Awards and Recognition

  • The H. Peter Burg Award recipient for 2014 from The Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce | Story
  • The Power 100: The Top 25 (No. 18), Inside Business, January 2010 (also listed in 2004-2011)
  • Visionary Award, Innovation in Business Conference, 2008
  • Northeast Ohio Regional Vision Award, Northeast Ohio Regional Leadership Task Force, 2006
  • Chief Executive Leadership Award, Council for Advance and Support of Education, District V,  2005
  • President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), appointed by the President, 2001
  • Council on Foreign Relations, elected to membership 2002
  • The Power Pack -- The 50 most influential people in Northeast Ohio (#27), Crain's Cleveland Business, April 2003
  • Who's Who in Technology '03, Crain's Cleveland Business, June 2003 
  • The Newcomen Society, Cleveland, Ohio, honored October 2003
  • Sales and Marketing Executive of the Year, Sales and Marketing Executives of Akron, 2001
  • Commissioner Emeritus and Resolution of Appreciation, U.S. Arctic Research Commission, 1997
  • Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars, 1997
  • Honorary Member, Golden Key National Honor Society, 1994
  • Honorary Member, Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership society, 2001
  • Honorary Member, Mortar Board, 2002
  • Resolution of Appreciation, University of Alaska Board of Regents, 1994
  • Certificate of Appreciation, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, 1994
  • Commendation, Alaska State Legislature, 1992
  • U.S. Arctic Research Commission, appointed by the President, 1992
  • National Biotechnology Policy Board, appointed by the Secretary, 1990
  • Who's Who in America, 2003, 2006
  • International Who's Who, 1995
  • Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology (First Edition)
  • American Men and Women of Science (17th Edition)
  • Who's Who in Society (1986 Edition)
  • Fellow, The Explorers Club, New York, elected to membership, 1992
  • Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C., elected to membership, 1986
  • Creative Research Medal, The University of Georgia, 1984
  • Special Awards for significant contributions to University of Georgia research program, 1980, 1983
  • Richard M. Griffith Memorial Award, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 1976
  • United States Public Health Fellow, The Ohio State University, 1965-1966