Awards and Honors
- U.S. Patent No. 4,394,246, Electrophoresis Apparatus with Flow Control, issued 19 July 1983
- NASA Space Flight Medals, 1984 and twice in 1985
- Sagamore of the Wabash, State of Indiana (November 1984)
- Doctor of Science, honoris causa, St. Louis College of Pharmacy (1985)
- Aerospace Laurels Award, Aviation Week & Space Technology Magazine (1985)
- Lindbergh Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - St. Louis Section (1986)
- NASA Group Achievement Award, as consultant to the 1987-1988 Space Station Operations Task Force
- Engineering Astronaut Alumnus Award, Purdue University Schools of Engineering (September 1989)
- Kentucky Colonel, Commonwealth of Kentucky (May 1990)
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