 He was elected to Spain's Instituto de Cultura Hispánica (1962) and was awarded its "Gran Cruz de la Order del Merito Civil" in 1969, in which year he also received Italy's "Cavaliere di Gran Croce".It was the year 1969 that Haider was also awarded the John Fritz Medal.In 1970 he was awarded the Charles Frederic Rand Memorial Gold Medal, bestowed by the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers.