The ASM Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women is an award given by the
American Society for Microbiology
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), originally the Society of American Bacteriologists, is a professional organization for scientists who study viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, and protozoa as well as other aspects of microbiology. It wa ...
(ASM) to an ASM member who has made outstanding contributions to the status of women in microbiology and related sciences. The award aims to promote full participation and equal opportunity for women in microbiology. The award is named in honor of
Alice Catherine Evans, the first woman to become an ASM president.
Recipients
The awardees are:
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* 2023:
Lorraine Findlay
* 2022:
Gemma Reguera
* 2021:
Jennifer B. Glass
* 2020:
Caitilyn Allen
* 2019:
Hazel Barton
* 2018:
Carolyn Teschke
* 2017:
Diane Griffin
* 2016:
Carol Gross
* 2015:
Nancy Hopkins
* 2014:
Bonnie L. Bassler
* 2013:
Joan Steitz
Joan Elaine Argetsinger Steitz (born January 26, 1941) is an American biochemist and molecular biologist, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, the Director of the Molecular Genetics Program at the Boyer Center for Molecul ...
* 2012:
Micah I. Krichevsky
* 2011:
Susan L. Forsburg
* 2010:
Sara Rothman
* 2009:
Millicent Goldschmidt
* 2008:
Jo Handelsman
Jo Emily Handelsman (born March 19, 1959) is the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is also a Vilas Research Professor and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. Handelsman was appoint ...
* 2007:
Martha M. Howe
* 2006:
Joan W. Bennett
* 2005:
Helen Conrad Davies
* 2004:
Marian C. Johnson-Thompson
* 2003:
Eva Ruth Kashket
* 2002:
Marlene Belfort
* 2001:
Alice Shih-hou Huang
* 2000:
Anne Morris Hooke
* 1999:
Ruth L. Kirschstein
* 1998:
Arnold L. Demain
* 1997:
Ellen Jo Baron
* 1996:
Jean E. Brenchley
* 1994:
Barbara Iglewski
* 1993:
Lorraine Friedman
Lorraine Friedman (January 1, 1919, Dawson, New Mexico – February 12, 2001, Osyka, Mississippi) was an American medical mycologist who was recruited to Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana) to create a center for medical mycology. She wa ...
* 1992:
Ruth E. Gordon
* 1991: no award
* 1990:
Margaret Pittman
* 1989:
Viola Mae Young-Horvath
* 1988:
Rita R. Colwell
Rita Rossi Colwell (born November 23, 1934) is an American environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator. Colwell holds degrees in bacteriology, genetics, and oceanography and studies infectious diseases. Colwell is the founder and C ...
* 1986:
Elizabeth O'Hern
* 1985:
Loretta Leive
* 1983:
Frederick C. Neidhardt
References
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Awards established in 1983
Microbiology awards