Past Recipients of the Nathan Davis Awards
Past Recipients of the Dr. Nathan Davis Awards Presented for Outstanding Contributions
"To Promote the Art and Science of Medicine and the Betterment of the Public Health"
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United States Senator
| 1989 | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Connecticut |
| 1990 | Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts |
| 1991 | John D. Rockefeller, IV, West Virginia |
| 1992 | Dale Bumpers, Arkansas Bob Dole, Kansas |
| 1993 | Christopher Dodd, Connecticut |
| 1994 | John H. Chafee, Rhode Island |
| 1995 | Mark O. Hatfield, Oregon |
| 1996 | Connie Mack, Florida Mike DeWine, Ohio John McCain, Arizona John B. Breaux, Louisiana Richard J. Durbin, JD, Illinois Dianne Feinstein, California Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico William H. Frist, MD, Tennessee Max Baucus, Montana Chuck Grassley, Iowa |
| 2006 | Jon Kyl, Arizona |
| 2007 | Gordon H. Smith, Oregon |
| 2008 | Tom Harkin, Iowa |
| 2009 |
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts |
United States Representative
| 1989 | Henry A. Waxman, California |
| 1990 | William H. Natcher, Kentucky |
| 1991 | J. Roy Rowland, MD, Georgia C. W. "Bill" Young, Florida |
| 1992 | Charles B. Rangel, New York |
| 1993 | Charles W. Stenholm, Texas |
| 1994 | Nancy Johnson, Connecticut |
| 1995 | Bill Archer, Texas John Edward Porter, Illinois Marge Roukema, New Jersey |
| 1998 | Greg Ganske, MD, Iowa Louis Stokes, Ohio |
| 1999 | Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland |
| 2000 | John D. Dingell, Michigan Charlie Norwood, DDS, Georgia |
| 2001 | Michael Bilirakis, Florida |
| 2002 | Constance A. Morella, Maryland |
| 2003 | James C. Greenwood, Pennsylvania |
| 2004 | William M. Thomas, California |
| 2006 | J. Dennis Hastert, Illinois |
| 2007 | Sherrod Brown, Ohio |
| 2008 | Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland |
| 2009 | Nathan Deal, Georgia |
Member of the Executive Branch by Presidential Appointment
| 1989 | C. Everett Koop, MD, Surgeon General of the United States |
| 1990 | Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| 1991 | Margaret M. Heckler, former Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| 1992 | Antonia C. Novello, MD, Surgeon General of the United States |
| 1993 | Philip R. Lee, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health, Health and Human Services |
| 1994 | J. Jarrett Clinton, MD, MPH, former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Regional Health Administrator, Region V, Georgia |
| 1996 | David Satcher, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention Donna Shalala, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Ricardo Martinez, MD, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration John M. Eisenberg, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| 2001 | Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 2002 | William H. Foege, MD, MPH, Former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 2003 | Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services |
| 2004 | Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration |
| 2005 | William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, MBA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs |
| 2006 | Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| 2007 | Margaret J. Giannini, MD, FAAP, Director, Office on Disability, US Department of Health and Human Services |
| 2009 | Jeffrey William Runge, MD, FACEP, President, Biologue, Inc. |
Member of the Executive Branch in Career Public Service
| 1989 | Donald A. B. Lindberg, MD, Director, Library of Medicine, NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein, MD, Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH |
| 1991 | William F. Raub, PhD, former Deputy Director, NIH |
| 1992 | Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Director, Office of AIDS Research |
| 1993 | Samuel Broder, MD, Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH |
| 1994 | Donald L. Custis, MD, former Surgeon General of the Navy, former Chief Medical Director of Department of Veterans Affairs |
