* 1983 — Member of the National Academy of Sciences
* 1985–1987 — President of the Geochemical Society
* 1992 — V. M. Goldschmidt Award, Geochemical Society
* 1997 — Harry Hess Medal, American Geophysical Union
* 2005 — Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
* 2008 — Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship
* 2016 — William Bowie Medal