Editing Melinda French Gates (section)

==Awards and recognition==
In 1998, Melinda and Bill Gates were each honored with an [[American Library Association Honorary Membership]]. In 2002, Melinda and Bill Gates received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given out, annually, by [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards]].<ref>[http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national Jefferson Awards website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124043935/http://jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national |date=November 24, 2010 }}, jeffersonawards.org; accessed April 23, 2016.</ref> In December 2005, Melinda and Bill were named, by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]],'' as [[Time Magazine Person of the Year|Persons of the Year]], alongside [[Bono (U2)|Bono]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Persons of the Year 2005 – TIME |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2016788,00.html?xid=fblike |access-date=April 21, 2020 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |language=en-us }}</ref><ref name="TIME Persons of the Year 2005">{{cite magazine | title=Persons of the Year: The Good Samaritans | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=December 26, 2005 | url=https://time.com/vault/issue/2005-12-26/page/1/ | access-date=December 24, 2022}}</ref> Melinda and Bill Gates received the Spanish [[Prince of Asturias Award|Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation]] on May 4, 2006, in recognition of their world impact through charitable giving.<ref>[http://www.fpa.es/en/prince-of-asturias-awards/international-cooperation "2012 Laureates&nbsp;– Prince of Asturias Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623043219/http://www.fpa.es/en/prince-of-asturias-awards/international-cooperation |date=June 23, 2013 }}, fpa.es; retrieved June 2, 2013.</ref> In November 2006, French Gates was awarded the [[Order of the Aztec Eagle|Insignia of the Order of the Aztec Eagle]], together, with Bill, who was awarded the Placard of the same order, both for their philanthropic work around the world in the areas of health and education, particularly in [[Mexico]], and specifically in the program "Un país de lectores".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talk about us: Melinda Gates |url=https://www.coachabilityfoundation.org/single-post/Melinda-Gates |access-date=March 14, 2019 |website=Empowering Entrepreneurs Women {{!}} Coachability Foundation |language=es }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[File:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation front.JPG|thumb|Front building of the [[Gates Foundation|Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] in [[Seattle]]]]

In May 2006, in honor of her work to improve the lives of children locally and around the world, Seattle Children's Hospital dedicated the Melinda French Gates Ambulatory Care building<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seattle Children's History |url=https://www.seattlechildrens.org/about/history/ |access-date=April 21, 2020 |website=Seattle Children's Hospital |language=en |archive-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715230933/https://www.seattlechildrens.org/about/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> at [[Seattle Children's]] (formerly Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100616134718/http://seattlechildrens.org/about/history/name-history/ How Our Name Evolved], Seattlechildrens.org; retrieved June 29, 2013.</ref> She chaired a campaign for the hospital to fundraise $300 million to expand facilities, fund under-compensated and uncompensated care, and grow the hospital's research program to find cures and treatments.<ref>[http://www.seattlechildrens.org/media/press-release/2006/02/000199 Seattle Children's Hospital Unveils $300 Million Capital Campaign&nbsp;– $200 Million Already Raised] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603093525/http://www.seattlechildrens.org/media/press-release/2006/02/000199/ |date=June 3, 2013 }}, seattlechildrens.org; retrieved June 29, 2013.</ref>

In 2007, French Gates received an honorary doctorate in medicine from the [[Karolinska Institute]] in Stockholm, Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melinda Gates honorary doctor at Karolinska Institutet {{!}} Karolinska Institutet Nyheter |url=https://news.ki.se/melinda-gates-honorary-doctor-at-karolinska-institutet |access-date=April 21, 2020 |website=news.ki.se |language=en |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803194242/https://news.ki.se/melinda-gates-honorary-doctor-at-karolinska-institutet |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, she and her then-husband received honorary degrees from the [[University of Cambridge]]. Their benefaction of $210 million in 2000 set up the [[Gates Cambridge Scholarships|Gates Cambridge Trust]], which funds postgraduate scholars from outside the UK to study at the university.<ref name="nyu1">{{Cite web |title=Gates Cambridge Trust |url=https://www.nyu.edu/academics/awards-and-highlights/global-awards/scholarships/gates-cambridge-trust.html |access-date=November 30, 2016 |publisher=New York University |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201082539/https://www.nyu.edu/academics/awards-and-highlights/global-awards/scholarships/gates-cambridge-trust.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="cam1">{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2013 |title=Gates Cambridge Trust announces new Provost |url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/gates-cambridge-trust-announces-new-provost |website=University of Cambridge |access-date=November 30, 2016 |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201082122/https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/gates-cambridge-trust-announces-new-provost |url-status=live }}</ref> Lastly, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Duke University, in 2013, in honor of her philanthropic commitment.

