Honors
- Hotchkiss Man of the Year
- 1958: Appointed Career Minister
- 1961: Lotus Award of Merit
- 1964: Appointed Career Ambassador
- 1964: Rockefeller Public Service Award
- 1971: State Department Distinguished Honor Award
- 1974: Awarded The Foreign Service Cup
- Honorary Degree, Princeton University
- Honorary Degree, St. Lawrence University
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, Hamilton College
- Honorary Doctor of Social Science, University of Louisville
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