Medal of Honor | Meritorious Service Medal (United States) | Meritorious Service Medal | Bronze Star Medal | National Defense Service Medal | Newbery Medal | Distinguished Service Medal | Air Medal | Brownlow Medal | Distinguished Service Medal (Army) | Defense Superior Service Medal | Presidential Medal of Freedom | National Medal of Science | Congressional Gold Medal | Caldecott Medal | Vietnam Service Medal | Commendation Medal | Distinguished Conduct Medal | medal | IRI Medal | Davy Medal | Queen's Police Medal | Military Medal | Medal | Vietnam Campaign Medal | Defense Distinguished Service Medal | Achievement Medal | King's Medal of Merit | Fields Medal | 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal |
A devout Roman Catholic, she was a Dame of the Order of Malta, Dame of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, holder of the papal Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, founder of the Carroll Club ("for Catholic business girls"), the 1933 recipient of the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal as the most notable lay Catholic in America, Board Chairman of the Girl Scouts of the USA and a Vice-President of the Welfare Council of New York.
Recognition for service to the Catholic Church and education include being made a Knight of St. Gregory by Pope Benedict XV in 1920, for contributions to education and charity, and receiving the 1947 University of Notre Dame Laetare Medal for championing the cause of education through his publications.