Historical Documentary
Governors, Michigan Chapter, American College of Physicians
1926-30 Charles G. Jennings, MD, FACP
1930-36 James D. Bruce, MD, FACP
1936-42 Henry R. Carstens, MD, FACP
1942-53 Douglas Donald, MD, FACP
1953-59 H. Marvin Pollard, MD, MACP
1959-68 Noyes L. Avery, Jr., MD, FACP
1968-74 Muir Clapper, MD, MACP
1974-78 Beverly C. Payne, MD, MACP
1978-82 Boy Frame, MD, MACP
1982-86 Arnold R. Axelrod, MD, FACP
1986-90 Park W. Willis, MD, MACP
1990-94 A. Martin Lerner, MD, FACP
1994-98 Raymond H. Murray, MD, FACP
1998-02 Jan Rival, MD, FACP
2002-06 Ernie Yoder, MD, FACP
2006-10 Ruth Hoppe, MD, FACP
Masters, Michigan Chapter, American College of Physicians
1930 Charles G. Jennings, MD, Detroit
1930 Alfred Scott Warthin, MD, Ann Arbor
1957 Cyrus C. Sturgis, MD, Ann Arbor
1972 H. Marvin Pollard, MD, Ann Arbor
1976 William D. Robinson, MD, Ann Arbor
1980 Muir Clapper, MD, Detroit
1984 Stefan S. Fajans, MD, Ann Arbor
1987 Boy Frame, MD, Grosse Pointe Park
1987 Beverly C. Payne, MD, Ann Arbor
1988 William N. Kelley, MD, Ann Arbor
1998 Park W. Willis, MD, Ann Arbor
1998 Woodrow A. Myers, MD, Dearborn
1999 Robert G. Narins, MD, MACP
2000 Ananda S. Prasad, MD, MACP, Detroit
2000 Edward L. Quinn, MD, MACP
2000 Raymond Murray, MD, MACP, Lansing
2001 A. Martin Lerner, MD, MACP, Beverly Hills
2001 Vainutus K. Vaitkevicius, MD, MACP, Pleasant Ridge
2001 Fred Waite Whitehouse, MD, MACP, Detroit
2004 Louis Saravolatz, MD, MACP, Grosse Pointe Woods
2005 John Popovich, MD, MACP, Birmingham
2005 John Sheagren, MD, MACP, Grand Rapids
Boy Frame Lecturers
1987 A. Michael Parfitt, MD, FACP
1988 Frederick W. Whitehouse, MD, FACP
1989 James R. Spears, MD, Member
1990 Ananda S. Prasad, MD, FACP
1991 Stefan S. Faj ans, MD, MACP
1992 H. David Humes, MD, FACP
1993 George Brewer, MD, FACP
1994 Harold O. Conn, MD, FACP
1995 Josephine Briggs, MD
1996 Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, FACP
1996 Bennett Lorber, MD, FACP
1998 Marcus Zervos, MD, FACP
1999 Michael Kleerkoper, MBBS, FACP
2000 Hani Sabbath, PhD, FACC, FCC
2001 Harold C. Sox, Jr., MD, MACP
2002 Paul D. Stein, MD, FACP
2003 Kent Bottles, MD
2004 Kent Bottles, MD
2005 A. Mark Fendrick, MD
2006 Vincent Young, MD, PhD
2007 No Lecture
Great Internists of Michigan's Past
1986 Gordon B. Myers, MD, FACP
1987 Boy Frame, MD, FACP
1988 Frank N. Wilson, MD, FACP
1989 Frank H. Bethell, MD, FACP
1990 Frank J. Sladen, MD, FACP
1991 Cyrus Sturgis, MD, FACP
1992 Lewis Harry Newburgh, MD, FACP
1993 George Dock, MD
1994 Jerome W. Conn, MD, MACP
James Hall Academy of Past Presidents - Michigan Society of Internal Medicine
1957 James W. Hall Jr., MD, FACP
1958 Noyes L. Avery, Jr., MD, FACP
