Editing Jerry Colangelo (section)

== Awards ==
Colangelo has been named the [[NBA Executive of the Year Award|NBA's Executive of the Year]] four times (1976, 1981, 1989, 1993). He is an honorary member of the Marchegiana Society of his hometown, Chicago Heights, Illinois. A street in that city bears his name.

In 1994, Colangelo received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#sports}}</ref>

On May 9, 2002, Colangelo was awarded an [[honorary degree]] from [[Arizona State University]].

On April 4, 2004, Colangelo was elected to the [[Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Chicago Bulls: Sportsmen of Legends|url=http://bullssnapback.com/sportsmen-of-legends/|access-date=May 16, 2011}}</ref>

On November 4, 2007, Colangelo was inducted into the [[Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor]] at the halftime of a Suns game against the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]].

He is the National Leadership Director of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame and is also a Hall of Fame inductee.<ref name="niashof"/> It is located in the Colangelo Building on Taylor Street in [[Little Italy, Chicago]].

On Friday, October 21, 2016, Colangelo was honored by [[Phoenix Rotary 100]], Arizona's first [[Rotary Club]], the prestigious John D. Driggs Outstanding Career Achievement and Community Service Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rotarizonian |url=https://www.dacdb.com/Accounts/5495/Bulletins/1213/2016/2016-10-21%20Jerry%20Colangelo%20-%20Career-Community%20Achievement%20Award.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124041054/https://www.dacdb.com/Accounts/5495/Bulletins/1213/2016/2016-10-21%20Jerry%20Colangelo%20-%20Career-Community%20Achievement%20Award.pdf |archive-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.rotary100.org}}</ref>

On Saturday, May 18, 2019, [[The Lincoln Academy of Illinois]] granted Colangelo the Order of Lincoln award, the highest honor bestowed by the [[Illinois|State of Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/2019-laureates-announced-gov-rauner/|title=2019 Laureates Announced by Gov. Rauner|website=The Lincoln Academy of Illinois|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827194444/https://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/2019-laureates-announced-gov-rauner/|url-status=dead}}</ref>