Legacy
After and during his life time Alexander Graham Bell was credited for many honors, degrees, and monuments that where bestowed to him for the impact he made on the society throw his inventions.
Because of the many awards Bell was receiving he decided to use the prize money to create funds as the Volta Fund and institutions as the Volta Laboratory Association (1880), known as the Volta Laboratory and the Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory. In 1888, he was also founding member of the National Geographic Society and became its second president (1897-1904). He also was one of the founders of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1884) and was its president (1891-92). He was also the Regent of the Smithsonian Institution (1898-1922).
Also became a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution (1898–1922). Bell's image, and also those of his many inventions have graced paper money, coinage and postal stamps in numerous countries worldwide for many dozens of years.). Bell's name is still widely known and used as part of the names of dozens of educational institutes, corporate namesakes, street and place names around the world.
Even though Alexander Graham Bell could not complete his university program of his youth, he received many later on in his life, as well as LL.D.s (Doctorate of Laws), Ph.D.s, D.Sc. and M.D. [1]
Degrees:
Awards:
- Bell Telephone Memorial in honor of Bell which is in the Alexander Graham Bell Gardens in Branfort, Ontario. (1917)
- Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site that incorporates Alexander Graham Bell Museum in Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
- Alexander Graham Bell Memorial Park, portraying the ability to connect the globe through telecommunication. (1917)
- Alexander Graham Bell Museum in Nova Scotia, filled with artifacts which were donated by his daughters. (1978)
- Voltage Prize with 50,000 francs (US$250,000) from the Académie Française, for invention of the telephone. (1880)
- Royal Society of Arts in London awarded Bell the Albert Medal. (1902)
- University of Würzburg, Bavaria, awarded Bell the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal. (1912) granted him a PhD
- Bell was awarded the AIEE's Edison Medal "For meritorious achievement in the invention of the telephone". (1914)
- US Patent Office declared Bell the country's greatest inventors in 1936, which lead to the US Post Office granting a commemorative stamp honoring Bell as 'Famous Americans Series'. (1940)
- On Bell’s birth 150th anniversary Royal Bank of Scotland dedicated £1 banknotes to him, with Bell’s face, signature, and career objects. (1997)
- Government of Canada honored Bell of a C$100 gold coin for the 150th anniversary of his birth. (1997)
- Government of Canada honored him with a silver dollar coin for the 100th anniversary of flight in Canada. Since the first plane was made by Bell’s designs and instructions. (2009) silver dart
- Bell ranked 57th from the 100 Greatest Britons in the official BBC nationwide poll. (2002)
- Bell ranked among Top Ten Greatest Canadians. (2004)
- Bell ranked among the 100 Greatest Americans. (2005)
- Bell was named one of 10 Greatest Scottish scientists after he entered the National Library of Scotland’s ‘Scottish Science Hall of Fame.’ (2006) [1]
Because of the many awards Bell was receiving he decided to use the prize money to create funds as the Volta Fund and institutions as the Volta Laboratory Association (1880), known as the Volta Laboratory and the Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory. In 1888, he was also founding member of the National Geographic Society and became its second president (1897-1904). He also was one of the founders of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1884) and was its president (1891-92). He was also the Regent of the Smithsonian Institution (1898-1922).
Also became a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution (1898–1922). Bell's image, and also those of his many inventions have graced paper money, coinage and postal stamps in numerous countries worldwide for many dozens of years.). Bell's name is still widely known and used as part of the names of dozens of educational institutes, corporate namesakes, street and place names around the world.
Even though Alexander Graham Bell could not complete his university program of his youth, he received many later on in his life, as well as LL.D.s (Doctorate of Laws), Ph.D.s, D.Sc. and M.D. [1]
Degrees:
- Ph.D. from the Gallaudet College (then named National Deaf-Mute College) in Washington, D.C. (1880)
- Ph.D. from the University of Würzburg in Würzburg, Bavaria. (1882)
- M.D. from the Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany. (1886)
- LL.D. from the Illinois College, in Jacksonville, Illinois. (1881 or 1896)
- LL.D. from the Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (1896)
- LL.D from the Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. (1901)
- LL.D from the St. Andrew's University in St Andrews, Scotland. (1902)
- D.Sc. from the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. (1906)
- LL.D. from the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland. (1906)
- LL.D. from the Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. (1908)
- LL.D. from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (1913)
- LL.D. from the Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. (1913 or 1914) [1]
Awards:
- 1902 Albert Medal
- 1907 John Fritz Medal
- 1912 Elliott Cresson Medal
- 1913 Hughes Medal
- 1914 IEEE Edison Medal [1]