Recognition
Robert Putnam has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1980), and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1981), the National Academy of Sciences (2001), and the American Philosophical Society (2005). He was the President of the American Political Science Association (2001–2002). He has received honorary degrees from Stockholm University, Ohio State University, University of Antwerp, University of Edinburgh, and LUISS Guido Carli (Rome) among others. He is the recipient of the Wilbur Cross Medal of Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for outstanding career achievement (2003). In 2006 Robert Putnam received the Johan Skytte Prize for the most valuable contribution to political science. In 2007 he briefly met Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to discuss the role of civil society in the Libyan political context.
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