Distinguished Service Awards Recipients

The Distinguished Service Award was established by the Board of Regents in 1957. The award is given to one or more Fellows who have not been a Regent or an officer. In 1966, the criterion for the award was that the recipient be a distinguished contributor to the College. In 1971, the criterion was amended to include that the recipient have an outstanding service and be an active supporter of the American College of Surgeons. Former governors of the College are eligible to receive the award. There is no lecture associated with the award.

Year	Award Recipient
1957	Winnett Orr, MD, FACS
1958	William R. Laird, MD, FACS Payne Palmer, Sr., MD, FACS
1959	Hilger Perry Jenkins, MD, FACS
1960	Edward W. Sprague, MD, FACS
1961	Howard H. Bradshaw, MD, FACS Prather Saunders, MD, FACS
1962	Allen O. Whipple, MD, FACS
1963	Robert Hayward Kennedy, MD, FACS
1964	Howard A. Patterson, MD, FACS
1965	John Christopher Burch, MD, FACS
1966	Edward George Sandrok
1967	Herbert E. Coe, MD, FACS
1968	Harris B. Shumacker, Jr., MD, FACS
1969	Lee Clark, MD, FACS
1970	(no recipient)
1971	George G. Finney, MD, FACS
1972	John W. Cline, MD, FACS
1973	George W. Stephenson, MD, FACS
1974	William D. Holden, MD, FACS
1975	William A. Altemeier, MD, FACS
1976	Oscar P. Hampton, Jr., MD, FACS
1977	Henry T. Randall, MD, FACS
1978	Truman G. Blocker, Jr., MD, FACS
1979	Charles Eckert, MD, FACS
1980	Gordon Holcombe, Jr., MD, FACS
1981	Joseph P. Evans, MD, FACS
1982	David W. Robinson, MD, FACS
1983	Thomas Thompson, MD, FACS
1984	Barber Mueller, MD, FACS
1985	George E. Block, MD, FACS
1986	Seymour I. Schwartz, MD, FACS
1987	Vallee L. Willman, MD, FACS
1988	Edwin W. Gerrish, MD, FACS Frank Padberg, MD, FACS
1989	Luis F. Sala, MD, FACS
1990	Robert Zeppa, MD, FACS
1991	John H. Davis, MD, FACS
1992	Stuart Mally, MD, FACS
1993	Barry M. Manuel, MD, FACS
1994	Robert E. Hermann, MD, FACS
1995	John O. Gage, MD, FACS
1996	James C. Thompson, MD, FACS
1997	Josef E. Fischer, MD, FACS
1998	LaMar S. McGinnis, Jr., MD, FACS
1999	Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, FACS
2000	Murray F. Brennan, MD, FACS
2001	David L. Nahrwold, MD, FACS
2002	William Blaisdell, MD, FACS
2003	Roland Folse, MD, FACS
2004	Richard B. Reiling, MD, FACS
2005	Donald D. Trunkey, MD, FACS
2006	Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS
2007	David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS
2008	Paul E. Collicott, MD, FACS
2009	Dean Griffen, MD, FACS
2010	Amilu S. Stewart, MD, FACS
2011	Mary H. McGrath, MD, MPH, FACS
2012	Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS
2013	Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS
2014	Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS
2015	John A. Weigelt, MD, DVM, FACS
2016	Frank G. Opelka, MD, FACS
2017	Richard J. Finley, MD, FACS
2018	Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS
2019	Phillip Burns, MD, FACS
2020	Hilary A. Sanfey, MB, BCh, MHPE, FACS
2021	David P. Winchester, MD, FACS
2022	Mark A. Malangoni, MD, FACS
2023	Ronald M. Stewart, MD, FACS
2024	Layton F. Rikkers, MD, FACS