*NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
*Saul Winstein Endowed Chair in Organic Chemistry
*National Medal of Science, 1993
*International Academy of Science, Munich, member
*Glenn T. Seaborg Medal, 1989
*Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement, 1988
*ACS Southern California Tolman Award, 1984
*ACS Chicago Section Willard Gibbs Award, 1985
*ACS Cope Award for Distinguished Achievement in Organic Chemistry, 1974
*American Academy of Arts and Sciences, member, 1967
*American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 1965
*National Academy of Sciences, member, 1961
*1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry