He was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) (1988) and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1990), and received honorary doctorates from Cranfield University and the University of Bristol.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) (1988) and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1990). In 1993 he was President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), and received honorary doctorates from Cranfield University and the University of Bristol.