| 1995 | Kenneth P. Moritsugu, MD, Assistant Surgeon General and Medical Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| 1996 | E. Ratcliffe Anderson, Jr., MD, former Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force Kevin R. Kerrigan, MD, Naval Hospital, North Charleston, South Carolina Claude J.M. Lenfant, MD, Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health |
| 1999 | Rear Admiral Michael L. Cowan, Deputy Director for Medical Readiness, The Joint Staff Janet Woodcock, MD, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration |
| 2000 | Marilyn H. Gaston, MD, Assistant Surgeon General, Associate Administrator Bureau of Primary Health, U.S. Public Health Service Gerald David Fischbach, MD, Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health James P. Bagian, MD, Director, VA National Center for Patient Safety Department of Veterans Affairs Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., MD, Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute |
| 2003 | Judith Elaine Fradkin, MD, Director, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health |
| 2004 | Duane F. Alexander, MD, Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health |
| 2005 | Vice Admiral James A. Zimble, MD (USN Ret.), President Emeritus, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences |
| 2006 | Christopher Allan Percy, MD, Medical Officer and Director of Community Health Services, Northern Navajo Medical Center |
| 2007 | Douglas R. Lowy, MD, Chief, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health John T. Schiller, PhD, Principal Investigator, Neoplastic Disease Section, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
| 2008 | W. Marston Linehan, MD, Chief, Urologic Oncology Branch Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute |
| 2009 |
D. Joe Boone, PhD, |
Member of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government in Career Military Service
| 2000 | Lieutenant General Ronald R. Blanck, DO, USA, Surgeon General of the Army |
| 2001 | Rear Admiral Joyce Johnson, DO, MA, Director of Health and Safety, United States Coast Guard |
| 2002 | Lieutenant General Paul K. Carlton, Jr., MC, CFS, Surgeon General, United States Air Force Captain Daniel Carucci, MD, Director, Malaria Program, Naval Medical Research Center, United States Navy |
| 2003 |
Captain Daniel Carucci, MD, |
Governor or Statewide Elected Official
| 1989 | William Donald Schaefer, Governor, Maryland |
| 1993 | Brereton C. Jones, Governor, Kentucky |
| 1994 | Michael O. Leavitt, Governor, Utah |
| 1995 | Parris N. Glendening, Governor, Maryland Pierre Howard, Lieutenant Governor, Georgia George E. Pataki, Governor, New York Mike Moore, Attorney General, Mississippi |
| 1998 | Howard Dean, MD, Governor, Vermont |
| 1999 | Christine Todd Whitman, Governor, New Jersey |
| 2000 | Mel Carnahan, Governor, Missouri |
| 2001 | Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, Connecticut |
| 2002 | John W. Oxendine, Commissioner of Insurance and Fire Safety, Georgia |
| 2004 | Jeb Bush, Governor, State of Florida |
| 2005 | Drew Edmondson, JD, Attorney General, State of Oklahoma |
| 2006 | Susan Combs, Commissioner, Texas Department of Agriculture Joe Manchin, III, Governor, State of West Virginia |
| 2008 | M. Jodi Rell, Governor, State of Connecticut |
| 2009 | Rick Perry, Governor, State of Texas |
Member of a State Legislature
| 1989 | Ann Wynia, State Representative, Minnesota |
| 1990 | David L. Hobson, State Senator, Ohio |
| 1991 | James R. Tallon, Jr., Majority Leader, State Assembly, New York |
| 1992 | John A. Kitzhaber, MD, President, Oregon State Senate Tarky Lombardi, Jr., State Senator, New York |
| 1993 | Sheila Sorensen, BSN, State Senator, Idaho |
| 1994 | Terry Friedman, State Assemblyman, California |
| 1995 | J. Thomas Coleman, Jr., State Senator, Georgia David Prosser, Speaker of the State Assembly, Wisconsin |
| 1996 | Jane Perkins Maroney, State Representative, Delaware William “Doc” Myers, MD, State Senator, Florida Mark C. Montigny, Massachusetts State Senate John E. McDonough, Massachusetts House of Representatives |
| 1998 | Jack Sinagra, New Jersey State Senate David R. Leitch, Illinois House of Representatives |
| 1999 | Sandy Praeger, Kansas Senate David McAdams Sibley, Texas Senate Harry Tipton, MD, Wyoming State House of Representatives |
| 2000 | Jay Bradford, Arkansas State Senate Bob M. DeWeese, MD, Kentucky House of Representatives |
