ACP Announces New Masters and Awardees for 2006

The Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the Board of Regents has approved the following individuals and institutions to receive College awards and Masterships at the 2006 Annual Session. In addition, several physicians (denoted with an asterisk) approved last year who were unable to attend the 2005 Annual Session will attend the 2006 Convocation ceremonies to receive their Masterships. If you would like to personally congratulate any of the new awardees or Masters, please contact Meghann Williams, Administrative Representative for Awards, by e-mail at mewilliams@acponline.org, 800-523-1546, ext. 2714 or 215-351-2714; or Martha Cornog, Manager of Membership Services, mcornog@acponline.org, ext. 2696, or 215-351-2696.

There will be an additional notification sent to all who wrote supporting letters for nominations, announcing the winners and inviting supporters to enhance nominations for the next cycle plus submit new nominations.

Please join us in congratulating the awardees and new Masters.

John Phillips Memorial Award
Myron L. Weisfeldt, Ruxton, Maryland

James D. Bruce Memorial Award
Nancy A. Rigotti, Lincoln, Massachusetts

Alfred Stengel Memorial Award
Whitney W. Addington, Chicago, Illinois

American College of Physicians Award
Peter C. Agre, Baltimore, Maryland

Edward R. Loveland Memorial Award
Project HOPE, Millwood, Virginia

William C. Menninger Memorial Award
Glenn Treisman, Baltimore, Maryland

Distinguished Teacher Award
Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, Los Angeles, California

The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award #1
Susan H. Hou, River Forest, Illinois

The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award #2
John I. Gallin, Potomac, Maryland (contingent on approval from the National Institutes of Health)

Ralph O. Claypoole Sr. Memorial Award
Warren W. Furey, Chicago, Illinois

Nicholas E. Davies Memorial Scholar Award
2006 - Edmund D. Pellegrino, Bethesda, Maryland
2007 - Charles S. Bryan, Columbia, South Carolina

Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Teacher Award
Marcel Tuchman, New York, New York

Joseph F. Boyle Award
Mark Warner, Richmond, Virginia

Oscar E. Edwards Memorial Award
David W. Gregory, Nashville, Tennessee

Alvan R. Feinstein Memorial Award
The Feinstein Award will not be given in 2006.

Walter J. McDonald Award for Young Physicians
Susan Thompson Hingle, Springfield, Illinois

Joseph E. Johnson Leadership Award
Lisa L. Ellis, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Herbert S. Waxman Award for Outstanding Medical Student Educator
Barry J. Wu, New Haven, Connecticut

Masterships

Masood Akhtar, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ronnie J. Anderson, Dallas, Texas
Stephen C. Beuttel, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Keith M. Brownsberger, Anchorage, Alaska
Robert A. Clark, San Antonio, Texas
N. Thomas Connally, Arlington, Virginia
Jerry C. Daniels, Galveston, Texas
William F. Denny, Tucson, Arizona
Edgar R. Dickson, Rochester, Minnesota
R. Philip Eaton, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Theodore C. Eickhoff, Denver, Colorado
Earl R. Ensrud, Champaign, Illinois
John F. Farrington, Boulder, Colorado
Mark Feldman, Dallas, Texas
Anthony S. Felsovanyi, Menlo Park, California
José A. Filós-Díaz, Panama, Panama
Robert L. Frye, Rochester, Minnesota
Manuel García de los Ríos, Santiago, Chile
Abraham Garcia-Kutzbach, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Mario Geller, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil*
Hossein Gharib, Rochester, Minnesota
Robert S. Gibson, Charlottesville, Virginia
Ben D. Hall, Johnson City, Tennessee
R. Brian Haynes, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
C. Anderson Hedberg, Winnetka, Illinois
William L. Henrich, Baltimore, Maryland*
Jerome M. Hershman, Los Angeles, California
Richard J. Kahn, Rockport, Maine
Emmet B. Keeffe, Palo Alto, California
Gerald R. Kerby, Kansas City, Kansas
Rashida A. Khakoo, Morgantown, West Virginia
Richard B. Kohler, Indianapolis, Indiana
Mack A. Land, Memphis, Tennessee
Eugene P. Libre, Kensington, Maryland
Geraldo Medeiros-Neto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Glenn Molyneaux, Santa Rosa, California
Owen St. C. Morgan, Kingston, Jamaica
Thomas J. Nasca, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nancy H. Nielsen, Orchard Park, New York
James G. Nuckolls, Galax, Virginia
Joseph T. Painter, Houston, Texas
José Ramírez-Rivera, San Juan, Puerto Rico
E. Chester Ridgway, Denver, Colorado*
Louis L. Sanders, Little Rock, Arkansas
D. William Schlott, Baltimore, Maryland
Emil Skamene, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alexander M. Sloan, Severna Park, Maryland
W. James Stackhouse, Goldsboro, North Carolina
David E. Steward, Springfield, Illinois
Donna E. Sweet, Wichita, Kansas
Esther A. Torres, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Roger H. Unger, Dallas, Texas
Alan G. Wasserman, Washington, DC
Christopher S. Wilcox, Washington, DC
Neal S. Young, Washington, DC

* Received Mastership last year but could not attend Convocation.

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