 In 1994, the U.S. Department of Energy created the Dr. Samuel P. Massie Chair of Excellence, a $14.7 million grant to nine historically black colleges and one for Hispanic students to further environmental research.His portrait was hung in the National Academy of Sciences Gallery in 1995.In 1998, he was voted by the readers of "Chemical and Engineering News" as one of the top 75 distinguished contributors to chemistry in history.