Awards and Honors

• National Headliner Prize from Theta Sigma Phi, 1969
• Mark Twain Award for Humor, 1973
• Appointed to President's National Advisory Committee for Women, 1978
• Named one of the World Almanac’s 25 Most Influential Women in America, 1978
• Honorary doctorate from the University of Dayton in 1981
• Cover of Time magazine, July 2, 1984
• Grand Marshal at Tournament of Roses Parade, 1986
• Named Honorary Trustee of University of Dayton in 1988
• American Cancer Society Medal of Honor, 1990
• Fifteen other honorary doctorates
• Only female member of American Academy of Humor Columnists
• Bicentennial Marker dedicated to Erma Bombeck on University of Dayton campus http://www.humorwriters.org/histmarker.html

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