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Awards & 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 Award Recipient, Class Year 2006 Mathew H. M. Lee, 1956 2005 Richard F. Leighton, 1955 2004 John C. Blasko, 1969 2003 Frank J. Ayd Jr., 1945 2002 Norton Spritz, 1952 2001 Morton M. Mower, 1959 2000 Leonard T. Kurland, 1945 1999 Celeste L. Woodward, 1938 1998 Leonard J. Morse,1955 1997 James J. Cerda, 1961 1996 William I. Wolff, 1940 1995 P. David Myerowitz, 1970 1994 Michael A. Kaliner, 1967 1993 Michael B. A. Oldstone, 1961 1992 Lewis R. Caplan , 1962 1991 Mario R. Garcia Palmieri, 1951 1990 John M. Dennis, 1945 1989 Arlie R. Mansberger, Jr., 1947 1988 David A. Kipnis, 1951 1987 John D. Young, 1941 1986 R. Adam Cowley, 1944 1985 William S. Kiser, 1953 1984 Joseph R. Guyther, 1943D 1983 Ephraim T. Lisansky, 1937 1982 Schuyler G. Kohl, 1940 1981 Isadore Tuerk, 1934 1980 Aaron Feder, 1938 1979 Robert E. Wise, 1943 1978 Herbert Berger, 1932 1977 John Z. Bowers, 1938	Year Award Recipient, Class Year 1976 William H. Triplett, 1911 1975 Benjamin M. Stein, 1935 1974 Theodore E. Woodward, 1938 1973 George H. Yeager, 1929 1972 John A. Wagner, 1938 1971 W. Houston Toulson, 1913 1970 Abraham H. Finkelstein, 1927 1969 Franklin Mason Sones, 1943D 1968 Thomas B. Turner, 1925 1967 Eva F. Dodge, 1925 1966 T. Nelson Carey, 1927 1965 Theodore McCann Davis, 1914 1964 Hugh R. Spencer, 1910 1963 Louis A.M. Krause, 1917 1962 Arturo Raymond Casilli, 1914 1961 Walter D. Wise, 1906 1960 Stanley E. Bradley, 1938 1959 Edgar B. Friedenwald, 1903 1958 Norman T. Kirk, 1910 1957 Charles Reid Edwards, 1913 1956 Joseph Nataro, 1925 1955 George W. Rice, 1916 1954 Fred W. Rankin, 1909 1953 Emil Novak, 1904 1952 Louis A. Buie, 1915 1951 George E. Bennett, 1909 1950 Arnold D. Tuttle, 1906 1949 Nolan D.C. Lewis, 1914 1948 W. Wayne Babcock, 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: The awardee to be selected on basis of outstanding service to the Medical Alumni Association of the University of Maryland, Inc. The awardee must be a member of the Medical Alumni Association. An award need not be given each year. Except in most unusual circumstances, no more than two persons should receive the award in any one year. The Board of Directors should act as the selection committee for the awardee. 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 Award Recipient(s), Class Year 2006 Mark M. Applefeld, 1969 2005 Morton D. Kramer, 1955 2004 Morton M. Krieger, 1952 2003 John O. Sharrett, 1952 2002 George Lentz, 1957 2001 Joseph S. McLaughlin, 1956 2000 Thomas E. Hunt Jr., 1954 Bernice Sigman, 1960 1999 J. Walter Smyth, 1954 1998 Sylvan Frieman, 1953 1997 Theodore C. Patterson, 1962	Year Award Recipient(s), Class Year 1996 James A. Roberts, 1946 1995 John M. Dennis, 1945 1994 James Frenkil , 1937 1993 Thomas E. Connor, 1946 1992 Theodore E. Woodward, 1938 1991 Benjamin M. Stein, 1935 1990 Henry H. Startzman, Jr., 1950 1989 Virginia Huffer , 1950 1988 Gibson J. Wells, 1936 1987 Isadore Tuerk, 1934 1986 George H. Yeager, 1929 William J. R. Dunseath, 1959