*1962 - Stuart Ballantine Medal
*1963 - Young Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in the field of optics presented by the Institute of physics
*1970 - elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
*1970 - elected to the National Academy of Sciences
*1976 - awarded the [http://www.osa.org/awards_and_grants/awards/award_description/ivesquinn/ Frederic Ives Medal] by OSA
*1981 - Nobel Prize for Physics
*1983 - Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
*1984 - elected to the American Philosophical Society