Established in 1966, the ASHP Board of Directors’ Award of Honor recognizes individuals outside the pharmacy discipline who have made extraordinary national or world-wide contributions to the health field. The award, which is conferred at the discretion of the Board, may be given annually to one or more persons and may be presented to the recipient at the Society’s Summer Meeting, Midyear Clinical Meeting, or other appropriate function. The recipients of the award, which consists of an inscribed plaque, are eligible for an honorarium equivalent to payment of their travel expenses to attend the event at which the award is bestowed.  The recipients may offer brief remarks upon acceptance of the award.

Nominating Instructions

ASHP members are invited, annually, to suggest nominees in writing with substantiating evidence. Current ASHP Board members and ASHP staff are not eligible. When the annual call for nominations is issued, a date deadline for nominating is stated.

Current and Past Recipients

2010 — Joseph W. Cranston, Jr. Ph.D., Retired Director, Division of Science, Research and Technology, American Medical Association
2009 — Carolyn Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
2008 — Thomas H. Connor, Ph.D., Research Biologist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
2008 —  Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF
2007 — Janet M. Corrigan, Ph.D., M.B.A., President and Chief Executive Officer, National Quality Forum
2007 — William E. Evans, Pharm.D., Chief Executive Officer, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
2006 — David W. Bates, M.D., M.Sc., Chief, General Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital
2005 — Donald M. Berwick, M.D., MPP, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
2004 — Dennis S. O'Leary, M.D., President, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
2004 — RADM Arthur J. Lawrence, Ph.D., R.Ph., Assistant Surgeon and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health,  DHHS/Office of the Secretary/OPHS
2003 — Ron J. Anderson, M.D., President  and Chief Executive Officer, Parkland Health and Hospital System
2003 — Kevin Roberg, Delphi Ventures
2002 — Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., M.Ph., President and CEO, National Quality Forum
2001 — Lucian L. Leape, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health
2001 — Marvin Samson, Chief Executive Officer, Samson Medical Technologies
1999 — Richard E. Surface, Director of Professional Relations, Roxane Laboratories
1999 — Daniel Nona, Executive Director, American Council on Pharmaceutical Education
1998 — Gerald C. Wojta, President, Roxane Laboratories
1994 — Kevin E. Lofton, Chief Executive Officer, University of Alabama Hospital
1989 — C. Everett Koop, M.D., former Surgeon General of the United States
1988 — Charles A. LeMaistre, M.D., President, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, University of Texas
1981 — Dan Kushner, Editor, American Druggist
1976 — Donald C. Carner, Executive Vice President, Memorial Hospital Medical Center
1973 — Edmond D. Pellegrino, M.D., Vice President of Health Sciences, State University of New York, Stonybrook
1971 — John D. Porterfield, M.D., Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, Chicago
1969 — James L. Goddard, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C.
1966 — Ray E. Brown, Executive Vice President, Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center, Chicago