Over Sondheim's prolific career in stage and film, he has received a Academy Award, 8 Tony Awards. and 8 Grammy Awards. He also received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "Sunday in the Park with George" (1985, shared with James Lapine) and was honored with the Kennedy Center Honors, Lifetime Achievement (1993). He received the Hutchinson Prize for Music Composition (1950) and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1983). He was then awarded the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member James Earl Jones (2005) Also the Algur H. Meadows Award from Southern Methodist University (1994) A Special Laurence Olivier Award (2011) "in recognition of his contribution to London theatre" As well as a Critics' Circle Theatre Award (March 2012): According to drama section chair Mark Shenton, "what is effectively a lifetime achievement award" He became a Member of the American Theater Hall of Fame (2014) In November 2015, Sondheim was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House.