Tuhia he tohutoro mo tenei rarangi - I te tau 1965, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Penrose Medal o te Geological Society of America me te Distinguished Service Medal o te Tari o te Roto o te US. I pootihia ia ki te American Academy of Arts and Sciences i te tau 1966. I haere ia ki te hui o te International Geological Congress i Prague i Akuhata, 1968, i te wā i whakaekehia ai e te Soviet
; i tukuna atu ia ki Nuremberg.