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Induction into the Royal Society of Canada (1954)
C.S. Hudson Award of the American Chemical Society (1966)
Became the first western Canadian to be elected a fellow of the Royal Society (England) (1967)
Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada (1968)
Haworth Award and Medal (1983)
The Tishler Award, Harvard University (1983)
Gairdner Foundation International Award (1985)
Made Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Stockholm (1988)
Induction into the Alberta Order of Excellence (1990)
King Faisal International Prize for Science (first Canadian) (1990)
NSERC Gold Medal in Science (1991)
Albert Einstein World Award of Science (1992)
Made Companion of the Order of Canada (1994)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1999)
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