diff --git a/app/controllers/personal_honors_controller.rb b/app/controllers/personal_honors_controller.rb
index 5fd9ce2..0729892 100644
--- a/app/controllers/personal_honors_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/personal_honors_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class PersonalHonorsController < ApplicationController
       {
         "year" => honor.year, 
         "award_name" => honor.award_name,
-        "awarding_unit" => honor.awarding_unit,
+        "awarding_unit" => (honor.awarding_unit rescue ""),
         "award_winner" => (honor.member_profile.name rescue ""),
         "link_to_show" => OrbitHelper.url_to_show(honor.to_param)
       }