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Awards and Recognition

Each year the Medical Alumni Association presents two awards: The Honor Award & Gold Key, and the Distinguished Service Award. Nominations are encouraged from the general membership and are reviewed by committee designated by the MAA Board of Directors. The awards are presented during the annual Reunion.

Medical Alumni Association Honor Award & Gold Key

The Honor Award & Gold Key was established in 1948 for outstanding contributions to medicine and distinguished service to mankind. An awards committee, designated by the MAA Board of Directors selects the recipient, who receives an 18k gold key and a specially engraved plaque. The presentation is made during the annual Reunion.

Honor Award & Gold Key Candidate Rating System

- Field of accomplishment
- Date first proposed
- Number of supporting letters
- Latest support
- Date graduated
- Accomplishment at University of Maryland and/or at other institutions
- Impact of accomplishments
- Local recognition
- State recognition
- National recognition

HONOR AWARD & GOLD KEY WINNERS

Year

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2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
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1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948

Award Recipient

Jeffrey L. Metzner
Martha E. Stauffer
Walker L. Robinson
June K. Robinson
Christopher O’Connor
Morton I. Rapoport
Melvin Sharoky
Michael E. Weinblatt
Kristin Stueber
Paul A. Offit
Elizabeth A. Abel
Stuart Fine
Elijah Saunders
Irving J. Taylor
Donald H. Gilden
Robert O. Hickman
Mathew H.M. Lee
Richard F. Leighton
John C. Blasko
Frank J. Ayd Jr.
Norton Spritz
Morton M. Mower
Leonard T. Kurland
Celeste L. Woodward
Leonard J. Morse
James J. Cerda
William I. Wolff
P. David Myerowitz
Michael A. Kaliner
Michael B.A. Oldstone
Louis R. Caplan
Mario Garcia Palmieri
John M. Dennis
Arlie R. Mansberger
David A. Kipnis
John D. Young
R Adams Cowley
William S. Kiser
Joseph R. Guyther
Ephraim T. Lisansky
Schuyler G. Kohl
Isadore Tuerk
Aaron Feder
Robert E. Wise
Herbert Berger
John Z. Bowers
William H. Triplett
Benjamin M. Stein
Theodore E. Woodward
George H. Yeager
John A. Wagner
 W. Houston Toulson
Abraham H. Finkelstein
Franklin Mason Sones
Thomas B. Turner
Eva F. Dodge
T. Nelson Carey
Theodore McCann Davis
Hugh R. Spencer
Louis A.M. Krause
Arturo Raymond Casilli
Walter D. Wise
Stanley E. Bradley
Edgar B. Friedenwald
Norman T. Kirk
Charles Reid Edwards
Joseph Nataro
George W. Rice
Fred W. Rankin
Emil Novak
Louis A. Buie
George E. Bennett
 Arnold D. Tuttle
Nolan D.C. Lewis
W. Wayne Babcock

Class

1975
1960
1970
1974
1983
1960
1976
1975
1969
1977
1967
1966
1960
1943
1963
1957
1956
1955
1969
1945
1952
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1961
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1943D
1937
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1943
1932
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1911
1935
1938
1929
1938
1913
1927
1943D
1925
1925
1927
1914
1910
1917
1914
1906
1938
1903
1910
1913
1925
1916
1909
1904
1915
1909
1906
1914
1893

Medical Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award was established in 1986 for outstanding service to the Medical Alumni Association and School of Medicine. An annual selection is made by the MAA Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the awards committee. Recipients receive a pewter tray hand-engraved with a depiction of Davidge Hall and a personalized inscription. The award is bestowed during the annual Reunion.The following guidelines for selection are applied:
1. The awardee to be selected on basis of outstanding service to the Medical Alumni Association of the University of Maryland, Inc.

2. The awardee must be a member of the Medical Alumni Association.

3. An award need not be given each year.

4. Except in most unusual circumstances, no more than two persons should receive the award in any one year.

5. The Board of Directors should act as the selection committee for the awardee.

6. This responsibility could be delegated to an ad hoc committee on an annual basis, such committee to be composed of members of the Board of Directors and their recommendation(s) would need approval by the full Board of Directors.

MEDICAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Year

2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2011
2010
2009
2008
2008
2007
2006
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2003
2002
2001
2000
2000
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1998
1997
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1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1986

Award Recipient

Otha Myles
Arnold S. Blaustein
Gary D. Plotnick
Donna L. Parker
Robert M. Beazley
Willarda V. Edwards
Elizabeth C. Hosick
Milford M. Foxwell, Jr.
Richard L. Taylor
Harry C. Knipp
Ronald J. Taylor
Louis A. Shpritz
Carolyn J. Pass
Richard M. Susel
Selvin Passen
Irving J. Taylor
Alice B. Heisler
Murray A. Kalish
Philip A. Mackowiak
Mark M. Applefeld
Morton D. Kramer
Morton M. Krieger
John O. Sharrett
George Lentz
Joseph McLaughlin
Thomas E. Hunt Jr.
Bernice Sigman
J. Walter Smyth
Sylvan Frieman
Theodore C. Patterson
James A. Roberts
John M. Dennis
James Frenkil
Thomas E. Connor
Theodore E. Woodward
Benjamin M. Stein
Henry H. Startzman, Jr.
Virginia Huffer
Gibson J. Wells
Isadore Tuerk
George H. Yeager
William J. R. Dunseath

Class

1998
1966
1966
1986
1963
1977
1966
1980
1975
1976
1973
1970
1966
1966
1960
1943
1963
1973
1970
1969
1955
1952
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1957
1956
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1962
1954
1953
1962
1946
1945
1937
1946
1938
1935
1950
1950
1936
1934
1929
1961

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