1980 Medal of the International Council on Archives
1989 Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France
1995 Honorary Research Fellow, ISER
1996 Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his service to Education in St. Lucia
1996 Gold Musgrave Medal for exceptional contribution to Caribbean Education and History (Jamaica)
2003 Fellow of the Institute of Jamaica
2014 Order of Jamaica for his outstanding contribution to Education, History and Nation Building
2020 The University Chancellor’s Medal (The UWI)