2007 Dickson Prize in Science (judged by Carnegie Mellon University to have made the most progress in the scientific field in the United States for the year in question)

2007 Arthur C. Cope Award (American Chemical Society award for outstanding achievement in the field of Organic Chemistry)

2006 Macro Group UK Medal (joint Royal Society for Chemistry and Society of Chemical Industry) for Outstanding Achievement in the field of Macromolecular Chemistry

2005 Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Service of the Public

2005 Chemical Communications 40th Anniversary Award

2004 Docteur de L’Université, Université d’Ottawa, Canada

2003 Henry Rapoport Chair of Organic Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

2002 Docteur (Honoris Causa), Université de Lyon I, France

2001 American Chemical Society, Salute to Excellence Award

2001 American Chemical Society, A.C. Cope Scholar Award

2000 Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Art and Sciences

2000 Elected Member of the US National Academy of Engineering

2000 Elected Fellow of the PMSE Division of the American Chemical Society

2000 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

2000 Elected Member of the US National Academy of Sciences

2000 American Chemical Society, ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry

1999 Society of Imaging Science and Technology, Kosar Memorial Award

1996 American Chemical Society, ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science

1995 Peter J. Debye Chair of Chemistry, Cornell University, NY

1994 American Chemical Society, Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science

1987 IBM Professor of Polymer Chemistry

1986 American Chemical Society, Doolittle Award in Polymer Materials Science & Engineering

1986 Polymer Society of Japan Lecture Award

1983 IUPAC Canadian National Committee Award