Awards and honors Award or honor 1977 Visiting Magician of the Year, Academy of Magical Arts & Sciences at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. 1978 Garden State Magicians' award. 1981 Asteroid 3163 Randi was named after James Randi, who had always been an active amateur observer. His friend Carl Sagan encouraged his interest.Certificate of appreciation at the MIT Club of Boston.Designated Grand Master of Magic by Hocus Pocus Magazine. 1983 Blackstone Cup, International Platform Association as Outstanding Speaker (won again in 1987). 1984 Honorary membership, Bay Surgical Society of Los Angeles. 1986 A $273,000 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship was awarded to James Randi for his investigations of the claims of Uri Geller and TV "faith healers"Honorary membership, Israeli Society for Promoting the Art of Magic. 1987 Special fellowship, Academy of Magical Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles.Certificate of Appreciation, Ring 254 of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.Award of Merit, Assembly 22 of the Society of American Magicians. 1988 National Consumer Service Award, National Council Against Health Fraud.International Ambassador of Magic, Society of American Magicians. 1989 Joseph A. Burton Forum Award, American Physical Society.Gold Medal, University of Ghent. 1990 Humanist Distinguished Service Award, American Humanist Association. Thomas Paine Award, Baton Rouge Proponents of Rational Inquiry & Scientific Methods. 1992 Commemorative Medal with Golden Wreath, Hungarian Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge. 1996 Distinguished Skeptic Award, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP). 1997 Lifetime Achievement Award, International Brotherhood of Magicians."One of the 100 Best People in the World, people who make our lives richer or larger or happier," Esquire magazine.Award, Science & Engineering Society of the National Security Agency. 1999 "In Defense of Reason" Special Lifetime Achievement Award, Comitato Italiano per il Controllo dell Affermazioni sui Paranormale. 2000 Distinguished Lecturer Award, Nova Southeastern University. 2002 Presidential Citation, International Brotherhood of Magicians. 2003 First Richard Dawkins Award. 2007 Philip J. Klass Award. 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award, Independent Investigations Group (IIG). Previous recipients Carl Sagan and Harry Houdini. 2009 In Praise of Reason Award, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. 2010 Elected a Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Fellow. 2012 Lifetime Achievement Fellowship, Academy of Magical Arts.Lifetime Achievement Award, American Humanist Association.Lifetime Achievement Award, Australian Skeptics Inc. 2016 Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication, 2016Lifetime Achievement Award, Humanist Association of Canada. James Randi was one of very few members of the UK Magic Circle to be granted their highest order: Member of the Inner Magic Circle With Gold Star (MIMC).
Awards and honors Award or honor 1977 Visiting Magician of the Year, Academy of Magical Arts & Sciences at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. 1978 Garden State Magicians' award. 1981 Asteroid 3163 Randi was named after James Randi, who had always been an active amateur observer. His friend Carl Sagan encouraged his interest.Certificate of appreciation at the MIT Club of Boston.Designated Grand Master of Magic by Hocus Pocus Magazine. 1983 Blackstone Cup, International Platform Association as Outstanding Speaker (won again in 1987). 1984 Honorary membership, Bay Surgical Society of Los Angeles. 1986 A $273,000 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship was awarded to James Randi for his investigations of the claims of Uri Geller and TV "faith healers"Honorary membership, Israeli Society for Promoting the Art of Magic. 1987 Special fellowship, Academy of Magical Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles.Certificate of Appreciation, Ring 254 of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.Award of Merit, Assembly 22 of the Society of American Magicians. 1988 National Consumer Service Award, National Council Against Health Fraud.International Ambassador of Magic, Society of American Magicians. 1989 Joseph A. Burton Forum Award, American Physical Society.Gold Medal, University of Ghent. 1990 Humanist Distinguished Service Award, American Humanist Association. Thomas Paine Award, Baton Rouge Proponents of Rational Inquiry & Scientific Methods. 1992 Commemorative Medal with Golden Wreath, Hungarian Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge. 1996 Distinguished Skeptic Award, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP). 1997 Lifetime Achievement Award, International Brotherhood of Magicians."One of the 100 Best People in the World, people who make our lives richer or larger or happier," Esquire magazine.Award, Science & Engineering Society of the National Security Agency. 1999 "In Defense of Reason" Special Lifetime Achievement Award, Comitato Italiano per il Controllo dell Affermazioni sui Paranormale. 2000 Distinguished Lecturer Award, Nova Southeastern University. 2002 Presidential Citation, International Brotherhood of Magicians. 2003 First Richard Dawkins Award. 2007 Philip J. Klass Award. 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award, Independent Investigations Group (IIG). Previous recipients Carl Sagan and Harry Houdini. 2009 In Praise of Reason Award, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. 2010 Elected a Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Fellow. 2012 Lifetime Achievement Fellowship, Academy of Magical Arts.Lifetime Achievement Award, American Humanist Association.Lifetime Achievement Award, Australian Skeptics Inc. 2016 Heinz Oberhummer Award for Science Communication, 2016Lifetime Achievement Award, Humanist Association of Canada. James Randi was one of very few members of the UK Magic Circle to be granted their highest order: Member of the Inner Magic Circle With Gold Star (MIMC).