Awards and Honors
- USAF Exceptional Service Medal (1955)
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1956)
- ASA Exceptional Scientific Service Medal (1959)
- National Medal of Science in engineering. (1973)
- Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy of the National Aeronautic Association. (1974)
- member National Academy of Engineering (1976)
- Howard N. Potts Medal (1979)
- NAS Award in Aeronautical Engineering from the National Academy of Sciences. (2000)
- National Inventors Hall of Fame (2003)
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