Editing Mo Udall (section)

== Legacy ==
[[Image:Morris King Udall.jpg|thumb|right|Udall's official House portrait]]
In 1992, the US Congress founded the [[Morris K. Udall Foundation|Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation]].<ref>{{USPL|102|259}}, 106 Stat. 78, S. 2184, enacted March 19, 1992.</ref> It is an agency of the executive branch of the federal government, and among other functions, gives scholarships to students of environmental policy. In 2009, Congress added Mo's brother, Stewart Udall, as an honoree of the  foundation by renaming it as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation.

Federal funds for Parkinson's research are designated through the Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act of 1997.<ref>{{USPL|105|78}}, title VI, §603, November 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1519, (42 U.S.C. {{USCSec|42|284f}})</ref> The legislation funded a national network of "Centers of Excellence" to diagnose and treat Parkinson disease patients and to refer patients into research protocols.

In 1996 Udall received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President Clinton.

[[Point Udall (Guam)|Point Udall]] on [[Guam]], considered the [[List of extreme points of the United States#Westernmost points|westernmost point of the United States]], was named for him in 1987. The [[List of extreme points of the United States#Easternmost points|easternmost]] spot, [[Point Udall (U.S. Virgin Islands)|Point Udall, U.S. Virgin Islands]], was named for his brother Stewart in 1968.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/17/us/washington-talk-briefing-the-pillars-of-udall.html |title=The Pillars of Udall |first1=Martin |last1=Tolchin |first2=David |last2=Binder |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 17, 1989 |access-date=October 12, 2018}}</ref> This means that "America's day ... begin(s) and end(s) at a Point Udall."<ref name="bill text">{{cite web |url=http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/udall/address/pt_u.html |title=Bill Would Name Guam Point After Morris Udall |author1=Smith, Denny |author-link=Denny Smith |author2=Blaz, Ben |author2-link=Vicente T. Blaz |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[University of Arizona]] |access-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-date=April 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422040806/http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/udall/address/pt_u.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In [[Tucson, Arizona]], the main post office was named in his honor in 2007 as well as a local park.<ref name="KOLD">{{cite web |title=Main Post Office Re-named To Honor Mo Udall |url=https://www.kold.com/story/6600404/main-post-office-re-named-to-honor-mo-udall/ |website=www.kold.com |date=June 2, 2007 |publisher=CNBC |access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tucsonaz.gov/parks/MorrisKUdallPark |title=Morris K. Udall Park |website=www.tucsonaz.gov |date=August 14, 2017 |publisher=City of Tucson |access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref>