C. Cope Award (ACS) (1995) • National Medal of Science (1998) • Von Hippel Award (Materials Research Society) (2000) • Doctorate Honoris Causa, University of Twente (The Netherlands) (2001) • Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology (Inamori Foundation) (2003) • Paracelsus Prize (Swiss Chemical Society) (2004) • Jacob Heskel Gab