Molecular Endocrinology 11 (9): 1401-1402
Copyright © 1997 by The Endocrine Society
The Endocrine Society Awards
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INTRODUCTION
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RECIPIENTS of the Awards of The Endocrine
Society are selected by the Awards Committee. The Endocrine Society
Awards may be made to endocrinologists, members or non-members, from
anywhere in the world. Nominations may be made by Society members
only. A complete listing of all past Awardees is in the Membership
Directory of The Endocrine Society and on the Society’s home page,
www.endo-society.org.
Nominations must be submitted on the appropriate form, which may be
obtained by writing to the Executive Director of the Society. It is
important to document the nominee’s contributions to endocrinology.
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The Fred Conrad Koch Award
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In 1957 a substantial legacy was bequeathed to the Society by the
late Elizabeth Koch for the purpose of establishing the Fred Conrad
Koch Memorial Fund in memory of her late husband, Distinguished Service
Professor of Physiological Chemistry at the University of Chicago, and
pioneer in the isolation of the androgens. This is the highest honor of
The Endocrine Society and is represented by a medal known as the Koch
Medal of The Endocrine Society, as well as an honorarium of $20,000.
The Award is given annually for exceptional contributions to
endocrinology.
The recipients of this award for the past 10 years were: Dr. Henry G.
Friesen, 1987; Dr. Bert W. O'Malley, 1988; Dr. Judson J. Van Wyk, 1989;
Dr. Donald F. Steiner, 1990; Dr. John T. Potts, Jr., 1991; Dr. Melvin
M. Grumbach and Dr. Selna L. Kaplan, 1992; Dr. Jean D. Wilson, 1993;
Dr. Susan E. Leeman, 1994; Dr. Jack Gorski, 1995; and Dr. Roy Hertz,
1996.
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The Ernst Oppenheimer Memorial Award
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The Ernst Oppenheimer Memorial Award is the premier Award to a
young investigator in recognition of meritorious accomplishments in the
field of basic or clinical endocrinology. The recipient must not have
reached his/her forty-fifth birthday before July 1 of the year in which
the Award is presented. This Award was established in 1942 as the Ciba
Award and was first presented in 1944. The honorarium is $3,000. The
recipients of this Award for the past five years were: Dr. J. Larry
Jameson, 1992; Dr. Margaret A. Shupnik, 1993; Dr. Kelly E. Mayo, 1994;
Dr. Deborah L. Segaloff, 1995; and Dr. Keith L. Parker, 1996.
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The Robert H. Williams Distinguished Leadership Award
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The Robert H. Williams Distinguished Leadership Award was
established by Dr. Robert H. Williams in 1970. The Award is presented
annually in recognition of outstanding leadership in endocrinology as
exemplified by the recipient's contributions and those of his/her
trainees and associates to teaching, research, and administration.
Distinguished leadership in endocrinology and metabolism may be
manifest in a variety of ways and activities (international, national,
and local). The Award includes a $5,000 honorarium. The recipients of
this Award for the past five years were: Dr. Claude J. Migeon,
1992; Dr. William P. VanderLaan, 1993; Dr. Robert M. Blizzard, 1994;
Dr. David N. Orth, 1995; and Dr. Isidore Edelman, 1996.
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The Edwin B. Astwood Lecture Award
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The Edwin B. Astwood Lecture Award is sponsored by Genentech,
Inc., and is awarded for outstanding research in endocrinology. The
Plenary Lecture is given at the Annual Meeting to honor the late Dr.
Edwin B. Astwood of Boston. The honorarium consists of $2,000 and hotel
and travel expenses to the Annual Meeting. The recipients of this award
for the past five years were: Dr. Michael O. Thorner, 1992; Dr. Ronald
M. Evans, 1993; Dr. Patricia K. Donahoe, 1994; Dr. Kenneth S.
Korach, 1995; and Dr. Alfred G. Gilman, 1996.
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The Gerald D. Aurbach Lecture Award
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This Award is presented for outstanding contributions to research
in endocrinology. The recipient presents a Plenary Lecture at the
Annual Meeting and receives an honorarium of $1,000. The award was
first presented in 1993 in honor of the late Dr. Gerald D. Aurbach, who
served as president of The Endocrine Society from 1989–1990. He
received his B.A. and M.D. from the University of Virginia. After his
training in endocrinology at Tufts University School of Medicine, he
joined the Public Health Service and the National Institutes of Health
in 1959 and had served as chief of the Metabolic Disease Branch,
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases since
1973. He was the first to isolate PTH and played a key role in
discovering the hormone’s biochemical mechanism of action in bone
disease and calcium metabolism. The past recipients of the Award were:
Dr. Daniel Camerini-Otero, 1993; Dr. Henry Morris Kronenberg, 1994; Dr.
Robert Joseph Lefkowitz, 1995; and Dr. Ernesto Canalis, 1996.
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The Clinical Investigator Lecture Award
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The Clinical Investigator Award was established in 1988 and was
previously sponsored by Rhône-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
This award is given to an internationally recognized clinical
investigator who has made major contributions to clinical research
related to the pathogenesis, pathophysiology, and therapy of endocrine
disease. The Award, presented each year at the Annual Meeting, consists
of an honorarium of $3,500, travel expenses to the meeting, and a
plenary lecture by the recipient. The recipients of this Award for the
past five years were: Dr. Samuel S. C. Yen, 1992; Dr. William L.
McGuire, 1993; Dr. Samuel Refetoff, 1994; Dr. Maria I. New, 1995; and
Dr. Andrea Dunaif, 1996.
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The Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Service Award
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The Distinguished Service Award is given in recognition of
distinguished service in the field of endocrinology. The honorarium is
$2,000. Before 1992, this was the Ayerst Award. The recipients of this
Award for the past five years were: Nettie Karpin, 1992; Dr.
Gabriel Bialy, 1993; Drs. Nicholas C. Ling, Maurice Manning, Jean
Rivier, 1994; Drs. Jacob Robbins and Joseph Edward Rall, 1995; and Dr.
C. Wayne Bardin, 1996.
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The Richard E. Weitzman Memorial Award
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This Award was established in 1982 to honor outstanding research
achievements in the field of endocrinology and metabolism by a young
investigator. The Award was established in memory of the late
Dr. Richard E. Weitzman. Dr. Weitzman was born in 1943.
He was educated at Cornell University and the State University of
New York Upstate Medical Center (Syracuse). He received training in
endocrinology at the University of Virginia and the Harbor-UCLA
School of Medicine, rising to the rank of Associate Professor, and
began a productive career studying neurohypophyseal hormone and
cardio-vascular-endocrine physiology.
In honor of Dr. Weitzman, an anonymous donor has provided funds for an
annual Award of $1,000 to be given to an exceptionally promising young
investigator who has not reached the age of 40 before July 1 of the
year in which the award is presented.
The award is based on the contributions and achievements of the
nominee's independent scholarship performed after completion of
training and shall be based on the entire body of these contributions,
rather than a single work. The recipients of this Award for the past
five years were: Dr. Fred E. Cohen, 1992; Dr. Daniel J. Drucker, 1993;
Dr. Fredric E. Wondisford, 1994; Dr. Mitchell Avery Lazar, 1995;
and Dr. Martin M. Matzuk, 1996.
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