Editing Gordon Tullock (section)

==Awards and recognition==
In 1994 Tullock was awarded an [[honorary degree|honorary Ph.D.]] from the University of Chicago and in 1998 became a distinguished fellow of the [[American Economic Association]]. He served as President of the [[Southern Economic Association]], the [[International Atlantic Economic Society]] (1998–1999), the [[Western Economic Association International|Western Economic Association]], The [[Association For Private Enterprise Education]] and the [[Public Choice Society]]. In 1996 he was elected to the ''American Political Science Review'' Hall of Fame. He was sometimes considered a longshot candidate for the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://economics.about.com/cs/nobelwinners/p/tullock.htm |title=Gordon Tullock |access-date=September 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017080814/http://economics.about.com/cs/nobelwinners/p/tullock.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2011 }}</ref>