American College of Physicians Award for Outstanding Work in Science as Related to Medicine
Established: 1958
This award is bestowed for outstanding work in science as related to medicine. Scientists of any country and in any field, whether non-clinical or clinical, biochemical, biological, physical, or social, shall be eligible for this award. A medical degree shall not be required. A major consideration in selecting the awardee will be an outstanding contribution to medicine made by the nominee.
Nominating and supporting letters should address:
- What are the significant contributions of the nominee towards science as it relates to medicine?
- Why is the nominee’s work considered outstanding and what is his/her area of expertise?
- Did the scientific contributions towards medicine of this nominee merit local, state, national, or international recognition?
Recipients
1960 Philip S. Hench, Rochester, Minnesota
1961 Arthur Kornberg, Palo Alto, California
1962 Murray L. Barr, London, Ontario
1963 Arnold R. Rich, Baltimore, Maryland
1964 A. Baird Hastins, LaJolla, California
1965 Vincent duVigneaud, New York, New York
1966 Charles P. Leblond, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1967 Marshall A. Nirenberg, Bethesda, Maryland
1968 Philip Bard, Baltimore, Maryland
1969 William B. Kouwenhoven, Baltimore, Maryland
1970 Robert F. Pitts, New York, New York
1971 Solomon A. Berson, Bronx, New York
Rosalyn S. Yalow, Bronx, New York
1972 Robert A. Good, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1973 H. Sherwood Lawrence, New York, New York
1974 George C. Cotzias, Uptown, New York
1975 Henry G. Kunkel, New York, New York
1976 Donald S. Fredrickson, Bethesda, Maryland
1977 Julius H. Comroe Jr., San Francisco, California
1978 Sir Hans Krebs, Oxford, England
1979 George E. Palade, New Haven, Connecticut
1980 Maclyn McCarty, New York, New York
1981 Brian F. Hoffman, New York, New York
1982 Daniel Nathans, Baltimore, Maryland
1984 Hugh O. McDevitt, Stanford, California
1985 Kimishige Ishizaka, Baltimore, Maryland
1985 Teruko Ishizaka, Baltimore, Maryland
1986 Michael S. Brown, Dallas, Texas
Joseph L. Goldstein, Dallas, Texas
1987 J. Michael Bishop, San Francisco, California
Harold E. Varmus, San Francisco, California
1988 Yuet W. Kan, San Francisco, California
1989 Eric R. Kandel, New York, New York
1990 Leroy E. Hood, Pasadena, California
1991 Philip Leder, Boston, Massachusetts
1992 Arthur C. Guyton, Jackson, Mississippi
1993 Luc Montagnier, Paris, France
1994 Max Dale Cooper, Birmingham, Alabama
1995 Alfred G. Gilman, Dallas, Texas
1996 Louise T. Chow, Birmingham, Alabama
1997 D. Lynn Loriaux, Portland, Oregon
1998 Thomas A. Waldmann, Silver Spring, Maryland
1999 Andor Szentivanyi, Tampa, Florida
2000 Francois M. Abboud, Iowa City, Iowa
2001 Julian Solway, Glencoe, Illinois
2002 Seymour Reichlin, Vail, Arizona
2003 Francis S. Collins, Rockville, Maryland
2004 Harvey J. Alter, Bethesda, Maryland
2005 Janet D. Rowley, Chicago, Illinois
2006 Peter C. Agre, Baltimore, Maryland
2007 Ananda S. Prasad, Detroit, Michigan
2008 Robert M. Chanock, Bethesda, Maryland
2009 Elizabeth G. Nabel, Bethesda, Maryland
2009 Peter C. Nowell, Media, Pennsylvania
2010 Neal S. Young, Washington, District of Columbia
2011 J. Larry Jameson, Chicago, Illinois
2011 Craig B. Thompson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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