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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