Honors
Among the numerous honors which came to Willis during his long life, were an honorary Ph.D. degree from the University of Berlin and the Gold Medal of the Société de Géographie of France in 1910, the Legion of Honor, Belgium, in 1936, and in 1944 he was awarded the Penrose Medal by the Geological Society of America.
The Willis Wall on the north face of Mount Rainier is named for him.
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