• 1973 :
Minkowski Prize (
European Association for the Study of Diabetes) • 1977 :
Nessim-Habif World Prize, University of Geneva • 1979 : Fernand Tissot Prize • 1978 : Mack-Foster Award (
European Society for Clinical Investigation) • 1978 : David Rumbough Award (
American Juvenile Diabetes Foundation) • 1981 : Banting Medal (
American Diabetes Association) • 1983 : Dale Medal (
Society for Endocrinology) • 1985 :
King Faisal International Prize for Medicine • 1986 :
Otto Naegeli Prize for Medicine • 1986 : Special Golgi Award (European Association for the Study of Diabetes) • 1987 : Morgagni Medal (G.B. Morgagni International Prizes) • 1991 : Elliot P. Joslin Award (Massachusetts Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association) • 1998 : Member of the Senate of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences • 1998 : Foreign Member of
National Academy of Sciences • 1999 : Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science • 2000 : Lucien Dautrebande Triennial Prize (The Physiopathology Foundation) • 2007 : Leon Lombarti Prize • Order of Commander of Honor by the Italian Government The Lelio Orci Award for advances in cell biology was established in 2015. == Personal life ==