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 +Gordon A. McKay Award WinnersYearName2009Julia Ann Cartwright2010Rachel Smith2011Dennis Harries2012Maartje Hamers2013 Nicole Lunning2014 Romy Hanna2015 Carolyn A. Crow2016 Danielle N. Simkus2017 Jennika Greer2018 Timothy Gregory2019 Dara Laczniak

See also

Glossary of meteoritics List of astronomy awards List of prizes named after people

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