Manny has received the following recognition and awards:
- First Prize, De Gruyter Christmas Drawing Competition 1943 (age 9)
- Jong Eindhoven tekent 1st prize, 1947
- Jong Eindhoven tekent 2nd prize, 1948
- School-Athletiek Vaardigheidsdiploma A,B, C. (100 meter in 13.1 sec.)
- Edwin Land Artist Support Program, 1956
- Frederick Law Olmsted Society Awards for restoration, 1981 and 1993
- Spearheaded the re-forestation program for Riverside, Illinois, the first planned suburb in the US, designed by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted.
- Award from Preservation Council, Illinois for restoration of F.F. Tomek House
- Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Grant, 1988
- Mayfair Hotel Competition, 2nd prize
- La Porte Hospital Competition, 2nd prize
- Wright Spirit Award, 1998
- National Landmark Designation for the F.F. Tomek House, 1999
- Water Conservation Hero, Marin Municipal Water Department, 2014
Accolades
Manny spearheaded the restoration of the F.F. Tomek House and was the only Wright homeowner present at the inception of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.
Manny was also the first Wright homeowner to donate an easement on a Wright house to the FLWBC as well as donating one original spare Tomek House window to the Art Institute of Chicago and one to the Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio Foundation.
The Tomek House and Garden were visited by many, sometimes two thousand people per year.
From Berdeana Aguar and Charles Aguar, authors of Wrightscapes:
“In restoring the Tomek grounds, Ms. Moran exhibited extraordinary originality in conceptualizing Wright’s architecture and the surrounding space as a composite entity.”
From the Graham Foundation on Down To Earth:
“Her scholarship has established the seminal importance of the Tomek House in American architectural history. It was the first to exploit the long cantilever, mother of the Robie House and grandmother of Falling Water.“
Prof. Paul Sprague, reviewing Down to Earth for the Journal of the SAH wrote: “She designed, planted and maintained informally arranged gardens which could not have been better planned by architect Walter Burley Griffin.”
Her current garden was highlighted in the Marin Independent Journal on Sept 18, 2020.