| Date | Honors and Awards | For |
| 1942 | 2nd prize Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Contest | Sonatina in A |
| 1942 | Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award | Sonata Fantaisie for Cello and Piano |
| 1946 | Delta Omicron Award (first ever awarded) | Quintet for Piano and String Quartet |
| 1946 | 2nd place Henry P. Lytton Award | State Street Suite |
| 1950 | 1st prize Lake View Musical Society | Sonata No. 1 for Piano |
| 1951 | 1st honorable mention Friends of Harvey Gaul Contest | Blessed Be the God and Father |
| 1951 | Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award | Sonata for Violin and Piano |
| 1951 | Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award | Quartet for String No. 2 |
| 1953 | 1st prize Women's Trio, American Pen Women, Chicago | Awake, O Zion |
| 1953 | 1st prize Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award | Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon |
| 1955 | Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra |
| 1957 | Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award | Toccata for Piano |
| 1957 | University of Maryland | Awake, O Zion |
| 1957 | Composers Press Award | Hearken Unto Me |
| 1959 | 1st prize Musicians Club of Women, Chicago | Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Piano |
| 1959 | Broadman Competition | The Little Jesus Came to Town |
| 1961 | Honorable Mention, Gedok Competition, Germany | Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon |
| 1961 | Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award | Concerto Grosso for Strings, Oboes, Horns and Bassoons |
| 1963 | Elected Life Fellow of the Institute of Arts and Letters, Switzerland | |
| 1967 | Special Merit citation, Mu Phi Epsilon | Two Inventions for Woodwinds |
| 1967 | Special Merit citation, Mu Phi Epsilon | Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano |
| 1969 | Pedro Paz Award | My Heart Shall Bear No Burden |
| 1970 | Honorable Mention, Harvey Gaul Contest | An Indian Prayer |
| 1980 | Honorary Doctoral Degree in Music from ÈÕº«AV | |
| 1980-1981 | Named Michigan Composer of the Year by the Michigan Music Teachers Association | |
| 1986 | Elizabeth Mathais Award from Mu Phi Epsilon |