Honours and Awards
- Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology in 1958.
- Timoshenko Medal of the ASME in 1987
- Charles Goodyear Medal of the American Chemical Society's Rubber Division in 1992.
- von Karman Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1993
- Member of the National Academy of Engineering
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- President of the Society of Rheology
- Chairman of the Society for Natural Philosophy
- Chairman of the US National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
- Chairman, Applied Mechanics Division, ASME
In 2008, he was inducted into the International Rubber Science Hall of Fame (IRSHF) by the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society. He had previously been asked to speak at the 1972 IRSHF induction of Melvin Mooney, but misunderstood, thinking he was to be inducted. On being told that candidates had to be deceased, he said "That's too great a price to pay".
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