“Award of Merit”, 33rd Annual National Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design, The Art Directors Club, 1954

“Certificate of Merit”, Professional Photographers of America, Inc., 1954, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977

“Award for Photography”, Art Directors Club of Chicago, 25th Annual Exhibition, 1957

Chosen as One of the Worlds Ten Greatest Photographers by Vote of Outstanding Photographers, Art Directors, Critics and Teachers in an International Poll conducted by Popular Photography, 1958

Special Award in Recognition of Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Illustration, Society of Illustrators, 1961

“Certificate of Gratitude and Appreciation”, Photonika International Photo and Cinema Exhibition, Cologne, 1963

“The Newhouse Citation for Significant Contributions to the Field of Visual Communication”, Newhouse School of Journalism, Syracuse University, 1963

Certificate of Achievement, The Artists Guild of Philadelphia, 1964

Photographic Excellence Special Award, New York World’s Fair, 1964-1965

“The Golden Plate,” American Academy of Achievement, 1967

“Certificate of Merit”, Art Directors Club of New York 49th Annual Exhibition, 1969

“100th LIFE cover”, 1970

“Life Achievement in Photography Award”, American Society of Magazine Photographers (ASMP), 1975

The Photographic Administrators Award for Outstanding Contributions to Photographic Education, 1975

Honored Photographer, International Center of Photography — 10th Anniversary Celebration, 1984

Art Directors Club (NY) 70th Annual Merit Award “In Quest of Dali,” 1991

“Grateful Appreciation Medallion”, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, 1999

First President of ASMP (American Society of Magazine Photographers), 1945

Contributing Member, Magnum Photos, 1952

Founding Member, Famous Photographers School, 1962

Teacher “Psychological Portraiture” The New School, New York, New York, 1971-76

Halsman photo of Einstein printed on Bank of Israel currency, 1968

US Postage Stamps:

Adlai Stevenson, 1965

Albert Einstein, 1966

John Steinbeck, 1979

Richard Nixon, 1995