University of Minnesota Outstanding Alumnus Award from the School of Public Health
American Public Health Association’s Martha May Eliot Award
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Golden Apple Award for Teaching
Zion Baptist Church Baltimore, Community Service Award
Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Vince Hutchins Award
Lifetime Achievement Award, American Medical Student Association
International Association of Adolescent Health, Founder’s Award
American Medical Student Association Lifetime Achievement Award
Herbert L. Needleman Award for Scientific Achievement and Courageous Advocacy for Children
Society for Adolescent Medicine, Visiting Professorship Award
Society for Adolescent Medicine, Outstanding Achievement Award
Needleman Award by the American Public Health Association (1998)
Outstanding Achievement Award by the Society of Adolescent Medicine (1993)
1973- The Barge Award in English, Lafayette College
1971/73- McKelvey Distinguished Scholar's Program, Lafayette College