Editing Archibald Cox (section)

==Honors==

===Chaired and university professorships===

During his career at Harvard, Professor Cox was honored with the following chaired or university professorships:<ref name="HarvFind">{{cite web|url=http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~law00022|title=Archibald Cox, 1912–2004. Papers, 1862–1978: Finding Aid|year=2003|publisher=Harvard Law School Library|location=Cambridge Massachusetts|access-date=March 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314112912/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~law00022|archive-date=2016-03-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* 1958–61, Royall Professor, Harvard Law School
* 1965–76, Williston Professor, Harvard Law School
* 1976–84, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard University
* 1984–his death, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Emeritus, Harvard University

===Honorary degrees===
Throughout his life Cox was the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, including: M.A.: [[Sidney Sussex College]], University Cambridge, England 1974; L.H.D.: [[Hahnemann Medical College]], Philadelphia, 1980; LL.D: [[Loyola University Chicago]], 1964, [[University of Cincinnati]], 1967, [[University of Denver]], 1974, [[Amherst College]], 1974, [[Rutgers]], 1974, [[Harvard University]], 1975, [[Michigan State]], 1976, [[Wheaton College (Massachusetts)|Wheaton College]], 1977, [[Northeastern University]], 1978, [[Clark University|Clark]], 1980, [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]], 1981, [[University of Notre Dame]], 1983, [[University of Illinois]], 1985, [[Claremont Graduate School]], 1987, [[Colby College]], 1988.<ref name="HarvFind"/>

===Honorary societies===

Cox was elected member to or granted recognition by the following societies:

* Elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1955.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter C|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterC.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=April 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708104323/http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterC.pdf|archive-date=July 8, 2011|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 
* Delivered the Harvard [[Phi Beta Kappa]] Oration during the literary exercises before commencement in June 1974<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hua47013|title=Inventory|work=Records of the Phi Beta Kappa Alpha of Massachusetts, Iota of Massachusetts, and Alpha Iota of Massachusetts chapters, 1779–2011|location=Harvard University Library|access-date=March 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103070156/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hua47013|archive-date=2016-01-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Elected member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=cox;smode=advanced;f1-subdiv=304.%20Jurisprudence%20and%20Political%20Science|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302055501/http://www.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=cox;smode=advanced;f1-subdiv=304.%20Jurisprudence%20and%20Political%20Science|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-03-02|title=Member History|work=American Philosophical Society|date=n.d.|access-date=March 15, 2016}}</ref> Member of the Committee on Phillips Prize 1982–88.{{sfn|Bok|2006|p=465}}
* Awarded Outstanding Scholar Award by the [[American Bar Foundation]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/uploads/cms/documents/award_winners_as_of_2015_chronological.pdf|title=Past Fellow Award Recipients|work=American Bar Foundation|year=2015|access-date=March 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315161255/http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/uploads/cms/documents/award_winners_as_of_2015_chronological.pdf|archive-date=March 15, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===Other honors===

In 1935 Cox won the Sears Prize for his performance during first year in law school.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vile|first=John R.|title=Great American Lawyers: An Encyclopedia|volume=1|location=Santa Barbara, California|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=1576072029|page=142}}</ref>

After he resigned his faculty position at Harvard and until he returned in 1965, Cox served as a member of Harvard's Board of Overseers.<ref name="CoxChair">{{cite news|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?men_tab=srchresults&handle=hein.journals/hlrec41&size=2&collection=journals&set_as_cursor=46&id=123|title=Cox Named to New Chair|date=December 2, 1965|work=Harvard Law Record|access-date=April 18, 2016|number=2|volume=41|pages=1, 7|url-access=subscription|via=[[Heinonline.org]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512181828/http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?men_tab=srchresults&handle=hein.journals%2Fhlrec41&size=2&collection=journals&set_as_cursor=46&id=123|archive-date=May 12, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 1991 the faculty of Harvard Law School made Cox an honorary member of the Order of the Coif, an historic group that recognizes significant contributions to the legal profession.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/6/7/watergate-prosecutor-cox-dies-at-92/?page=4|last=Esenten|first=Andrew C.|title=Watergate Prosecutor Cox Dies at 92|work=Harvard Crimson|date=June 7, 2004|access-date=March 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406030912/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/6/7/watergate-prosecutor-cox-dies-at-92/?page=4|archive-date=April 6, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 1995 the Institute of Government and Public Affairs awarded Cox its Ethics in Government Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://igpa.uillinois.edu/ethics/person/archibald-cox|title=Archibald Cox|work=Institute of Government and Public Affairs|location=Urbana, Illinois|publisher=University of Illinois|date=n.d.|access-date=March 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324181419/https://igpa.uillinois.edu/ethics/person/archibald-cox|archive-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> Cox was also the recipient of the Thomas "Tip" O'Neill Citizenship Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/osg/bio/archibald-cox|title=Archibald Cox|work=Office of the Solicitor General|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=General Information Office of the Solicitor General|date=October 31, 2014|access-date=March 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401045406/https://www.justice.gov/osg/bio/archibald-cox|archive-date=April 1, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

On January 8, 2001, Cox was presented with the [[Presidential Citizens Medal]] by President [[Bill Clinton]], saying: "Archibald Cox, every American, whether he or she knows your name or not, owes you a profound debt of thanks for a lifetime of your service to your country and its Constitution."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=64902|last=Clinton|first=William J.|title=Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Citizens Medal|date=January 8, 2001|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=March 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828062011/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=64902|archive-date=August 28, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>