Honors
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: Lawrence Sperry Award, 1967
- Saint Louis University: Alumni Merit Award, 1968; Founders Award, 1993
- NASA Exceptional Service Medal - 1969 and 1970
- Downtown Jaycees of Washington D.C. Arthur S. Fleming Award - One of ten outstanding young men in government service in 1970
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal - 1970, 1982, and 1988
- NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal - 1973, 1993
- NASA SES Meritorious Executive - 1980, 1985 and 1992
- American Astronautical Society: AAS Fellow, 1982; Spaceflight Award 1987
- Robert R. Gilruth Award, 1988, North Galveston County Jaycees
- The National Space Club; Astronautics Engineer of the Year Award, 1992
- Theodore Von Karman Lectureship, 1994
- Recipient of the 1995 History of Aviation Award for the "Safe return of the Apollo 13 Crew," Hawthorne, California
- Honorary Doctor of Engineering Degree from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, 1996
- Louis Bauer Lecturer, Aerospace Medical Association, 2000
- Selected for "2004 and 2006 Gathering of Eagles" honoring Aerospace and Aviation Pioneers at the Air Force Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- John Glenn Lecture, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, 2005
- Lloyd Nolen, Lifetime Achievement in Aviation Award, 2005
- Wright Brothers Lecture — Wright Patterson AFB, 2006
- NASA Ambassador of Exploration, 2006
- Rotary National Award for Space Achievement's National Space Trophy, 2007
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