Implant Dentistryand the International Congress of Oral Implantologists have established an annual award in honor of Dr. Ralph V. McKinney, Jr., for the most outstanding manuscript published each year inImplant Dentistry.The $2,500 award, provided by the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, will be presented to the senior author of the selected article at a meeting of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists or one of its component societies. All manuscripts published during a particular year will be eligible for the award.The award-winning article will be selected by a five-member committee chosen by the editor from Editorial Council and Review Board members who do not have manuscripts under consideration for that year. The first award will be presented in 1994 for articles appearing in Volume 2 (1993).Ralph V. McKinney, Jr., DDS, PhD, was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, and editor of “Endosteal Dental Implants,” published in 1991 by Mosby-Year Book, Inc. Dr. McKinney was active in the founding ofImplant Dentistryand was to be a member of the Editorial Council and one of the oral pathology section editors‘.Dr. McKinney was made an honorary life member of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists in 1991 in recognition of his many years of support and guidance to the organization as well as his many contributions to the advancement of oral implantology.Dr. McKinney died on November 17, 1991.