OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

AWARDS BESTOWED UPON MAYOR REED

• Voted 3rd best mayor in the world and 1st amongst mayors within the United States by the international World Mayor project for the year 2006. The World Mayor project was launched in 2004 by the urban affairs think tank City Mayors and annually posts a list of the top 50 mayors in the world, as voted upon by constituents from across the globe.
  
  
• Honorary Doctorate from Shippensburg University
  
  
• Honorary Doctorate from Dickinson College
  
  
• 2008 Architectural Institute of America (AIA) of Pennsylvania’s award for Contribution to the Profession by a Government Official for his contributions to, and support of, the architectural profession and the built environment
  
  
• 2007 Seven-time winner of Harrisburg Magazine’s ‘Simply the Best’ categories for Best Politician and Best Role Model
  
  
• 2005 Recognition Award from the Interdenominational Ministerium
  
  
• 2005 Presidents Award from the Pennsylvania Pump Primers
  
  
• 2004 Government Leader of the Year Award from the Greater Harrisburg Regional Chamber of Commerce
  
  
• 2004 Presidents Lifetime Community Service Award from the African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Pennsylvania
  
  
• 2003 Hall of Fame, Greater Harrisburg Board of Realtors
  
  
• 2003 Black Achievers Program Award
  
  
• 2002 Harris-Penn Award, for outstanding community service and leadership
  
  
• 2001 Chevrolet National Trailblazer Award
  
  
• 2001 Citizen of the Year of the Harrisburg Elks Lodge #12, for outstanding and meritorious service to the community
  
  
• 2000 Alex de Tocqueville Society Humanitarian of the Year Award, presented by the United Way for support of the United Way and its affiliated agencies
  
  
• Chapel of the Four Chaplains in 1998, the nation’s veterans’ groups highest award for community service
  
  
• 1998 Urban and Community Forestry Award from the PA Forestry Association, the top award in the state for urban conservation practices
  
  
• 1998 Distinguished Leadership Award from the PA Planning Association, the state’s highest award for municipal planning activities
  
  
• The Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence, the highest award in the State of Pennsylvania for environmental practices and policies
  
  
• Honorary Doctorate Degree in Public Service from Harrisburg Area Community College
  
  
• Named "Leader of the Decade" for the 1990’s by the prestigious Leadership Harrisburg program
  
  
• Named the Central Pennsylvanian of the Year by APPRISE Magazine (and additionally named by them as the Most Irreplaceable Central Pennsylvanian
  
  
• Recipient of the Tree of Life Award from the Jewish National Fund
  
  
• Recipient of the "Pennsylvanian of Vision" award by the American Diabetes Foundation
  
  
• PA State Lions Club Distinguished Service Medal
  
  
• United Negro College Fund award for his contributions and leadership
  
  
• Recipient of Capital Region Economic Development Corporation’s prestigious "Catalyst" award
  
  
• Central Pennsylvania Entrepreneur of the Year Award
  
  
• Dauphin County Chief of Police Association’s Citizens Support Award
  
  
• Honored by the state Center for Independent Living for his commitment to the rights of the disabled and challenged
  
  
• Salvation Army Community Service Award, only the third person at the time ever named to receive the Army’s top civic award
  
  
• Named Government Leader of the Year in Pennsylvania by the state Chamber of Business and Industry
  
  
• Recipient of the Nautilus Award from local shelter providers for his commitment to helping solve the problems of homelessness in our nation
  
  
• Recognized by the International Association of Business Communicators as the Business Communicator of the Year
  
  
• Selected for the nationally-known Giraffe Award, the first-ever public official in the Nation so selected for his willingness to "stick his neck out
  
  
• Recipient of the American Legion’s Distinguished Service Award, their highest national award for community service
  
  
• Four times selected for the annual "Groundhog of the Year" award by the PAXTON HERALD weekly newspaper, for being the "person least afraid of his shadow"
  
  
• Honored by the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame for his contributions to sports and sporting excellence
  
  
• First person named by the state Secretary of Health as Honorary Medical Technician; Mayor Reed was a real-life emergency medical technician, instructor and ambulance crew chief for ten years and has saved more than a dozen human lives through CPR and other emergency medical treatment in the handling of all types of emergency calls, including the delivery of newborn babies