In 1992, MacPherson was awarded the NAS Award in Mathematics from the National Academy of Sciences. In 2002 he and Goresky were awarded the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research by the American Mathematical Society.
MacPherson was awarded the NAS Award in Mathematics by the National Academy of Sciences in 1992. In 2002, he and Goresky received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for a significant contribution to research from the American Mathematical Society.