washington has received numerous honors and awards during his long and illustrious career. among them, he has received the silver beaver award from boy scouts of america, the distinguished service award and distinguished alumni award from peabody college, the service to humanity award from mississippi college, and the state and national 4-h alumnus recognition awards. in 1982, he was awarded the outstanding presidential cluster citation by president ronald reagan. he was inducted into the hall of fame of the university of southern mississippi alumni association; received an award of distinction in 1990 from the university of mississippi; and received the 1993 george washington carver public service hall of fame award from tuskegee university. buildings are named in his honor on the campuses of alcorn state university, tougaloo college, university of southern mississippi and hinds community college ( formerly utica junior college).