| 2001 | Tomas Price, MD, Georgia Senate Marcy Morrison, Colorado State Legislature |
| 2002 | Patricia Miller, RN, Indiana Senate Lenny Winkler, Connecticut House of Representatives |
| 2003 | Judith Robson, RN, MSN, Wisconsin State Senate Patricia Gray, JD, Texas House of Representatives |
| 2004 | Jane Nelson, Texas Senate Larry Meuli, MD, MPH, FAP, Wyoming State Legislature |
| 2005 | Vi Simpson, Indiana State Senate Dianne White Delisi, Texas House of Representatives |
| 2006 | Jackie Speier, California State Senate |
| 2007 | Toni Harp, Connecticut State Senate William R. Purcell, MD, North Carolina State Senate Kathleen G. Sgambati, New Hampshire State Senate Peter T. Ginaitt, RN, EMT, Rhode Island House of Representatives |
| 2008 |
Kathleen G. Sgambati, Peter T. Ginaitt, RN, EMT, |
| 2009 |
Susan G. Paddack, |
Mayor of a City or Chief Executive of a County
| 1989 | Vincent C. Schoemehl, Mayor, City of St. Louis, Missouri Gene McNary, Former County Executive, St. Louis County, Missouri |
| 1991 | Charles E. Box, Mayor, Rockford, Illinois |
| 1992 | Haden E. McKay, MD, Mayor, Humble, TX |
| 1997 | George Liles, MD, Mayor, Concord, North Carolina |
| 2000 | Sandra C. Allen, Council Member, District of Columbia |
Career Public Servant at the State Level
| 1990 | M. Joycelyn Elders, MD, Director, Department of Health, Arkansas |
| 1993 | John C. Lewin, MD, Director, Department of Health, Hawaii |
| 1994 | James D. Bernstein, MD, Director, Office of Rural Health Resource Development, North Carolina Leah Z. Ziskin, MD, MS, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health, New Jersey |
| 1996 | David R. Smith, MD, Commissioner, Department of Health, Texas Judith Paule, MD, MPH, California Department of Health Services Barbara A. DeBuono, MD, MPH, Commissioner of Health, State of New York Department of Health Martin P. Wasserman, MD, JD, Secretary, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland |
| 2002 | Maxine Hayes, MD, MPH, State Health Officer, Washington State Department of Health |
| 2003 | Robert B. Stroube, MD, MPH, State Health Commissioner, Commonwealth of Virginia |
| 2004 | David Hood, Secretary, Department of Health and Hospitals, State of Louisiana |
| 2007 | Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH, Director, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Maine Department of Health and Human Services |
| 2008 | Guthrie S. Birkhead, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Community Health and the AIDS Institute New York State Department of Health |
| 2009 |
Pamela S. Hyde, JD, |
Career Public Servant at the Local Level
| 1990 | Mary Ann Arty, RN, Chair, Delaware County Council, Pennsylvania Sylvia Drew Ivie, RN, Executive Director, T.H.E. Clinic for Women, Los Angeles, California Clarence L. Brumback, MD, Former Director, Palm Beach County Public Health Unit, Florida Florence Reeves, BSN, Executive Director, Community Health Care Delivery System, Tacoma, Washington Ellen Leahy, MN, Director, Missoula City/County Health Department, Montana John Potterat, STD/AIDS Control Program Manager, El Paso County, Colorado |
| 1994 | Laurance N. Nickey, MD, FAAP, Director, El Paso City-County Health Department, Texas |
| 1995 | Ann L. Elderkin, PA, Director, Somerville, Massachusetts Health Department |
| 1996 | F. Brobson Lutz, Jr., MD, Director, New Orleans Department of Health Shirley L. Fannin, MD, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Cynthia Taueg, Director, Detroit, Michigan Department of Health Estelle Richman, Commissioner of Health, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Patricia A. Gabow, MD, Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director, Denver Health Medical Center Taylor McKenzie, MD, Vice President, Navajo Nation |
| 2003 | Thomas Patrick Luehring, LEHP, MPH, Director of Health and Human Services, Village of Schaumburg, Illinois |
| 2005 | Stephanie B.C. Bailey, MD, Director of Health, Metro Public Health Department of Nashville/Davidson County |
| 2006 | Edmund W. Gray, MD, Health Officer, Northeast Tri-County Health District, Washington State Department of Health |
| 2008 | Ronald W. Chapman, MD, MPH, Deputy Director Solano County Health & Social Services |
| 2009 |
Melba R. Moore, MS, CPHA, |
