Honors
She won the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy in 1949 and the Klumpke-Roberts Award in 1983.
In 1967 she was awarded the prestigious Rittenhouse Astronomical Society Silver Medal Award for her outstanding achievements in astronomy. The Rittenhouse Astronomical Society was founded in honour of scholar and astronomer David Rittenhouse.
In 1968 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1976.
The asteroid 2917 Sawyer Hogg is named after her as is the observatory on the grounds of the Canada Science and Technology Museum.
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