1987 • Sedgwick Memorial Medal, American Public Health Association,

The Sedgwick Memorial Medal, given by the American Public Health Association, was established in 1929 for distinguished service and advancement of

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

knowledge and practice. It is considered the APHA's highest honor. The medal is established in honour of

William Thompson Sedgwick William Thompson Sedgwick (December 29, 1855 – January 25, 1921) was a teacher, epidemiologist, bacteriologist, and a key figure in shaping public health in the United States. He was president of many scientific and professional organizations du ...

(1855–1921).

Award recipients

Source
APHA
* 1929

Charles V. Chapin Charles Value Chapin (January 17, 1856 – January 31, 1941) was an American pioneer in public health research and practice during the Progressive Era. He was superintendent of health for Providence, Rhode Island between 1884 and 1932. He es ...

* 1930

Theobald Smith Theobald Smith FRS(For) HFRSE (July 31, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was a pioneering epidemiologist, bacteriologist, pathologist and professor. Smith is widely considered to be America's first internationally-significant medical research scienti ...

* 1931 George W. McCoy * 1932 William H. Park * 1933

Milton J. Rosenau Milton Joseph Rosenau (January 1, 1869 – April 9, 1946) was an American public health official and professor who was influential in the early twentieth century. Early life Milton Joseph Rosenau was born in 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...

* 1934 Edwin O. Jordon * 1935

Haven Emerson Haven Emerson (1896-1957) was an American educator. Biography Emerson was educated at Harvard University and Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons (P&S), where he later served as an associate in physiology and medicine. During hi ...

* 1936 Frederick F. Russell * 1938 Wade H. Frost * 1939 Thomas Parran * 1940

Hans Zinsser Hans Zinsser (November 17, 1878 – September 4, 1940) was an American physician, bacteriologist, and prolific author. The author of over 200 books and medical articles, he was also a published poet. Some of his verses were published in '' ...

* 1941 Charles Armstrong * 1942 C.E.A. Winslow * 1943

James S. Simmons James Simmons may refer to: * James Simmons (poet) (1933–2001), Irish poet, literary critic and songwriter * James Simmons (1741–1807), Canterbury newspaper proprietor, banker, mill owner, mayor and M.P. * James A. Simmons (scientist), America ...

* 1944 Ernest W. Goodpasture * 1946 Karl F. Meyer * 1947 Reginald M. Atwater * 1948

Abel Wolman Abel Wolman (June 10, 1892 – February 22, 1989) was an American engineer, educator and pioneer of modern sanitary engineering. His professional career left impacts in academia, sanitary engineering research, environmental and public health serv ...

* 1949

Henry F. Vaughan Henry Frieze Vaughan (October 12, 1889 – March 14, 1979) was an American epidemiologist with a strong discipline in environmental health, an academic professor, and an administrator. Among the positions he held, he was the Health Commissioner for ...

* 1950 Rolla Eugene Dyer * 1951 Edward S. Godfrey * 1952 Kenneth F. Maxcy * 1953 Carl E. Buck * 1954 Willson G. Smillie * 1955 Albert J. Chesley * 1956 Frederick W. Jackson * 1957 Lowell J. Reed * 1958

Martha May Eliot Martha May Eliot (April 7, 1891 – February 14, 1978), was a foremost pediatrician and specialist in public health, an assistant director for WHO, and an architect of New Deal and postwar programs for maternal and child health. Her first importan ...

* 1959

Louis I. Dublin Louis Israel Dublin (November 1, 1882 – March 7, 1969) was a Jewish American statistician. As vice president and statistician of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, he promoted progressive and socially useful insurance underwriting policies ...

* 1960 Fred T. Foard * 1961 Frank G. Boudreau * 1962 Ira V. Hiscock * 1963

Gaylord W. Anderson Gaylord is a name of Norman French origin, from the Old French ''gaillard'' meaning "joyful" or "high-spirited". It may refer to: People * Gaylord (given name) Surname * Bill Gaylord (born 1967), British former alpine skier * Charles Gaylord (1 ...

