2019 Recipients

Lowell Gerson, PhD

Laura Gore

Purpose

The Honorary Membership Award is presented to an individual who has rendered outstanding service to the College or to the specialty of emergency medicine.

Award

The Honorary Membership Award is a framed certificate. The recipient's name is inscribed on a master plaque at ACEP Headquarters. The recipient is considered a lifelong member of the College, is not required to pay any dues, and cannot vote or hold office but receives all other benefits and privileges of membership.

Criteria

Any member or constituent chapter may nominate persons of distinction who have rendered outstanding service to the College or to the specialty of emergency medicine. Candidates for honorary membership cannot be currently eligible for other categories of College membership. National ACEP staff are eligible for nomination only after leaving employment from ACEP. Chapter executives are eligible for nomination only after leaving employment from the chapter.

The nominee should have made an outstanding contribution to ACEP by significantly helping to achieve one or more of the College's purposes and objectives. The nominee should serve as a role model for College members, and his/her personal attributes should include, but are not limited to: inspiration, innovation, diplomacy, planning, organization, management and administration, arbitration, consensus building, and decision making.

Past Recipients

1969	Richard D. Mudd, MD, PhD (deceased)	2002	Michael D. Bishop, MD, FACEP Michael E. Gallery, PhD, CAE Barbara W. Trainor
1970	John T. Rogers, MD (deceased) John G. Wiegenstein, MD (deceased)	2003	John C. Moskop, PhD John C. Moorhead, MD, FACEP
1971	Robert J. Rathburn, MD (deceased)	2004	Arthur Cooper, MD, FACS, FAAP, FCCM Earl Schwartz, MD Robert W. Schafermeyer, MD, FACEP
1975	R. R. Hannas, Jr., MD (deceased) James D. Mills, Jr., MD (deceased)	2005	Mary Ann Reinhart, PhD Iris Wiegenstein
1977	Harris B. Graves, MD (deceased)	2006	David Blunk Elaine Jastram Gwen Messler-Harry
1979	Peter Safar, MD (deceased)	2007	David Zabel
1980	A. L. Jenkins, MD	2008	Beverly Lynch Joy Zimmer
1981	Edward Abson, FRCS (Casualty Surgeons Assn Great Britain) David Caro, (Casualty Surgeons Assn Great Britain) John Collins, MD, ChB, MRCS (Casualty Surgeons Assn      Great Britain - deceased) Ronald L. Krome, MD, FACEP Karl G. Mangold, MD George Podgorny, MD (deceased)	2009	James E. Coles, CAE  Ernest E. Moore, Jr., MD, FACEP
1982	William T. Haeck, MD (deceased)	2010	Janet Goldberg  Diane K. Bollman (deceased)
1983	Cyril T. M. Cameron, MD (deceased) Ben E. Moore, MD (deceased) John A. Rupke, MD (deceased) William H. Rutherford (Casualty Surgeons Assn Great Britain)	2011	Arthur Auer Leah Heimbach, JD, RN, EMT-P
1984	B. Ken Gray, MD, FACEP Carl Jelenko, III, MD (deceased) Bill B. Smiley, MD, Ret.	2012	Bernadette Carr Edward R. Gaines, III, JD, CCP E. Nicholas Kestner, III
1985	H. Arnold Muller, MD, FACEP Leonard M. Riggs, Jr., MD David Wilson, MD (Casualty Surgeons Assn Great Britain)	2013	Caral Edelberg, CPC, CCS-P
1986	Jack Leckie, MD (deceased) John P. McDade, MD (deceased) Martin J. O'Neill, MD (deceased)	2014	Phyllis L. Edans, CPA, CAE (deceased)
1987	George Adler, MD (deceased)	2015	Marilyn Bromley, RN W. Calvin Chaney, JD, CAE Virginia Kennedy-Palys, JD
1988	Brooks F. Bock, MD, FACEP Kathryn M. Dykgraaf	2016	Beth P. Brunner Barbara Burgess
1989	Frederick Glass, MD Bruce D. Janiak, MD, FACEP	2017	Patty Stowe, CAE Laura L. Tiberi, CAE  Gordon B. Wheeler
1990	David Williams, FRCP, MRCGP (Casualty Surgeons Assn      Great Britain)	2018	Marjorie A. Geist, RN, PhD, CAE Barbara Tomar, MPH
1991	Jacek B. Franaszek, MD, FACEP Mark M. Lindsey, MD (deceased) Benson S. Munger, PhD Frank E. Foss, MD	2019	Lowell Gerson, PhD Laura Gore
1992	Robert K. Anzinger, MD, FACEP John H. Harris, Jr., MD, DSc
1993	Maj. Gen. Norman Kirby, DBE, FRCS (BAEM Past President) Reinald J. Leidelmeyer, MD
1994	Michael J. Bresler, MD, FACEP
1995	John A. Kitzhaber, MD Robert M. Williams, MD, DPH, FACEP
1996	John B. McCabe, MD, FACEP
1997	Sandra L. Riggins
1998	Gregory L. Henry, MD, FACEP Paul Pomeroy, Jr., MD, FACEP Colin C. Rorrie, Jr., PhD Ellen Taliaferro, MD, FACEP
1999	Larry A. Bedard, MD, FACEP
2000	Dennis C. Whitehead, MD, FACEP
2001	Nancy J. Auer, MD, FACEP Jack R. Page, MD, FACEP Carol S. Rivers, MD, FACEP

Entry Procedures

Any member may nominate a member by submitting a completed nomination form.  Submit the nomination form, nominee's curriculum vitae, and up to 3 letters of support to Mary Ellen Fletcher, CPC, CEDC, at the ACEP Headquarters. Letters of support are greatly encouraged and are at the discretion of the nominator. Additionally, a nominee should have only one nomination whether from a chapter, entity (such as a committee or section), or individual.  All entries must be submitted by the deadline for consideration by the Awards Committee.  

Judging

The Awards Committee will judge the entries, with its recommendations subject to review by the ACEP Board of Directors. The decision of the Board is final, and the Board reserves the right to make no award if there are no nominees of sufficient merit. The award will be presented at the annual President's Awards Banquet.