C. 1996.jpg|thumb|Cronkite in 1996]]
In 1977, Cronkite was elected to membership in the [[American Antiquarian Society]], for which he was a proactive supporter and member, even participating in educational video materials for the society's 175th anniversary.<ref name="Portrait with Walter Cronkite">{{cite web |title=Portrait with Walter Cronkite |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXBZ8pMvvzo |website=YouTube | date=July 19, 2010 |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="American Antiquarian Society Member list">{{cite web |title=Member List |url=https://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistc |website=American Antiquarian Society |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> In 1981, the year he retired, former president [[Jimmy Carter]] awarded Cronkite the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].<ref name="Barron" /><ref name="KTVN Channel 2" /> In that year, he also received the S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen, an award given out annually by [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|title=National – Jefferson Awards Foundation|work=jeffersonawards.org|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=November 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124043935/http://jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Paul White Award for lifetime achievement from the [[Radio Television Digital News Association]].<ref name="RTDNA" /> In 1985, Cronkite was honored with the induction into the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] Hall of Fame.<ref name="KTVN Channel 2" /> In 1989 he received the Four Freedoms Award for the Freedom of Speech.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards |title=Four Freedom Awards |publisher=Roosevelt Institute |access-date=April 4, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325223647/http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards |archive-date=March 25, 2015 }}</ref> He was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Walter+Cronkite&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2022-01-10|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> In 1995, he received the [[Ischia International Journalism Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.premioischia.it/Albo-d-oro?lang=en |title= Premio Ischia Roll of Honour |access-date= May 9, 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100705143108/http://www.premioischia.it/Albo-d-oro?lang=en |archive-date= July 5, 2010 |df= mdy-all }}</ref> In 1999, Cronkite received the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement's Corona Award in recognition of a lifetime of achievement in space exploration.<ref name="RNASA">{{cite web |url= http://rnasa.org/1999files/corona1999.html |title=1999 Corona Award Recipient |first=Marianne |last=Dyson |date=March 12, 1999 |access-date=April 19, 2011}}</ref> He was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 2003.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web |title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter C |url= http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterC.pdf |publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |access-date=April 22, 2011}}</ref> On March 1, 2006, Cronkite became the first non-astronaut to receive [[NASA]]'s Ambassador of Exploration Award.<ref name="NASA"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Newsman Walter Cronkite to be honored by NASA for his coverage of America's space program |work=The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |year=2008 |url=http://www.cah.utexas.edu/news/press_release.php?press=presscronkpr |access-date=July 17, 2009 |archive-date=July 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725110801/http://www.cah.utexas.edu/news/press_release.php?press=presscronkpr |url-status=dead }}</ref> Among Cronkite's numerous awards were four [[Peabody Award|Peabody awards]] for excellence in broadcasting.<ref name="KTVN Channel 2" />

In 2003, Cronkite was honored by the [[Vienna Philharmonic]] with the [[Franz Schalk Gold Medal]], in view of his contributions to the New Year's Concert and the cultural image of [[Austria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/orchestra/philharmonic-journal/year/2004/blogitemid/795/cid/4 |title=Philharmonic Journal : Walter Cronkite awarded the Franz Schalk Medal in Gold |work=Wiener Philharmoniker |access-date=July 9, 2013 |archive-date=April 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428012948/http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/orchestra/philharmonic-journal/year/2004/blogitemid/795/cid/4 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Minor planet [[6318 Cronkite]], discovered in 1990 by [[Eleanor Helin]], is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=6318 |title=(6318) Cronkite = 1990 WA |access-date=December 4, 2020|publisher=Minor planet center}}</ref>

There is a street named after Cronkite in [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Merrisa |date=September 30, 2014 |title=San Antonio street names and groupings |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/slideshow/San-Antonio-street-names-and-groupings-94695.php |website=mysanantonio.com}}</ref>