* 1964

Leona Baumgartner Leona Baumgartner (August 18, 1902 – January 15, 1991) was an American physician. She was the first woman to serve as Commissioner of New York City's Department of Health (1954–1962). She was a strong advocate of health education and a pioneer ...

* 1965

Willimina R. Walsh Willimina Rayne Walsh (1900 – 1966) was the associate director of the American Public Health Association. She was the recipient of the Sedgwick Memorial Medal in 1965 for her work on the growth and expansion of the association. Walsh wo ...

* 1966 Fred L. Soper * 1967 George Baehr * 1968 Herman E. Hilleboe * 1969 Marion W. Sheahan * 1970

Hugh R. Leavell Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day ...

* 1971 Margaret G. Arnstein * 1972 Paul B. Cornely * 1973 Isidore S. Falk * 1974 Myron E. Wegman * 1975

Leroy Edgar Burney Leroy Edgar Burney (December 31, 1906 – July 31, 1998) was an American physician and public health official. He was appointed the eighth Surgeon General of the United States from 1956 to 1961. Biography Early years Burney was born in Burney, I ...

* 1976

Malcolm H. Merrill Malcolm, Malcom, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim may refer to: People * Malcolm (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Clan Malcolm * Maol Choluim de Innerpeffray, 14th-century bishop-elect of Dunkeld Nobility * Máel ...

* 1977

Lester Breslow Lester Breslow (March 17, 1915 in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA – April 9, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American physician who promoted public health. Breslow's career had a significant impact. He is credited with pioneering chron ...

* 1978 M. Allen Pond * 1979 Doris E. Roberts * 1980 Lorin E. Kerr * 1981

Dwight F. Metzler Dwight may refer to: People * Dwight (given name) * Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), 34th president of the United States and former military officer *New England Dwight family of American educators, military and political leaders, and authors * ...

* 1982 C. Rufus Rorem * 1983 Milton I. Roemer * 1984 Milton Terris * 1985 Henrik L. Blum * 1986

C. Arden Miller C. or c. may refer to: * Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years * Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies * Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...

* 1987 Larry J. Gordon * 1988 Dorothy P. Rice * 1989 Clarence L. Brumback * 1990

Cecil G. Sheps Cecil may refer to: People with the name * Cecil (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) * Cecil (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Canada * Cecil, Albert ...

* 1991 Ruth Roemer * 1992 Julius B. Richmond * 1993 William H. Foege * 1994 William H. McBeath * 1995 Joyce Lashof * 1996 Leonard Schuman * 1997 Victor W. Sidel * 1998

H. Jack Geiger Herman J. Geiger (November 11, 1925 – December 28, 2020), known as H. Jack Geiger, was an American physician and civil rights activist. He was a leader in the field of social medicine, the philosophy that doctors had a responsibility to treat ...

* 1999

Avedis Donabedian Avedis Donabedian (7 January 1919 – 9 November 2000) was a physician and founder of the study of quality in health care and medical outcomes research, most famously as a creator of The Donabedian Model of care. Early life Avedis Donabedian ...

* 2000

Philip R. Lee Philip Randolph Lee (April 17, 1924 – October 27, 2020) was an American physician who served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health, United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs under President of the United ...

* 2001 Myron Allukian * 2002 C. William Keck * 2003 E. Richard Brown * 2004 Kenneth Olden * 2005 Barry S. Levy * 2006 Jonathan E. Fielding * 2007

Mohammad N. Akhter Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth ...

* 2008

John Murray Last John Murray Last (September 22, 1926 - September 11, 2019) was a preeminent Canadian public health scholar, prolific author, scientist and teacher whose reference texts are used by schools of public health as well as community medicine and epidem ...

* 2009 Robert S. Lawrence * 2010 William Schaffner * 2011

David Satcher David Satcher, (born March 2, 1941) is an American physician, and public health administrator. He was a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the 10th Assistant Secretary for Health, and th ...

* 2012

Richard Joseph Jackson Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

* 2013 Douglas Bernard Kirby * 2014 Howard K. Koh * 2015 Hortensia Amaro * 2016 Lawrence W. Green * 2017 José F. Cordero * 2018

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey (born September 25, 1954) is an American medical doctor and executive who served as president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from 2003 to 2017. She was the first woman and the first African-American to head t ...

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