- Honorary Citizen of Tessenderlo.
- Knight of the Order of Leopold.
- Minister of Reconstruction (Belgium).
- Belgian Senator (1936-1968).
- His Holiness Pope Pius XII received Minister De Boodt in the Apostolic Palace for a special audience on Monday, 4 June 1951. Pius XII expressed his satisfaction that Minister De Boodt had accepted his personal invitation to participate in the beatification of Pope Pius X. Finally, his Holiness, the Pope, Pius XII, gave his papal blessing to Minister De Boodt.
- During the weekends and holidays De Boodt resided with his family at Zwart Goor 1, 2330 Merksplas. While during the week the family residence was at Grote Markt 24, 2300 Turnhout and for his political functions De Boodt also had an apartment in Brussels.
- He graduated as an agricultural engineer from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
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