Green Beret, formally inducted into 1st Special Forces Regiment US Army 1999 Beneath the Sea: Lifetime Achievement Award 2001 Pioneer Award – Navy Historical Society 2001 CJL Oxygen Symposium X, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society 2007 American College of Physicians Fellowship Award 2007 2010 The John Scott Award, City of Philadelphia Military service and related awards 1945 Legion of Merit, U.S. Army 1945 Major General William J. Donovan, U.S.A., Director, Office of Strategic Services 1945 Lt. Colonel H. Q. A. Reeves, British Army 1945 Lt. Commander Derek A. Lee, R.N.V.R., Burma 1945 Colonel Sylvester C. Missal, M.C., U.S.A., Chief Surgeon, Office of Strategic Services 1945 Commander H. G. A. Wooley, D.S.C., R.N., Director, Maritime Unit, Office of Strategic Services 1946 Presidential Unit Citation, O.S.S. Unit 101, Burma, Dwight D. Eisenhower 1946 U.S. Army Commendation Ribbon, Citation from Major General Norman Kirk, M.C., Surgeon General, U.S. Army 1946 Admiral J. F. Farley, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard 1946 Colonel H. W. Doan, M.C., Executive Officer, Surgeon General's Office, U.S. Army 1947 Colonel George W. Read Jr., President, U.S. Army Ground Forces, Board No. 2 1948 General Jacob L. Devers, U.S.A. Commanding General, U.S. Army Ground Forces 1969 Meritorious Civilian Service Award, Secretary of the Navy 1969 Military Oceanography Award, Secretary of the Navy 1972 Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award 1972 Secretary of the Navy Certificate of Commendation for Advisory Service, Committee on Undersea Warfare, National Academy of Sciences 1976 Distinguished Public Service Award, United States Coast Guard 1978 Certificate of Commendation for Outstanding Service on Secretary of the Navy Oceanographic Advisory Committee 1995 British Embassy Citation 1995 U.S. Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School Award: Lifetime Achievement 1996 U.S. Special Forces Green Beret Award 2001 U.S. Special Operations Command Medal 2005 US Chief of Naval Operations Citation National service activities 1953–1960, 1962–1971 Committee on Naval Medical Research, National Research Council 1953–1972 Committee on Undersea Warfare, National Research Council 1953–1956 Chairman, Panel on Underwater Swimmers, Committee on Undersea Warfare, National Research Council 1954–1960 Chairman, Panel on Shipboard and Submarine Medicine, Committee on Naval Medicine Research, National Research Council 1954–1961 Advisory Panel on Medical Sciences, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, R and E 1955–1959 Consultant, U.S. Army Chemical Corps 1959–1961 Consultant, Scientific Advisory Board, U.S. Air Force 1960–1962 Chairman, Committee on Man-in-Space, Space Science Board, National Academy of Sciences 1960–1962 Member, Space Science Board, National Academy of Sciences 1962–1980 Consultant, Space