William C. Menninger Memorial Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Science of Mental Health
Established: 1967
In honor of: The late Dr. William C. Menninger, former Governor, Regent, and First Vice President of the College.
This award is bestowed for distinguished contributions to the science of mental health and was originally supported by the Menninger Foundation. The awardee is required to give a lecture at the ACP Annual Meeting.
Nominating and supporting letters should address:
- How has the nominee contributed to the science of mental health?
- Have the nominee’s contributions been sustained over time?
Recipients
1968 George L. Engel, Rochester, New York
1969 Howard P. Rome, Rochester, Minnesota
1970 Dana L. Farnsworth, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1971 Ewald W. Busse, Durham, North Carolina
1972 Theodore Lidz, New Haven, Connecticut
1973 John Romano, Rochester, New York
1974 Ephraim T. Lisansky, Baltimore, Maryland
1975 Daniel X. Freedman, Chicago, Illinois
1976 Seymour S. Kety, Boston, Massachusetts
1977 David A. Hamburg, Washington, District of Columbia
1978 Joseph J. Schildkraut, Boston, Massachusetts
1979 Albert J. Solnit, New Haven, Connecticut
1980 Albert J. Stunkard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1981 Gerald L. Klerman, Boston, Massachusetts
1982 John R. Graham, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
1983 Jay Katz, New Haven, Connecticut
1984 Jack R. Ewalt, Alexandria, Virginia
1985 Leo E. Hollister, Palo Alto, California
1986 Shervert H. Frazier, Rockville, Maryland
1987 Paul R. McHugh, Baltimore, Maryland
1988 Morton F. Reiser, New Haven, Connecticut
1989 David E. Kuhl, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1990 Carl Eisdorfer, Miami, Florida
1991 Donald W. Goodwin, Kansas City, Kansas
1992 Herbert Pardes, New York, New York
1993 Lissy F. Jarvik, Los Angeles, California
1994 Keith H. Brodie, Durham, North Carolina
1995 Lewis L. Judd, La Jolla, California
1996 Michael J. Friedlander, Birmingham, Alabama
1997 Harold Alan Pincus, Chevy Chase, Maryland
1998 David T. Dodd, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1999 Jan Fawcett, Chicago, Illinois
2000 Charles B. Nemeroff, Atlanta, Georgia
2002 Luther D. Robinson, Washington, District of Columbia
2003 Timothy E. Quill, Rochester, New York
2004 Abraham L. Halpern, Mamaroneck, New York
2006 Glenn Treisman, Baltimore, Maryland
2007 Aaron T. Beck, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
2008 David R. Rubinow, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2009 Dwight L. Evans, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010 Daniel K. Winstead, New Orleans, Louisiana
2011 Raquel Gur, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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