 የሴት ልጅዋ ቨርጂኒያ ማክኬንሰን ቤንጀር እና የኬክዌንደር ፋውንዴሽን ቦርድ የ McKnight ን ኒውሮሳይኮ ፕሮግራም በ 1977 አደራጅተዋል.
His daughter, Virginia McKnight Binger, and the McKnight Foundation board established the McKnight neuroscience program in his honor in 1977.