Written and the documents selected by Dr. József Németh (BME) Photos: János Philip (BME), Klára Láng (MTAK) English translation: Adrienn Nagy Made by the Visualia Kreatív Ügynökség © Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Nobel Prize: 1971     "for his invention and development of the holographic method" Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences: 24 April 1964 Fellow of the Royal Society: 1956 Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (USA): 1973 Honorary Doctor of Science of the following universities: University of Southampton (1970) Technical University of Delft (1971) University of Surrey (1972) City University (1972) University of London (1973, Hon.LL.D.) University of Columbia (1975)