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Recipients of the Gold Headed Cane

1974 F William Sunderman MD PhD*
1980 Shields Warren MD*
1984 Oscar G Costa Mandry MD*
1985 Michael M Lubran MD PhD*
1989 Wallace H Coulter PhD*
1998 F William Sunderman Jr MD
2000 Edward E Morse MD*
2003 Jeno E Szakacs MD
2006 Vernon E Martens MD
2008 George D Vlahides MD*

(* deceased)

Clinical Scientists of the Year (Sunderman Award)

1957 Frank W Konzelmann MD*
1958 Oscar G Costa Mandry MD*
1959 Earl B Wert MD*
1960 Asher Yaguda MD*
1961 George F Stevenson MD*
1962 Herbert Derman MD
1963 Malcolm L Barnes MD*
1964 Robert P MacFate PhD*
1965 Joseph C Sherrick MD*
1966 Vernon E Martens MD
1967 Gonzalo E Aponte MD*
1968 Joe M Blumberg MD*
1969 Robert P MacFate PhD*
1970 John H Wilkinson PhD*
1971 Jeno E Szakacs MD
1972 James J Humes MD*
1973 Michael M Lubran MD PhD*
1974 William E Delaney MD
1975 Howard Quittner MD
1976 F William Sunderman Jr MD
1977 John Savory PhD
1978 Owen M Rennert MD
1979 Elgin A Cowart Jr MD
1980 Edward E Morse MD*
1981 Daniel L Weiss MD*
1982 Bernard Gondos MD
1983 John Klavins MD
1984 Richard H Gadsden Sr PhD*
1985 Irene E Roeckel MD *
1986 Donald T Forman PhD
1987 David E Bruns MD
1988 Kendall Kane MD*
1989 Robert L Hunter Jr MD PhD
1990 William C Griffiths PhD
1991 Ernest M Walker Jr MD PhD
1992 Peter J Goldblatt MD
1993 Armand B Glassman MD
1994 John Lazarchick MD
1995 James T Wu PhD*
1996 Frederick L Kiechle MD PhD
1997 Paul C Fu PhD
1998 Pai C Kao PhD
2000 Robert E Brown MD
2001 Egil Fosslien MD and Donald J Cannon PhD
2002 Linda Steel-Goodwin PhD
2003 Roger L Bertholf PhD
2004 Joseph P Laurino PhD
2005 Peter Farmer MD
2006 Sidney M Hopfer PhD
2007 M Kent Froberg MD, DVM
2008 Joseph C Parker Jr MD
2009 Steven I Hajdu MD

(* deceased)

Recipients of the Diploma of Honor

1957 Claude P Brown MD*
1958 F William Sunderman MD PhD*
1959 Robert P MacFate PhD*
1960 Hans N Naumann MD*
1961 Vernon E Martens MD
1962 Harrison H Leffler MD*
1963 Dora A Newson MD*
1964 Philip H Geisler MD*
1965 Oscar Kanner MD*
1966 Evelyn B Man PhD*
1967 Joseph B Hartney MD*
1968 Dorothea M Gilmore MD
1969 Samuel A Levinson MD*
1970 Oscar G Costa Mandry MD*
1971 Leon N Sussman MD*
1972 Kurt M Dubowski PhD
1973 Alfred H Free PhD*
1974 Mel A Davis MD*
1975 Irene E Roeckel MD *
1976 Elgin P Kintner MD*
1977 Donald T Forman PhD
1978 Albert Cannon MD
1979 Henry A Teloh MD*
1980 Edward E Bermes Jr PhD
1981 Arthur L Levy PhD*
1982 Arnold O Beckman PhD*
1983 Harry F Weisberg MD*
1984 Paul C Fu PhD
1985 Israel Diamond MD* and Ernest M Walker Jr MD PhD
1966 Evelyn B Man PhD*
1986 Marge A Brewster PhD and Jasper G Chen See MD*
1987 Robert L Hunter Jr MD PhD and Armand B Glassman MD
1988 Edward E Morse MD *
1989 Richard H Gadsden Sr PhD*
1990 Ludolph H van der Hoeven MD PhD
1991 Helen M Free DSc and Frederick Muschenheim MD
1992 Donald J Cannon PhD
1993 Andrew E Lorincz MD
1994 Bernard Gondos MD
1995 Peter M Farmer MD
1996 George D Vlahides MD *
1997 Joseph A Knight MD
1998 Sidney M Hopfer PhD
2000 Clive R Hamlin PhD
2001 Filiberto Cavazos MD
2002 James T Wu PhD *
2003 Juliana G Szakacs MD
2004 Robert E Brown MD and Lily L Wu PhD
2005 Roger L Bertholf PhD
2006 Frederick L Kiechle MD PhD
2007 F William Sunderman Jr MD
2008 John Lazarchick MD
2009 Jonathan S Krauss MD

