text: * John Simmon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1970–71
  * Standard Oil Foundation Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 1970
  * Kenan Research Leave, University of North Carolina, 1970–71
  * Outstanding Alumnus Award, department of chemistry, Kansas State University, 1973
  * Distinguished Alumnus Award, Wayne State University, 1978 
  * Distinguished Alumnus Award, Emporia State University, 1979
  * Co-chairman, 1982 Gordon Res. Conf. on Chem/Biol. of Peptides
  * Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellow, 1983
  * Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983
  * Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 1986.
  * Merit Award, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Health, 1986.
  * National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Merit Award recipient, 1986-
  * Society of the Golden Fleece, University of North Carolina, 1989.
  * Faculty Service Award, Alumni Association, 1992.
  * Vincent du Vigneaud Award of the American Peptide Society, 1996.