1981 — Международная премия Гайрднера, «For their discovery of the role of receptor-mediated uptake of lipoproteins in the regulation of cholesterol metabolism»[13]
1985 — Премия Альберта Ласкера за фундаментальные медицинские исследования, «For the discovery of the basic mechanisms controlling cholesterol metabolism, opening the way to a new pharmacologic approach to the treatment of coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death in the Western world»[14]
1988 — Национальная научная медаль США в номинации «Биологические науки», «For their historic discovery of the basic mechanisms controlling cholesterol metabolism, opening the way to a new pharmacologic approach to the treatment of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death and disability in the Western world»[15][16]
1999 — Премия Фонда Уоррена Альперта[англ.], «For their research in the development of statins which lower the level of cholesterol in the heart»