The Philip and Neva Abelson Hall at Washington State University was named in her honor.

She received the Emily Cooley Memorial Award from the American Association of Blood Banks.

[11] In 1989, she received the Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award for her contributions to developing the test for the Rh blood factor.

[2] She and her husband are responsible for contributing the largest fellowship endowment in Washington State University's College of Sciences.

[12] Their daughter, Ellen Abelson Cherniavsky who is now retired, worked as an aviation researcher at The MITRE Corporation in Virginia.