The Gordon A. McKay Award is an annual prize given by the Meteoritical Society to the student who gives the best oral presentation at its annual meeting. This award honors the memory of Gordon A. McKay (1945–2008), a NASA planetary scientist specializing in lunar and Martian geochemistry. It was established in 2008 and comes with a prize of $1,000 and a certificate.
Gordon A. McKay Award Winners Source: Previous Winners, Meteoritical Society Accessed 4/20/2025
See also Glossary of meteoritics List of astronomy awards List of prizes named after people
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