Editing Nicholas Metropolis (section)

==Associations and honors==
Metropolis was a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], the [[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]] and the [[American Mathematical Society]]. In 1987 he became the first Los Alamos employee honored with the title "emeritus" by the [[University of California]].  Metropolis was also awarded the [[IEEE Computer Pioneer award|Pioneer Medal]] by the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]], and was a fellow of the [[American Physical Society]].

The Nicholas Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work in Computational Physics is awarded annually by the [[American Physical Society]].<ref>[http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/dissertation/metropolis.cfm Nicholas Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work in Computational Physics]</ref>