Editing Ed White (astronaut) (section)

== Awards and honors ==
* [[Astronaut Badge#U.S. Air Force astronauts|Senior Astronaut Wings]]<ref name="nasabio" />
* [[Commendation Medal|Air Force Commendation Medal]]<ref name="ushof" />
* Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]], 1965<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration}}</ref>
* Medalha Bandeirantes va Cosmonautica<ref name="nasabio" />
* Firefly Club Award<ref name="nasabio" />
* [[Ten Outstanding Young Americans|Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation]], 1965<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32071387/the_lawton_constitution_and_morning/|title=Two Spacemen, LBJ Press Aide in 1965's 'Elite'|newspaper=The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press|location=Lawton, Oklahoma|date=January 9, 1966|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
* Five Outstanding Young Texans, 1965<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32071188/brownwood_bulletin/|title=House Speaker Among Five Outstanding Young Texans|newspaper=Brownwood Bulletin|location=Brownwood, Texas|date=January 9, 1966|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
* National Aviation Club's Achievement Award, 1966<ref>{{cite web|url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/henderson-trophy/henderson-trophy-winner-chronology|title=Henderson Trophy Recipient Chronology|access-date=May 30, 2019|publisher=National Aeronautic Association|archive-date=May 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531060954/https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/henderson-trophy/henderson-trophy-winner-chronology|url-status=dead}}</ref>

White and McDivitt were presented [[Honorary degree|honorary doctorate]] degrees in astronautical science by the University of Michigan after their Gemini 4 flight.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32064970/the_newspalladium/|title=Four Days to Earn Doctorates|newspaper=The News-Palladium|location=Benton Harbor, Michigan|date=June 16, 1965|page=13|agency=Associated Press|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The duo were also awarded the [[Arnold Air Society]]'s John F. Kennedy Trophy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32071631/republican_and_herald/|title=Gemini 4 Astronauts get JFK Trophy|newspaper=Republican and Herald|location=Pottsville, Pennsylvania|date=April 9, 1966|page=3|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> White received the 1965 General Thomas D. White National Defense Award for his spacewalk. It is a trophy given by the [[National Geographic Society]] to outstanding air force personnel.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/1997/May%201997/0597recs.pdf |title=The Gen. Thomas D. White USAF Space Trophy |publisher=USAF |magazine=AIR FORCE Magazine |date=May 1997 |page=156 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306030237/https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/1997/May%201997/0597recs.pdf |archive-date=March 6, 2022 }}</ref> He was inducted into the Aerospace Primus Club (the "most exclusive club on Earth") for his EVA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historical.ha.com/itm/transportation/space-exploration/ed-white-ii-air-force-aerospace-primus-club-plaque-from-his-personal-collection/a/6087-40051.s|title=Ed White II: Air Force Aerospace Primus Club Plaque from His Personal Collection|publisher=Heritage Auctions|access-date=May 29, 2019|archive-date=May 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530044752/https://historical.ha.com/itm/transportation/space-exploration/ed-white-ii-air-force-aerospace-primus-club-plaque-from-his-personal-collection/a/6087-40051.s|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was awarded the AIAA Haley Astronautics Award for 1967.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43546170/beatrice_daily_sun/|title=Haley Astronautics Award to White|newspaper=Beatrice Daily Sun|location=Beatrice, Nebraska|date=February 8, 1967|agency=Associated Press|page=19|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The Apollo 1 crew was awarded the [[NASA Distinguished Service Medal]] posthumously in a 1969 presentation of the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] to the Apollo 11 crew.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27531557/the_honolulu_advertiser/ |title=Astronauts Awed by the Acclaim |newspaper=The Honolulu Advertiser |location=Honolulu, Hawaii |page=1 |date=August 14, 1969 |last1=Smith |first1=Merriman |agency=UPI |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> President Clinton presented the White and Chaffee families with the [[Congressional Space Medal of Honor]] in 1997 (Grissom's family received the medal in 1978).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SpaceMed|title=Congressional Space Medal of Honor|publisher=C-SPAN|date=December 17, 1997|access-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016195856/http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SpaceMed|archive-date=October 16, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

White, along with nine other Gemini astronauts, was inducted into the [[International Space Hall of Fame]] in 1982.<ref name="nmmuseum">{{cite web|url=http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=69|title=The First American to walk in space|publisher=New Mexico Museum of Space History|access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134834/http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=69|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28841417/albuquerque_journal/|title=Astronauts Laud Gemini as Precursor to Shuttle|last1=Shay|first1=Erin|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|location=Albuquerque, New Mexico|date=October 3, 1982|page=3|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Astronaut Hall of Fame#Inductees|U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame]] in 1993<ref name="ushof">{{Cite web|title=Edward H. White II &#124; Astronaut Scholarship Foundation|url=https://www.astronautscholarship.org/Astronauts/edward-h-white-ii/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Amy|date=March 14, 1993|title=Activities Honor Gemini Astronauts|page=41|newspaper=Florida Today|location=Cocoa, Florida|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33582881/florida_today/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] on July 18, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward "Ed" Higgens White II |url=https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/edward-ed-higgens-white-ii/ |publisher=National Aviation Hall of Fame |access-date=April 18, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418094531/https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/edward-ed-higgens-white-ii/ |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |date=2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ap-20090720">{{cite news |last1=Hannah |first1=James |title=Ed White, Jimmy Stewart inducted in Aviation Hall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99967239/ed-white-jimmy-stewart-inducted-in-avia/ |access-date=April 18, 2022 |work=News-Journal |agency=The Associated Press |date=July 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418095205/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99967239/ed-white-jimmy-stewart-inducted-in/ |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |page=4 |url-status=live |via=[[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>