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Honors and Awards
Recipient of Richard Hopper Day Memorial medal from the Academy of Natural Sciences, 1969.
Recipient of Gimbel Philadelphia Award, 1969.
Recipient of YWCA's Gold Medal, 1970.
Elected to National Academy of Sciences, May 1970.
Recipient of Franklin Institute's Lewis L. Dollinger Pure Environment Award, 1970.
Recipient of Pennsylvania Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, 1970.
Recipient of Merit Award from the Botanical Society of America, 1971.
Recipient of Eminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America, 1972.
Recipient of 1973 Philadelphia Award.
Elected to the American Philosophical Society, 1974.
Recipient of Gold Medal Award from Pennsylvania State Fish and Game Protective Association, 1974.
Recipient of Second Annual International John and Alice Tyler Ecology Award, 1975.
Recipient of Gold Medal from the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1975.
Recipient of Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement, 1975.
Elected to Honorary Membership in South Carolina Academy of Sciences, 1975.
Recipient of Department of Interior's Public Service Award, 1975.
Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1976.
Recipient of Iben Award of American Water Resources Association, 1976.
Recipient of Outstanding Alumni Award from Coker College, 1977.
Recipient of the Frances K. Hutchinson Medal from the Garden Club of America, 1977.
Recipient of Honorary Membership in the Water Pollution Control Federation, 1977.
Recipient of the Outstanding Alumna Award from Sunset Hill School, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977.
Recipient of Golden Medal of the Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Belgium, 1978.
Recipient of Green World Award of New York Botanical Garden, 1979.
Recipient of Hugo Black Award of the University of Alabama, 1979.
Recipient of Founders Award of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1982.
Recipient of Citation of Merit from the City of Philadelphia, 1982.
Recipient of Environmental Regeneration Award from the Rene DuBois Center for Human Environments, 1985.
Recipient of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Governor's Award for Excellence in the Sciences, 1988.
Recipient of Girl Scout Award, 1988.
University of South Carolina - Aiken. Groundbreaking for the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center, 1989.
Recipient of Distinguished Citizen Award, Pennsylvania Society, 1989.
Recipient of James McGirr Kelly Award, from the National Association of Water Companies, 1990.
Recipient of Outstanding Achievement Award of the North American Diatom Society.
Recipient of the Award of Excellence, North American Benthological Society, 1992.
Recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement, American Philosophical Society, 1993.
Recipient of the Environment Award of the Association of Metropolitan Sewarage Agencies (AMSA), 1995.
Inducted into South Carolina Hall of Science and Technology, 1996.
Recipient of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography's Lifetime Achievement Award, 1996.
Recipient of National Medal of Science from President Bill Clinton, 1996.
Ruth Patrick-Meyers Branch Research Area and Ruth Patrick Pond dedicated on Savannah River Site, 1996.
Recipient of Mendel Medal, Villanova's highest honor, 2002.
Recipient of the Chairman's Medal from the Heinz Family Foundation, 2002.
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's Ralph W. Abele Conservation Heritage Award, 2006
Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, 2009
Honorary Degrees
D.Sc., Beaver College, 1970.
D.Sc., PMC Colleges, 1971 (now Widener College).
L.LD., Coker College, 1971.
D.Sc., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, 1973.
D.Sc., Cedar Crest College, 1974.
D.Sc., Wilkes College, 1974.
L.H.D., Chestnut Hill College, 1974.
D.Sc., Hood College, 1975.
D.Sc., Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1975.
D.Sc., Drexel University, 1975.
D.Sc., Swarthmore College, 1975.
D.Sc., University of New Haven, 1975.
D.Sc., Bucknell University, 1976.
D.Sc., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1976.
D.Sc., St. Lawrence University, 1978.
D.Sc., University of Massachusetts, 1980.
D.Sc., Princeton University, 1980.
D.Sc., Lehigh University, 1983.
D.Sc., University of Pennsylvania, 1984.
D.Sc., Temple University, 1985.
D.Sc., Emery University, 1986.
D.Sc., Wake Forest University, 1986.
D.Sc., University of South Carolina, 1989.
D.Sc., Clemson University, 1989.
D.Sc., Glassboro College of New Jersey, 1992.
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