Morgan became a Sterling Professor, Yale's highest distinctions, in 1965. Morgan was awarded the 2000 [[National Humanities Medal]] for "extraordinary contributions to American cultural life and thought." In 2006, he received a [[Pulitzer Prize]] "for a creative and deeply influential body of work as an American historian that spans the last half century." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2006/special-citation/|title=2006 Special Award|publisher=[[Pulitzer Prize]]}}</ref> | Morgan became a Sterling Professor, Yale's highest distinctions, in 1965. Morgan was awarded the 2000 [[National Humanities Medal]] for "extraordinary contributions to American cultural life and thought." In 2006, he received a [[Pulitzer Prize]] "for a creative and deeply influential body of work as an American historian that spans the last half century." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2006/special-citation/|title=2006 Special Award|publisher=[[Pulitzer Prize]]}}</ref> |