Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'afọ 1965, e nyere ya ihe nrite Penrose Medal nke Ụlọ Ọrụ Na-ahụ Maka Nkà Mmụta Ihe Ndị Dị n'Ụwa nke America na ihe nrite Distinguished Service Medal nke Ngalaba Na-ahụ Maka Ihe Ndị Dị n'Ime United States. A họpụtara ya na American Academy of Arts and Sciences na 1966. Ọ na-aga nzukọ International Geological Congress na Prague n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ, 1968, mgbe
ndị Soviet wakporo; a kpọgara ya Nuremberg.