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 |
| 1997 | Mike DeWine, Ohio |
| 1998 | John McCain, Arizona |
| 1999 | John B. Breaux, Louisiana |
| 2001 | Richard J. Durbin, JD, Illinois |
| 2002 | Dianne Feinstein, California |
| 2003 | Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico |
| 2004 | William H. Frist, MD, Tennessee |
| 2005 | Max Baucus, Montana Chuck Grassley, Iowa |
| 2006 | Jon Kyl, Arizona |
| 2007 | Gordon H. Smith, Oregon |
| 2008 | Tom Harkin, Iowa |
| 2009 | Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts |
| 2012 | Debbie Stabenow, Michigan |
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 |
| 1996 | John Edward Porter, Illinois |
| 1997 | 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 |
| 2010 | Donna Christensen, MD, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 2011 | Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut |
| 2012 | Allyson Y. Schwartz, Pennsylvania |
| 2014 | Fred Upton, Michigan |
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 |
| 1997 | Donna Shalala, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| 1998 | Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| 1999 | Ricardo Martinez, MD, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| 2000 | 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. |
| 2010 | Vice Admiral John Mateczun, M.D., Commander, Joint Task Force, National Capital Region Medical |
| 2011 | R. Gil Kerlikowske, Commander, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy |
| 2013 | Donald Berwick, M.D., former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
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 |
| 1997 | Kevin R. Kerrigan, MD, Naval Hospital, North Charleston, South Carolina |
| 1998 | 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 |
| 2001 | James P. Bagian, MD, Director, VA National Center for Patient Safety Department of Veterans Affairs |
| 2002 | 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, Associate Director for Science, Division of Laboratory Systems National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 2010 | Ira Pastan, MD, Chief of the Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Health’s Center for Cancer Research |
| 2011 | William A. Gahl, MD, PhD, Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute Director, intramural program of the National Institutes of Health Office of Rare Diseases Director, National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Diseases Program |
| 2012 | Leon Esterowitz, PhD, Program Director, Biophotonics Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation |
| 2013 | Thomas R. Insel, MD, Director, National Institute of Mental Health |
| 2014 | Paul K. Carlton, Jr., MD, Lt. Gen., United States Air Force (Ret.) |
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, |
| 2011 |
Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr., MD, |
| 2012 | Lieutenant General Eric B. Schoomaker, MD, PhD, Surgeon General and Command General, USA MEDCOM, United States Army |
| 2013 | Major General Kimberly Siniscalchi, Assistant Surgeon General, Air Force |
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 |
| 1996 | Pierre Howard, Lieutenant Governor, Georgia |
| 1997 | 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 |
| 2010 | John Baldacci, Governor, State of Maine Sandy Praeger Commissioner, Kansas Insurance Department |
| 2013 | Anthony G. Brown, Maryland Lieutenant Governor |
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 |
| 1997 | 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 |
| 2008 |
Kathleen G. Sgambati, Peter T. Ginaitt, RN, EMT, |
| 2009 |
Susan G. Paddack, |
| 2010 |
Don Gaetz |
| 2011 |
Dan K. Morhaim, MD |
| 2012 | Kemp Hannon Senator New York State Senate |
| 2013 | Eileen Cody Washington State Representative |
| 2014 | Richard Pan, MD, MPH California State Representative |
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 |
| 1995 | Leah Z. Ziskin, MD, MS, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health, New Jersey |
| 1996 | David R. Smith, MD, Commissioner, Department of Health, Texas |
| 1997 | Judith Paule, MD, MPH, California Department of Health Services |
| 1998 | Barbara A. DeBuono, MD, MPH, Commissioner of Health, State of New York Department of Health |
| 1999 | 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, Secretary, Human Services Department of New Mexico |
| 2010 | Mary C. Selecky, Secretary, Washington State Department of Health |
| 2011 | Donald E. Williamson, MD, State Health Officer Alabama Department of Public Health |
| 2012 | Richard Powers, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 2013 | Charles M. Palmer, Director Iowa Department of Human Services |
| 2014 | Susan E. Birch, MBA, BSN, RN, Executive Director Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing |
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 |
| 1997 | Shirley L. Fannin, MD, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services |
| 1998 | Cynthia Taueg, Director, Detroit, Michigan Department of Health |
| 1999 | Estelle Richman, Commissioner of Health, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2000 | Patricia A. Gabow, MD, Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director, Denver Health Medical Center |
| 2001 | 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, Health Commissioner, St. Louis City Department of Health |
| 2010 | Bob Buster Supervisor, Board of Supervisors for Riverside County, California |
| 2011 | Donald F. Schwarz, MD, MPH, MBA Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity Commissioner for the Department of Public Health City of Philadelphia |
| 2013 | Arthur Evans, Commissioner for the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability City of Philadelphia |