(* deceased)

Recipients of the Young Clinical Scientist Award

1983 Petrina V Genco PhD
1984 Sidney M Hopfer PhD
1985 James C Boyd MD
1986 Steven H-Y Wong PhD
1987 E Howard Taylor PhD
1988 Raymond J Dorio MD
1989 Robin A Felder PhD
1990 Carolyn M Salafia MD
1991 Juliana G Szakacs MD
1992 Betty A Forbes PhD
1993 Joseph P Laurino PhD and Terrence N Moyana MD
1994 Kathleen A Allen MD
1995 Linda Steel-Goodwin PhD and Gregory S Makowski PhD
1996 Gregory Tsongalis PhD
1997 Daniel D Sedmak MD
1998 Roger L Bertholf PhD
2000 Margery H Mark MD
2001 Lynn P Parker MD and Pratima R Savargaonkar MD
2002 Nicholas Bandarenko III MD
2003 Kathleen A Kelly PhD
2004 Maura Piretti PhD and Myra L Wilkerson MD
2005 Dani S Zander MD
2006 Howard J Meyerson MD
2007 Iris Schrijver MD
2008 Kyle C Kurek MD
2009 Gillian A Franklin MD

Abraham J Gitlitz Memorial Lecturers

1974 Klaus Schwarz MD,* Elements Identified as Essential for Animals
1976 Ramon M Suarez MD, Aging
1978 Thomas Hayes MD, Discovery and Proof: The Role of Intuition and Logic in Electron Microscopy
1980 Owen M Rennert MD, Polyamines in Health and Disease
1982 Paul I Terasaki MD, Monoclonal Antibodies to Tumor Antigens
1984 Joseph H Coggins PhD, Under-standing Cancer Induction: Clues for Diagnosis and Typing
1985 Philippe Grandjean MD PhD, Reference Intervals for Toxic Metals in Body Fluids and Tissues
1987 John Lazarchick MD, Flow Cytometric Analysis: Utility in Detection of Platelet Antibodies
1989 Robert Fechner MD, Carcinoma-in-Situ: An Outmoded Diagnosis
1990 Michael R Hayden MD PhD, Huntington’s Disease
1992 Jonathan L Miller MD PhD, Molecular Pathology of the Platelet von Willebrand Factor Receptor
1994 Harry S Margolius MD, Kinins: Modulators of Vascular Resistance and Blood Pressure
1996 Kenneth M Brinkhous MD, Hemophilia: Evolution of Understanding and Management
1998 Charles J Carpenter MD, Anti-retroviral Therapy for HIV Infection
1999 Eng M Tan MD, Autoantigens Associated with Carcinogenesis
2000 Abdullah Kutlar MD, Hemoglobinopathies: Molecular Pathology and Clinical Correlations
2004 Michael Laposata MD, The Future of Physicians in Laboratory Medicine
2006 Shahla Masood MD, Breast and Prostate Cancers: Similarities and Differences
2008 Alan H Wilkinson MD. Kidney Transplantation: Past Successes and Future Hopes

(* deceased)

Claude P Brown Memorial Lecturers

1975 Hillel J Gitelman MD, Future Shock from the Laboratory
1977 F William Sunderman Sr MD PhD, The Perils of Mercury
1979 Robert M Galbraith MD, Recent Advances in Immunology
1981 Richard F Lockey MD, Advances in Understanding of Allergic Mechanisms
1983 Joseph Larner MD PhD, Cell Membrane Signals in the Mechanism of Insulin Action
1985 David J Morris PhD, Studies on Aldosterone Metabolism
1986 Aubrey J Hough Jr MD, Aging Phenomena in Joints and Osteoarthritis: Cause or Coincidence?
1988 F William Sunderman Jr MD, Oncogenes, Finger-Loops, and Metals
1989 Thomas W Tillack MD, Glycolipid Organization in Membranes and Lipid Bilayers
1991 Raymond L White PhD, Identification of the Gene Responsible for Neurofibromatosis Type I
1993 Abby L Maizel MD PhD, Human B Cell Neoplasia
1995 Armand B Glassman MD, Cytogenetics, Gene Fusions, and Cancer
1997 Joseph A Knight MD, Free Radicals, Aging, and Disease
1998 James L Madara MD, Pathobiology of Neutrophil-Epithelial Interaction
1999 Pascal J Goldschmidt MD, The Molecular Basis of Atherosclerosis
2001 Joseph W Grisham MD, Molecular Pathogenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2003 John M Opitz MD, Genes and Ice Cream: The Role of Cholesterol in Development
2005 Philip R Cunningham PhD Smart Weapons in the War Against Antibiotic Resistance
2007 Robert E Brown MD, Morphoproteomics in Guiding Targeted Cancer Therapies
2009 Santo V Nicosia MD. Frontiers of ovarian cancer.

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