Honors and Awards

Kansas Citian of the Year Award, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, 1972

Business Week Award for development of Crown Center, 1972

Salesman of the Year for efforts leading Kansas City Prime Time news effort, 1973

Outstanding Kansas Citian, Native Sons of Kansas City, 1973

Eisenhower Award, People-to-People International, 1973

Silver Satellite Award, American Women in Radio and Television, 1974

“Builder of Boys” Award, Heart of America Boys’ Club, 1974

Elected to Academy of Missouri Squires, 1975

Outstanding Community Service Award, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, 1975

Honored for business and civic leadership, Hebrew Academy of Greater Kansas City, 1976

Century Club, William Jewell College, 1976-77

Parsons School of Design Award, 1977

Award of Merit, President’s Committee on Mental Retardation, 1977

Chancellor’s Medal, University of Missouri-Kansas City, for contributions to community and university, 1977

Marketing Executive of the Year, Sales Marketing Executive International, 1977 (Charles N. Kimball also honored)

Honorary Trustee Award, 50 Years of Camping, Boy Scouts of America, 1979

Chancellor’s Club, University of Kansas (jointly for Don and Adele Hall), 1979

Jackson County Economic Development Commission Award, 1980

William Booth Award, Salvation Army USA, 1980

Distinguished Missourian, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc., 1980

Distinguished Service Citation, University of Kansas, 1980

Oscar Nelson Award, presented by Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City, 1980

Hollywood Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Embossed Seal, in recognition of Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1981

Governor’s Award, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for Hallmark’s contributions to television medium (Don Hall accepted), 1982

Truman Good Neighbor Award, (jointly for Don and Adele Hall), Truman Good Neighbor Foundation, Henry J. Talge, Founder and President Emeritus, 1984

National Honoree, Beta Gamma Sigma (business honor society), 1984

Honorary Member, American Institute of Architects 1984

National Medal of Arts, presented by President Ronald Reagan, 1985

Award of Excellence, Kansas City Architectural Foundation, 1985

Philanthropist of the Year, Greater Kansas City Council on Philanthropy, 1985

Honorary Member, Camp Fire, Inc., 1986

Chancellor’s Award, University of Kansas, 1991

Midwest Research Institute (now MRI Global) Life Trustee, 31 years of service, 1991 (also a second citation in 1993)

First Annual Design Leadership Award, American Institute of Architects, in recognition of Crown Center development, 1992

Named to Kansas Business Hall of Fame, 1992

Certification of Appreciation, Heart of America United Way (now United Way of Greater Kansas City), 1992

Citation for support of scholarship program, Society of Illustrators, 1992

International Chairman’s Award, for “excellent television programming by the Hallmark Hall of Fame,” National Association of Television Programming Executives, 1993

Bridgebuilder Award, Kansas City Globe newspaper, 1993

Skowhegan Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Award, 1993

B.W. Perlman Award for Human Achievement, 1994

National Sales Hall of Fame, International Association of Sales Professionals, 1994

Chairman’s Award, Kansas City Minority Supplier Development Council Board of Directors, 1994

BCA Founders Award, Business Committee of the Arts and Forbes magazine, 1994

Arthur William Brown Award, Society of Illustrators, 1995

Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement, 1995

Distinguished Civic Service, William Jewell College, 1998

Certificate of Appreciation, for board service, Minority Supplier Development Council, 1999

United Way of America Alexis de Tocqueville Society Award (for Don and Adele Hall), 2005

Table of Faith Honoree, Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council (for Don and Adele Hall), 2006

Difference Maker Award, Urban League of Greater Kansas City (for Don and Adele Hall), 2012

Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, named in his honor, 2013