She has been repeatedly recognized, by [[Forbes]] in its annual list of the [[Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women|100 Most Powerful Women]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=The World's 100 Most Powerful Women 2013 |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/power-women |access-date=April 23, 2016 |archive-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422093923/http://www.forbes.com/power-women/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ranking #3 in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017, #4 in 2012 and 2016, #5 in 2020 and 2021, and #6 in 2011, 2018, 2019 and 2022, #10 in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The World's Most Powerful Women 2023 |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/power-women/ |access-date= |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> She was awarded the [[UCSF]] medal in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UCSF Medal |url=https://chancellor.ucsf.edu/chancellor-awards/ucsf-medal |access-date=July 1, 2020 |website=Office of the Chancellor |language=en |archive-date=July 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704012510/https://chancellor.ucsf.edu/chancellor-awards/ucsf-medal |url-status=live }}</ref> French Gates was appointed an honorary [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in 2013, for services to philanthropy and international development.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Angela Ahrendts and Melinda Gates made (honorary) Dames of the British Empire |work=theguardian.com |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/28/angela-ahrendts-melinda-gates-made-dames |access-date=May 21, 2014 |archive-date=April 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403052711/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/28/angela-ahrendts-melinda-gates-made-dames |url-status=live }}</ref> In recognition of the foundation's philanthropic activities in India, Bill and Melinda, jointly, received India's third-highest civilian honor, [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |title=Advani, Bachchan, Dilip Kumar get Padma Vibhushan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/advani-bachchan-dilip-kumar-get-padma-vibhushan/article6821421.ece |access-date=April 23, 2016 |website=The Hindu |date=January 25, 2015 |archive-date=January 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120063253/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/advani-bachchan-dilip-kumar-get-padma-vibhushan/article6821421.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] awarded French Gates and her husband with the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], for their philanthropic efforts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2016 |title=President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=November 16, 2016 |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118210055/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, [[President of France|President]] [[François Hollande]] awarded France's highest national honor to French Gates and her husband, for their charitable efforts, i.e. as [[Legion of Honour|Commander of the Legion of Honour]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill et Melinda Gates: une médaille pour le cœur |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Bill-et-Melinda-Gates-une-medaille-pour-le-coeur-1242938 |access-date=June 21, 2021 |website=Paris Match |date=April 29, 2017 |language=fr |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629080306/https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Bill-et-Melinda-Gates-une-medaille-pour-le-coeur-1242938 |url-status=live }}</ref> That year, she was awarded the [[Otto Hahn Peace Medal|Otto Hahn Peace Medal 2016]] of the United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN), Berlin-Brandenburg, "for outstanding services to peace and international understanding" in the historic [[Berlin Town Hall]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 26, 2017 |title=Otto-Hahn-Friedensmedaille an Melinda Gates |url=https://dgvn.berlin/2017/05/26/310 |access-date=September 30, 2017 |website=Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen, Berlin-Brandenburg |publisher=United Nations Association of Germany, LV Berlin-Brandenburg (DGVN) |language=DE |archive-date=October 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001042802/https://dgvn.berlin/2017/05/26/310/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 25, 2017 |title=Melinda Gates mit Friedensmedaille geehrt |language=DE |work=[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]] |publisher=Helmut Markwort |agency=Deutsche Presse-Agentur |url=http://www.focus.de/regional/berlin/auszeichnungen-melinda-gates-mit-friedensmedaille-geehrt_id_7178467.html |access-date=September 30, 2017 |archive-date=September 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930202018/http://www.focus.de/regional/berlin/auszeichnungen-melinda-gates-mit-friedensmedaille-geehrt_id_7178467.html |url-status=live }}</ref> That year, French Gates was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 12 in the list of 200 Most Influential Philanthropists and Social Entrepreneurs Worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philanthropists & Social Entrepreneurs Top 200: From Elon Musk to Melinda Gates, These Are the Most Influential Do-Gooders in the World |url=https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/top-200-philanthropists-social-entrepreneurs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330083458/https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/top-200-philanthropists-social-entrepreneurs |archive-date=March 30, 2017 |access-date=March 30, 2017 |website=Richtopia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 200 Global Philanthropists, Social Entrepreneurs |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/03/31/elumelu-ranked-among-top-200-global-philanthropists-social-entrepreneurs/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401060441/https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/03/31/elumelu-ranked-among-top-200-global-philanthropists-social-entrepreneurs/ |archive-date=April 1, 2017 |access-date=March 31, 2017 |website=ThisDayLive}}</ref> In June 2024, she delivered the Commencement address at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peacock |first1=Chris |title=Melinda French Gates will be 2024 Commencement speaker at Stanford |url=https://news.stanford.edu/report/2024/04/02/melinda-french-gates-will-2024-commencement-speaker-stanford/ |website=Stanford Report |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref>