 In 2009, he was placed on the Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools Hall of Fame for his longstanding service.In 2001 Hudson received the University’s Regent's Alumni Award from the University of Oklahoma and, in 2011, the University of Oklahoma conferred to him an honorary doctorate degree in humane letters as a “civic leader and supporter of education”.The Georgetown University Alumni Association has also awarded him its highest honor, the John Carroll Award, in 2014.