Burton Richter's Principal Awards and Honor
- Nobel Prize in Physics, 1976
- National Academy of Sciences, 1977—present
- E. O. Lawrence Medal (U.S. Department of Energy), 1976
- President, American Physical Society, 1994
- President, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, 1999—2002
- Loeb Lecturer, Harvard University, 1974
- DeShalit Lecturer, Weizmann Institute, 1975
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1989—present
- Astor Visiting Lecturer, Oxford University, 2000
- Honorary Degree, Universita di Pisa, 2001
- Executive Board - International Council for Science (ICSU), 2002—2005
- American Philosophical Society, 2003—present
- Philip Hague Abelson Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007
