Awards for Lukas’s Work
National History Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1971.
Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies, 1980.
Doctor of Humane Letters from Alliance College, 1987.
Joseph B. Slotkowski Achievement Award from the Kosciuszko Foundation.
Order of Polonia Restituta (Order Odrodzenia Polski) from Poland, 1988.
Cultural Achievement Award from the American Council for Polish Culture, 1994.
Janusz Korczak Literary Award from the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, 1996.
Waclaw Jedrzejewicz History Award from the Pilsudski Institute of America, 2000.
Catholic Press Association Award, 2009.
Mieczyslaw Haiman Award from the Polish American Historical Association, 2012.