Awards and Honors


  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Fellow, American Physical Society
  • Crick-Jacobs Senior Fellow, Salk Institute, La Jolla (2005-present)
  • Harry E. Gruber Chair in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UCSD
  • 2002 Technology Marshall in the 45h Annual La Jolla Christmas Parade and Holiday Festival
  • San Diego 2002 Headliner of the Year, Technology Category, San Diego Press Club
  • Champaign County Most Valuable Citizen Award, Champaign County Chamber of Commerce, 1998
  • 1990 Franklin Institute's Delmer S. Fahrney Gold Medal for Leadership in Science or Technology
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, College of Arts and Science, University of Missouri at Columbia, 1985 (2nd recipient)
  • Listed in Fortune Magazine, Special Issue, Spring/Summer 1991, "The New Century" in the article "Twenty Five Who Help The U. S. Win"
  • Included in the 1984 Esquire "Register of Outstanding Americans Under Age 40" (272 listed)
  • Max-Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics Fellowship (summers 1982 and 1983)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1980 - 1984)
  • Junior Fellow, Harvard University (1976 - 1979)
  • NSF International Travel Grant (1974) to Israel
  • Lane Scholar (1973 - 1974) - outstanding work in classical physics at University of Texas
  • National Science Foundation Fellow (1970 - 1973)
  • Woodrow Wilson Independent Study Award (1971) - top 10% of Woodrow Wilson Fellows
  • Woodrow Wilson Fellow (1970)


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