Editing Terry Waite (section)

==Honours and awards==
In 1991, following his release Waite was elected a [[Commoner (academia)|fellow commoner]] at [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]].<ref name=":1" /> In 1992, Waite received the [[Four Freedoms Award]] for the Freedom of Worship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Four Freedoms Awards |url=http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards |work=Roosevelt Institute |access-date=6 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325223647/http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards |archive-date=25 March 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In the same year, [[Durham University]] made him an honorary [[Doctor of Civil Law]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/university.calendar/archive/volumei/2011.2012/honorary_degrees/|title=Honorary Degrees|website=University of Durham|access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref> In 2001, [[Anglia Ruskin University]] awarded him an honorary Doctor of Philosophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ww2.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/microsites/honorary/waite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123044627/http://ww2.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/microsites/honorary/waite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 January 2015|title=Terry Waite CBE Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, 2001|website=Anglia Ruskin University|access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref> On 30 May 2009, at a ceremony in [[Ely Cathedral]], the [[Open University]] made him an honorary D.Univ.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.open.ac.uk/ceremonies/graddir.pdf|title=Conferment of Honorary Degrees and Presentation of Graduates (2009)|website=The Open University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215134836/http://www3.open.ac.uk/ceremonies/graddir.pdf|archive-date=15 February 2010}}</ref> He was awarded an honorary degree by the [[University of Chester]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chester.ac.uk/universities-week-2011-mon |title=Universities Week - Monday 13th June 2011|publisher=Chester.ac.uk |access-date=1 September 2011}}</ref>

In 2006 he was elected a [[visiting fellow]] of [[Magdalen College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/speaker-bio/586|title=Speakers – Terry Waite|website=Edinburgh International Science Festival|access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref>

Waite was appointed [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (KCMG) in the [[2023 Birthday Honours]] for services to charity and humanitarian work.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=64082|supp=y|page=B3|date=17 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Hennessy, Ted|title=Former hostage Terry Waite says honour is 'peak' achievement |journal=The Independent|date=16 June 2023|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/islamic-lebanon-suffolk-beirut-church-of-england-b2359291.html|access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>