Editing Benoit Mandelbrot (section)

==Awards and honors==
Mandelbrot's awards include the [[Wolf Prize in Physics]] in 1993, the [[Lewis Fry Richardson]] Prize of the [[European Geophysical Society]] in 2000, the [[Japan Prize]] in 2003,<ref name=jp>[http://www.japanprize.jp/en/laureates_by_year2000.html Laureates of the Japan Prize] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417143540/http://www.japanprize.jp/en/laureates_by_year2000.html |date=17 April 2016 }}. japanprize.jp</ref> and the Einstein Lectureship of the [[American Mathematical Society]] in 2006.

The small asteroid [[27500 Mandelbrot]] was named in his honor. In November 1990, he was made a Chevalier in France's [[Legion of Honour]]. In December 2005, Mandelbrot was appointed to the position of Battelle Fellow at the [[Pacific Northwest National Laboratory]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.pnl.gov/news/release.asp?id=141 |title= Mandelbrot joins Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |publisher= Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | website= pnl.gov |date=16 February 2006 |access-date=17 October 2010 |archive-date=12 January 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090112155340/http://www.pnl.gov/news/release.asp?id=141 |url-status= live }}</ref> Mandelbrot was promoted to an Officer of the Legion of Honour in January 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX0508911D |title=''Légion d'honneur'' announcement of promotion of Mandelbrot to ''officier'' |language=fr |publisher=Legifrance.gouv.fr |access-date=17 October 2010 |archive-date=20 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120141436/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000456787 |url-status=live }}</ref> An honorary degree from [[Johns Hopkins University]] was bestowed on Mandelbrot in the May 2010 commencement exercises.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gazette.jhu.edu/2010/06/07/six-granted-honorary-degrees-society-of-scholars-inductees-recognized-2/ |title=Six granted honorary degrees, Society of Scholars inductees recognized |publisher= Johns Hopkins University| website= gazette.jhu.edu |date=7 June 2010 |access-date=17 October 2010 |archive-date=17 June 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100617164139/http://gazette.jhu.edu/2010/06/07/six-granted-honorary-degrees-society-of-scholars-inductees-recognized-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A partial list of awards received by Mandelbrot:<ref name="Vita">{{cite web | last= Mandelbrot| first= Benoit B. | title=Vita and Awards | format= Word document | date=2 February 2006| url= http://math.yale.edu/mandelbrot/web_docs/VitaSeveralPage.doc | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070702211144/http://math.yale.edu/mandelbrot/web_docs/VitaSeveralPage.doc | archivedate= 2 July 2007 | access-date= 15 December 2013}}</ref>
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* 2004 Best Business Book of the Year Award
* AMS Einstein Lectureship
* Barnard Medal
* Caltech Service
* [[Casimir Funk]] Natural Sciences Award
* [[Charles Proteus Steinmetz]] Medal
* High School Spelling Bee (1940)
* Fellow, American Geophysical Union
* [[Fellow of the American Statistical Association]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.amstat.org/awards/fellowslist.cfm | title= View/Search Fellows of the ASA| website= amstat.org| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160616161612/https://www.amstat.org/awards/fellowslist.cfm |archivedate=16 June 2016 |accessdate= 20 August 2016}}</ref>
* [[Fellow of the American Physical Society]] (1987) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1987&unit_id=&institution=|title=APS Fellow Archive| publisher= APS| access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120141515/https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1987&unit_id=&institution=|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[The Franklin Institute Awards|Franklin Medal]]
* [[Harvey Prize]] (1989)
* Honda Prize
* [[Humboldt Prize|Humboldtpreis]]
* IBM Fellowship
* Japan Prize (2003)
* [[John Scott Award]]
* Légion d'honneur ([[Legion of Honour]])
* Lewis Fry Richardson Medal
* Medaglia della Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana
* Médaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris
* Nevada Prize
* Member of the [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40116|title=Gruppe 1: Matematiske fag|publisher=[[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]]|language=no|access-date=7 October 2010|archive-date=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110152102/http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40116|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] (2004) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Benoit+B.+Mandelbrot&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|title=American Philosophical Society Member History |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>
* Science for Art
* Sven Berggren-Priset
* Wacław Sierpiński medal of the Polish Mathematical Society (2005) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ptm.org.pl/konkursy/wyklady-im-waclawa-sierpinskiego|access-date=21 January 2023|title=Medal i Wykład im. Wacława Sierpińskiego &#124; Polskie Towarzystwo Matematyczne }}</ref>
* Władysław Orlicz Prize
* [[Wolf Prize in Physics]] (1993)
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