1944 Nomination for Academy Award Winner (Oscar-Best Song ) for -Swinging On A Star for  the movie- Going My Way

1944  Academy Award Winner (Oscar-Best Song ) for -Swinging On A Star for  the movie- Going My Way

1945 Citation for Distinguished services on behalf of the war finance program

1945 Nomination for Academy Award (Oscar Best Song) for -SleighRide In July-in the movie- Belle of The Yukon 

1945 Nomination for Academy Award for  - Aren't You Glad You're You-in the movie- Bells Of St. Mary's

1946 Silver Medal-United States  Treasury Dept for War and Victory loan campaigns

1955 Scroll Award by men for the 86th Infantry for composition "The 86th,The 86th"

1955 Christopher Award for the song Love and Marriage

1955 Nomination for Academy Award (Oscar-Best Song) for- Love is the Tender Trap-In the movie -The Tender Trap

1955-Nomination for Emmy- for song Love and Marriage  for Best Musical Contribution

1956-Emmy Award- for song-Love and Marriage  for Best Musical Contribution in the Television series "Our Town"

1957 Cash Box Award -Most programmed record All the Way sung by Frank Sinatra and the most programmed album Come Fly With Me

1957 Nomination for  Academy Award  (Oscar-Best Song ) for  All the way - in the movie -Joker Is Wild  

1957 Academy Award Winner (Oscar-Best Song ) for  All the way - in the movie -Joker Is Wild  

1958  Commission honorary Texas citizen by Governor Price Daniel

1958 Hola Plaque for promotion of program to help underprivileged children

1958 Nomination for Academy Award (Oscar Best Song) for To Love and Be Loved  in the movie-Some Came Running

1959 Nomination for Academy Award (Oscar- Best Song)- song High Hopes in the movie- A Hole In The Head

1959 Academy Award Winner (Oscar-Best Song ) for High Hopes in the movie -A Hole In The Head

1960 Nomination for Academy Award (Oscar-Best Song) for The Second Time Around from the movie- High Time

1961 Award Distinguished Alumni Cazenovia Junior College- Cazenovia , New York

1961 Nomination for Academy Award (Oscar- Best Song) for Pocketful Of Miracles from the movie- Pocketful of Miracles

1963 Nomination for Academy Award (Oscar- Best Song) for Call Me Irresponsible from the move- Pappas Delicate Condition

1963 Academy Award Winner (Oscar-Best Song) for  Call Me Irresponsible- in the movie Pappas Delicate Condition

1964 Nomination for Academy Award (Oscar Best Song) for  My Kind of Town from the movie- Robin and The 7 Hoods

1964 Nomination for Academy Award (Oscar Best Song) for Where Love Has Gone from the movie-Where Love Has Gone

1964 Nomination for Grammy for Best Original Score Written for A Motion Picture of Television Show for Robin and The Seven Hoods

1965 Nomination for Golden Globe for Best Song in a Motion Picture for song Where Love Has Gone from movie Where Love Has Gone  

1967 Nomination for Tony Award for music in Broadway production: Walking Happy

1967 Nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Song Thoroughly Modern Millie from movie- Thoroughly Modern Millie

1967 Nomination for Academy Award (Oscar-Best Song) for Thoroughly Modern Millie from movie- Thoroughly Modern Millie

1968 Honorary Mayor of Yucca Valley California

1968 Nomination for Academy Award (Oscar- Best Song) for Star from the movie- Star!

1971 Induction as one of ten original songwriters to the Songwriters Hall of Fame

1995 Syracuse Walk of the Stars