1959 Ross V. Taylor, MD
1960 Bert M. Bullington, MD
1961 Ralph R. Cooper, MD, FACP
1962 John D. Littig, MD, FACP
1963 Richard E. Wunsch, MD, FACP
1964 Clayton K. Stroup, MD, FACP
1965 Carl B. Beeman, MD
1966 Beverly C. Payne, MD, FACP
1967 John B. Bryan, MD, FACP
1968 John R. Caldwell, MD, FACP
1969 Arthur W. Strom, MD, FACP
1970 Bernard J. Goldman, MD
1971 John B. Rowe, MD, FACP
1972 Clayton M. Shors, MD
1973 Alexander Gotz, MD, FACP
1974-75 Robert J. Priest, MD, FACP
1976-77 Joseph A. Sentkeresty, MD, FACP
1978-79 John A. Lusk, MD
1980-81 Robert M. Taylor, MD, FACP
1982-83 Hector Inchaustegui, MD
1984-85 John P. Papp, MD, FACP
1986-87 Howard S. Goldberg, MD, FACP
1987-88 Juan C. Carioni, MD, FACP
1988-89 Joseph J. Weiss, MD, FACP
1989-90 Jack Shartsis, MD, FACP
1990-91 John R. Maurer, MD, FACP
1991-92 Vernon Wendt, MD, Member
1992-93 Catherine Upton, MD, FACP
1993-96 Ronald L. VanderLaan, MD, FACP
1996-98 Richard Wakulat, MD, FACP
James Hall Lecturers
1992 Richard Ruppert, MD
1993 Nadine C. Bruce, MD, FACP
1994 Howard Brody, MD
1995 Robert McCartney, MD
1996 Joseph Weiss, MD, FACP
1997 Andrea Keilich, MD and Thomas Haynes, MD
1998 Giles Bole, MD, FACP
1999 Thomas C. Royer, MD
2000 William J. Hall, MD, FACP
2001 Mark Kelly, MD
2001 John Popovich, MD, FACP
2001 Munsey S. Wheby, MD, FACP
2002 Frank Kelly
2003 Kimberly Dawn Wisdom, MD, MS
2004 Gail Warden, MHA
2005 Mary Toni Flowers, RN
2006 John W. Rowe, MD
2007 Scott Flanders, MD, FACP
Park W. Willis, III Lecturers
2004 Park W. Willis, IV, MD
2005 John J. Popovich, Jr., MD, MACP
2006 Michael Zaroukian, MD, FACP
2007 Michael Heisler, MD
Recent History of ACP Michigan Chapter Awards Laureate Awards
1980
Theodore I. Bauer, MD
Myrton S. Chambers, MD
Dwight C. Ensign, MD
Robert C. Moehlig, MD
George A. Sherman, MD
George L. Waldbott, MD
1981
Richard C. Connelly, MD
John V. Fopeano, MD
John D. Littig, MD
Alvin E. Price, MD
William S. Reveno, MD
Lufti M. Sa’di, MD
Joseph H. Shaffer, MD
1982
Noyes L. Avery, MD
Louis J. Bailey, MD
Gordon W. Balyeat, MD
Abraham Becker, MD
Benjamin B. Blum, MD
Hyman S. Mellen, MD
Clayton K. Stroup, MD
1983
Howard B. Appelman, MD
Irving D. Fagin, MD
Benjamin Juliar, MD
Daniel W. Myers, MD
George W. Slagle, MD
Donald S. Smith, MD
Henry L. Smith, MD
1984
Muir Clapper, MD, MACP
James French, MD
James W. Hall, Jr., MD
Raymond W. Monto, MD
1985
Alexander Gotz, MD
Glenn I. Hiller, MD
Robert K. Nixon, MD
William D. Robinson, MD
Frederick C. Swartz, MD
1986
Robert J. Priest, MD
Harold C. Shafer, MD
John W. Sigler, MD
Arthur W. Strom, MD
1987
Richard C. Bates, MD
Stefan S. Fajans, MD, MACP
Edward L. Quinn, MD, MACP
1988
Arnold R. Axelrod, MD
James V. Neel, MD
Chris J.D. Zarafonetis, MD
