 In 1995 Carleton College renamed its college library the "Laurence McKinley Gould Library" in his honor.The R/V Laurence M. Gould, a 76-m-long ice-strengthened research ship built in 1997 for the National Science Foundation and designed for year-round polar operations, is named in his honor.He is also commemorated in the names of several places in Antarctica, including Mount Gould, Gould Bay, and Gould Coast.