Awards and Honors
- 1964 – President, Geological Society of Washington
- 1965 – Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1965 – Fellow, United States National Academy of Sciences
- 1968 – President, Cosmos Club
- 1968 – Distinguished Service Award, Department of the Interior
- 1969 – Doctorate of Science, Franklin and Marshall College
- 1969 – Rockefeller Public Service Award
- 1970 – Doctorate of Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
- 1972 – Public Service Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- 1973 – a 6,000 foot ridge in the Bear Paw Mountains was named Pecora Ridge in honor of Pecora.
- Fellow and Councilor, Geological Society of America
- Fellow and Councilor, Mineralogical Society of America
- A Conference and Award are named in his honor.
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