Honors and Awards
- Endowed Thomas C and Joan M Merigan chair in Medicine, Stanford University (2008)
- Festschift with publication(J. of Inf. Dis. 162,Supp. 1,2006), Sponsored by former students (2004)
- George E. and Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine, Stanford University (!980-2006)
- One of "250 Most Highly Cited Scientists in Clinical Medicine over 20 years,1983-2001", Institute of Scientific Information (2004)
- Elected to Honorary Membership, International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (2001)
- Establishment of Annual Thomas C. Merigan, Jr. Endowed Lectureship in I.D., Stanford Medical School, Funded by Friends and Former Fellows (1994)
- "Making A Difference" Award, Hollis-Eden Corporation, San Diego, CA (2001)
- Elected Member, Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences (!980)
- Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1995)
- Maxwell Finland Lectureship Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America (1988)
- MERIT [Method to Extend Research in Time]Award, National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (1988)
- Identified as one of "The One Thousand Most Cited Contemporary Scientists", Institute for Scientific Information (1973-1988)
- Borden Award for Outstanding Research, American Associaion of Medical Colleges (1973)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship Award, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (1972)