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       2011 Stuart Fine 1966 2010 Elijah Saunders 1960 2009 Irving J. Taylor 1943 2008 Donald H. Gilden 1963 2007 Robert O. Hickman 1957 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 Louis 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	Year  Award Recipient Class        1978 Herbert Berger 1932 1977 John Z. Bowers 1938 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        2011 Carolyn J. Pass 1966 2011 Richard M. Susel 1966 2010 Selvin Passen 1960 2009 Irving J. Taylor 1943 2008 Alice B. Heisler 1963 2008 Murray A. Kalish 1963 2007 Philip A. Mackowiak 1970 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 2000 Bernice Sigman 1962 1999 J. Walter Smyth 1954	Year   Award Recipient(s), Class        1998 Sylvan Frieman 1953 1997 Theodore C. Patterson 1962 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 1986 William J. R. Dunseath 1961