Distinguished Service Award (Established 1957) Recipients

1957

H. Winnett Orr, MD, FACS*

1958

William R. Laird, MD, FACS*
E. Payne Palmer, Sr., MD, FACS*

1959

Hilger Perry Jenkins, MD, FACS*

1960

Edward W. Sprague, MD, FACS*

1961

Howard H. Bradshaw, MD, FACS*
H. 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

Mr. Edward George Sandrok*

1967

Herbert E. Coe, MD, FACS*

1968

Harris B. Shumacker, Jr., MD, FACS*

1969

R. 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

R. Gordon Holcombe, Jr., MD, FACS*

1981

Joseph P. Evans, MD, FACS*

1982

David W. Robinson, MD, FACS*

1983

C. Thomas Thompson, MD, FACS*

1984

C. 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

S. 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

F. William Blaisdell, MD, FACS*

2003

J. 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

F. 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 L. Bass, MD, FACS

2014

J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS

2015

John A. Weigelt, DVM, MD, FACS

2016

Frank G. Opelka, MD, FACS

2017

Richard J. Finley, MD, FACS, FRCSC

2018

Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS

2019

R. Phillip Burns, MD, FACS

2020

Hilary A. Sanfey, MB BCh, FACS

2021

David P. Winchester, MD, FACS

2022

Mark A. Malangoni, MD, FACS

2023

Ronald M. Stewart, MD, FACS