He was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996 for his contributions to architecture.

Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, 2001.

Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences (1999)

Whitham is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1959.

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006.

He was elected as the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010.

Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of India.

Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009.

Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (2009)

Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, 1946.