| American Chemical Society Physical Chemistry Division Award in Theoretical Chemistry | James L. Skinner |
| WARF Named Professorship | James L. Skinner |
| Noyes Memorial Lecturer, University of Rochester | James L. Skinner |
| Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences | James L. Skinner |
| Kohler Lecturer, University of California-Riverside | James L. Skinner |
| Student Invited Seminar Speaker, MIT | James L. Skinner |
| Pharmacia Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison | James L. Skinner |
| Hascoe Distinguished Lecturer, University of Connecticut | James L. Skinner |
| Closs Lecturer, University of Chicago | James L. Skinner |
| Fellow, American Physical Society | James L. Skinner |
| Graduate Student Invited Speaker, University of California-Berkeley | James L. Skinner |
| Davidson Lecturer, University of Kansas | James L. Skinner |
| University of Wisconsin Mid-Career Award | James L. Skinner |
| Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist | James L. Skinner |
| Guggenheim Fellowship, J. S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | James L. Skinner |
| Phi Lambda Upsilon Fresenius Award | James L. Skinner |
| National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow | James L. Skinner |
| National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow | James L. Skinner |
| Received A.B. with Highest Honors in Chemistry, Highest Honors in Physics | James L. Skinner |