Editing Ivan Getting (section)

==Major awards and recognitions==
*Fellow of the [[American Physical Society]] (1941)<ref>{{cite web|title=APS Fellow Archive|website=American Physical Society|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1941&unit_id=&institution=Harvard+University}} (search on year 1941 and institution Harvard University)</ref>
*[[Medal for Merit]] awarded by the [[President of the United States]] (1948)
*Naval Ordnance Development Award
*Air Force Exceptional Service Award (1960)
*IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Pioneer Award (1975)
*[[Kitty Hawk Award]] (1975)
*[[IEEE Founders Medal]] (1989)
*Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service (1997)
*[[John Fritz Medal]] (1998)
*Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs
*[[San Diego Air & Space Museum|San Diego Aerospace Museum]]'s [[International Air & Space Hall of Fame|International Aerospace Hall of Fame]] (2002)
*Navy Superior Public Service Award (1999)
*National Academy of Engineering [[Charles Stark Draper Prize]] (with Bradford Parkinson, 2003)
*National Inventors Hall of Fame (posthumously, 2004)<ref>[http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/209.html Inventor's Hall of Fame 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315194514/http://www.invent.org/Hall_Of_Fame/209.html |date=2009-03-15 }}</ref>
*In 2011, he was listed at #10 on the [[MIT150]] list of the top 150 innovators and ideas from [[MIT]]