1989
Nathan Brooks, MD
John R. Caldwell, MD
Muriel C. Myers, MD
Beverly C. Payne, MD, MACP
1990
Thomas M. Batchelor, MD
Ronald C. Bishop, MD
William D. Harrelson, MD
1991
Raymond D. Mellinger, MD
James C. Sisson, MD
Park W. Willis, III, MD, MACP
1992
Harold E. DePree, MD
Raymond H. Murray, MD, MACP
Vainutis Vaitkevicius, MD
1993
Giles G. Bole, MD
Joseph John Gadbaw, MD
Ananda S. Prasad, MD, MACP
Freeman M. Wilner, MD
1994
Joseph P. Abraham, MD
C. William Castor, MD
Scott N. Swisher, MD
1995
Michael J. Brennan, MD
A. Martin Lerner, MD
Fred Waite Whitehouse, MD
1996
David S. Greenbaum, MD
Charles E. Jackson, MD
George Ritter, MD
1997
Richard D. Judge, MD
Jan Rival, MD
David S. Rovner, MD
Francis M. Wilson, MD
1998
Gilbert B. Bluhm, MD
John A. Papp, MD
John A. Penner, MD
Joseph J. Weiss, MD
1999
Sidney Goldstein, MD
Ruth Backus Hoppe, MD
Tom M. Johnson, MD
Robert E. Malone, MD
2000
Howard S. Goldberg, MD
John G. Milliken, MD
Bertram Pitt, MD
Melvyn Rubenfire, MD
2001
Daniel Takeharu Anbe, MD
Leo J. Bingley, Jr., MD
H. David Humes, MD
Carl B. Lauter, MD
Louis D. Saravolatz, MD, MACP
2002
Thomas Madhaven, MD
John B. O’Connell, MD
Carlos F. Petrozzi, MD
John Popovich, Jr., MD
2003
Hugh Gunner Deery, II, MD
John R. Ebright, MD
Paul D. Stein, MD
Michael H. Zaroukian, MD
2004
Kenneth L. Bergsman, MD
Ved V. Gossain, MD
Dorothy M. Kahkonen, MD
Mark A. Kelley, MD
2005
Neil A. Basmaji, MD, FACP
Mohamed S. Siddique, MD, FACP
Robert C. Smith, MD, FACP
2006
Laurence H. Feenstra, MD, FACP
Carl F. Hammerstrom, Jr., MD, FACP
Frederick P. Michael, DO, FACP
Ernest Yoder, MD, FACP
2007
Leslie Rocher, MD, FACP
Eric Scher, MD, FACP
Governor’s Award - Honors members for their continued dedication and hard work for the Michigan ACP chapter.
2002 Richard Wakulat, Jr., MD, FACP
2003 William D. Chey, MD, FACP
2004 Ben Diaczok, MD
2004 Joel Appel, DO, FACP
2005 Melanie G. Hanna-Johnson, MD
2005 Laura Caravallah, MD
2006 Martha Gray, MD, FACP
2006 Mark McQuillan, MD
2007 Sean Kesterson, MD
2007 Rajika Munasinghe, MD, FACP
Lifetime Award - Honors a member who has demonstrated a lifetime commitment to the American College of Physicians. Recipients of this award are either fellows or masters, attend the Annual Meeting essentially every year, and are universally looked upon as Chapter Leaders/Advisors/ Mentors
2003 Park W. Willis, III, MD, MACP
2005 Ray Murray, MD, MACP
2006 Jan Rival, MD, FACP
2007 none given
Chapter Volunteerism and Community Service Award - The Chapter Volunteerism Award recognizes the work of members who are involved in volunteerism and community service activities.
2007 David McCance, DO, FACP
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