Association of Clinical Scientists

Recipients of the Gold Headed Cane

The Awards Committee, at its discretion, awards a Gold-Headed Cane to a Fellow of the Association who by long and distinguished service has become exemplary of the clinical and scientific aspirations of the Association, and who has attained international recognition as a leader in clinical science.

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)

The Awards Committee, at its discretion, selects a Fellow of the Association to receive the annual "Sunderman Award." This award, in the form of a silver goblet, is presented to a member who has made outstanding contributions to clinical science in research, teaching, and service. The recipient is designated "Clinical Scientist of the Year."

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
2010 Joseph A. Knight MD

(* deceased)

Recipients of the Diploma of Honor

The Awards Committee, at its discretion, awards Diplomas of Honor to scientists in recognition of sustained, salient, and meritorious contributions to clinical science and its professional advancement. The recipients are usually but not necessarily Fellows of the Association.

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
2010 M. Kent Froberg, MD

(* deceased)

Recipients of the Young Clinical Scientist Award

The Awards Committee, at its discretion, designates clinical scientists under the age of 45 years to receive the "Young Clinical Scientist Award," in the form of a silver bowl, in recognition of exceptional zeal for research in clinical science. The recipients are usually but not necessarily members of the Association.

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
2010 Consolato M. Sergi, MD, PhD
2010 L. Brannon Thomas, MD, PhD

Abraham J Gitlitz Memorial Lecturers

Abraham J. Gitlitz, M.D., (1906-1973) was Director of Laboratories at Christ Hospital, Jersey City, NJ, and Associate Professor of Pathology at the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry. He was a member of the Association of Clinical Scientists since 1960 and participated in virtually all of its workshops and meetings. Dr. Gitlitz died on 9 May 1973 as a consequence of a motorbike accident during a field trip to the Bermuda Biological Station sponsored by the Association. The Abraham J. Gitlitz Memorial Fund commemorates his accomplishments as a clinician, researcher, teacher, and administrator.

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
2010 Kilmer S. McCully, MD

(* deceased)

Claude P Brown Memorial Lecturers

Claude P. Brown, M.D., (1875-1976), was Pathologist at the U.S. Veterans Hospital at Coatesville, PA, and later served as Director of the Bureau of Laboratories of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. After retirement from that position in 1948, he established a private clinical laboratory in Philadelphia, PA, which he directed until age 96 years. Dr. Brown made important research findings in microbiology, serology, allergy, and clinical microscopy. He was active in the Society of American Bacteriologists and was a founder of the Association of Clinical Scientists. He attended every meeting of the Association from 1956 to 1971 and was the first recipient of the Association's Diploma of Honor (1957). He was beloved for his modesty, kindness, generosity, and good humor. The Claude P. Brown Memorial Fund commemorates his furtherance of clinical science.

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.