Henry Petroski - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

• Norman Augustine Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Communications, American Association of Engineering Societies (2009)
• Honorary Member, Association of Polish-American Engineers, Polonia Technica (2008)
• Charles S. Barrett Silver Medal, American Society for Materials International, Rocky Mountain Chapter (2008)
• Member, American Philosophical Society (2006; inducted 2008)
• Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (2008)
• Pratt School of Engineering Alumni Council Distinguished Service Award (2007)
• Washington Award (2006)
• Tau Beta Pi, Member (2003)
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow (2003)
• Honorary Doctor of Pedagogy Degree, Manhattan College (2003)
• Honorary Member, The Moles (2002)
• Fellow, The Institution of Engineers of Ireland (2000)
• Honorary Doctor of Science degree, Valparaiso University (1999)
• Eminent Speaker, Institution of Engineers, Australia, Structural College (1998)
• Tetelman Fellow, Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University (1998)
• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.) (1997)
• Member, National Academy of Engineering (inducted 1997)
• Orthogonal Medal, Graphic Communications Faculty, North Carolina State University (1996)
• Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (1996)
• Alumni Honor Award for Distinguished Service in Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1994)
• Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (1993)
• Outstanding Graduate, School of Engineering Centennial Award, Manhattan College (1992)
• National Lecturer, Sigma Xi (1991–93)
• Ralph Coats Roe Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1991)
• Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (1990–91)
• Honorary Doctor of Science degree, Clarkson University (1990)
• Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities (1987–88)
• Fellow, National Humanities Center (1987–88)
• Illinois Arts Council Literary Award (1976)
• Sigma Xi (Illinois Chapter) Graduate Student Paper Award, (1968)
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Fellowship (1963–64)