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== Recognition ==
=== Awards ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Organization
! Award
! Citation
! {{Reference column heading}}
|-
| 1952
| {{Flagicon|US|1912}} [[Franklin Institute]]
| [[Stuart Ballantine Medal]]{{Efn|name=fn1|Shared with [[John Bardeen]].}}
| "For the theory of surface states in semi-conductors and the invention of the point contact transistor."
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Walter H. Brattain|url=https://fi.edu/en/awards/laureates/walter-h-brattain|url-status=live|publisher=[[Franklin Institute]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250409130426/https://fi.edu/en/awards/laureates/walter-h-brattain|archive-date=2025-04-09|access-date=2025-11-02}}</ref>
|-
| 1954
| {{Plainlist|
* {{Flagicon|US|1912}} [[Franklin Institute]]
* {{Flagicon|US|1912}} [[Philadelphia City Council]]}}
| [[John Scott Medal]]{{Efn|name=fn1}}
| align=center | —
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=1951-2010|url=https://thejohnscottaward.org/1951-2010.html|url-status=live|website=thejohnscottaward.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202131633/http://thejohnscottaward.org/1951-2010.html|archive-date=2024-12-02|access-date=2025-11-02}}</ref>
|-
| 1956
| {{Flagicon|Sweden}} [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]]
| [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]{{Efn|Shared with [[John Bardeen]] and [[William Shockley]].}}
| "For their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect."
| <ref name="Nobel Prize"/>
|-
| 1956
| {{Flagicon|US}} [[American Association of Physics Teachers|AAPT]]
| [[Richtmyer Memorial Award]]
| align=center | —
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award|url=https://www.aapt.org/programs/awards/richtmyer.cfm|url-status=live|website=www.aapt.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260304090133/https://aapt.org/Programs/awards/richtmyer.cfm|archive-date=2026-03-04|access-date=2026-03-21}}</ref>
|}

=== Honorary degrees ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! University
! Degree
! {{Reference column heading}}
|-
| 1952
| {{Flagicon|US|1912}} [[University of Portland]]
| [[Doctor of Laws]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees|url=https://www.up.edu/commencement/honorary-degrees/index.html#1950s|url-status=live|publisher=[[University of Portland]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523171523/https://www.up.edu/commencement/honorary-degrees/index.html#1950s|archive-date=2025-05-23|access-date=2025-11-02}}</ref>
|-
| 1955
| {{Flagicon|US|1912}} [[Union College]]
| [[Doctor of Science]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degree Recipients|url=https://www.union.edu/commencement/honorary-degree-recipients|url-status=live|publisher=[[Union College]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250710233552/https://www.union.edu/commencement/honorary-degree-recipients|archive-date=2025-07-10|access-date=2025-11-02}}</ref>
|-
| 1955
|| {{Flagicon|US|1912}} [[Whitman College]]
| Doctor of Science
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees|url=https://www.whitman.edu//academics/academic-calendar/commencement/commencement-history/honorary-degrees|url-status=live|publisher=[[Whitman College]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250903012205/https://www.whitman.edu//academics/academic-calendar/commencement/commencement-history/honorary-degrees|archive-date=2025-09-03|access-date=2025-11-02}}</ref>
|-
| 1957
|| {{Flagicon|US|1912}} [[University of Minnesota]]
| Doctor of Science
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degree Recipients|url=https://uawards.umn.edu/honorary-degree-recipients|url-status=live|publisher=[[University of Minnesota]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708114137/https://uawards.umn.edu/honorary-degree-recipients|archive-date=2025-07-08|access-date=2025-11-02}}</ref>
|} 

=== Memberships ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Organization
! Type
! {{Reference column heading}}
|-
| 1956
| {{Flagicon|US|1912}} [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]
| Member
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Walter Houser Brattain|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/walter-houser-brattain|url-status=live|website=www.amacad.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251103055841/https://www.amacad.org/person/walter-houser-brattain|archive-date=2025-11-03|access-date=2025-11-02}}</ref>
|-
| 1959
| {{Flagicon|US|1959}} [[National Academy of Sciences]]
| [[Member of the National Academy of Sciences|Member]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Walter H. Brattain|url=https://www.nasonline.org/directory-entry/walter-h-brattain-inbcsy/|url-status=live|website=www.nasonline.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250908023804/https://www.nasonline.org/directory-entry/walter-h-brattain-inbcsy/|archive-date=2025-09-08|access-date=2025-11-02}}</ref>
|}