The Sedgwick Memorial Medal, given by the

American Public Health Association The American Public Health Association (APHA) is a Washington, D.C.–based professional membership and advocacy organization for public health professionals in the United States. APHA is the largest professional organization of public health pr ...

, was established in 1929 for distinguished service and advancement of

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the de ...

knowledge and practice. It is considered the APHA's highest honor. The medal is established in honour of

William Thompson Sedgwick William Thompson Sedgwick (December 29, 1855 – January 25, 1921) was a teacher, epidemiologist, bacteriologist, and a key figure in shaping public health in the United States. Focused on eliminating typhoid, Sedgwick helped create the Sedgwick- ...

(1855–1921).

Award recipients

Source
APHA
* 1929

Charles V. Chapin Charles Value Chapin (January 17, 1856 – January 31, 1941) was an American pioneer in public health research and practice during the Progressive Era. He was superintendent of health for Providence, Rhode Island between 1884 and 1932. He es ...

* 1930

Theobald Smith Theobald Smith Royal Society of London, FRS(For) HFRSE (July 31, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was a pioneering epidemiology, epidemiologist, bacteriologist, pathology, pathologist and professor. Smith is widely considered to be America's first int ...

* 1931 George W. McCoy * 1932 William H. Park * 1933 Milton J. Rosenau * 1934 Edwin O. Jordon * 1935 Haven Emerson * 1936

Frederick F. Russell Brigadier General Frederick Fuller Russell (1870 – December 29, 1960) was a U.S. Army physician who perfected a typhoid vaccine in 1909. In 1911, a typhoid vaccination program was carried out to have the entire U.S. Army immunized. As a dir ...

* 1938 Wade H. Frost * 1939 Thomas Parran * 1940

Hans Zinsser Hans Zinsser (November 17, 1878 – September 4, 1940) was an American physician, bacteriologist, and prolific author. The author of over 200 books and medical articles, he was also a published poet. Some of his verses were published in '' ...

* 1941 Charles Armstrong * 1942 C.E.A. Winslow * 1943 James S. Simmons * 1944 Ernest W. Goodpasture * 1946 Karl F. Meyer * 1947 Reginald M. Atwater * 1948

Abel Wolman Abel Wolman (June 10, 1892 – February 22, 1989) was an American engineer, educator and pioneer of modern sanitary engineering. His professional career left impacts in academia, sanitary engineering research, environmental and public health servi ...

* 1949 Henry F. Vaughan * 1950 Rolla Eugene Dyer * 1951 Edward S. Godfrey * 1952

Kenneth F. Maxcy Kenneth F. Maxcy (July 27, 1889 – December 12, 1966) was an American virologist. He was a professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Chair of the JHSPH Department of Epid ...

* 1953 Carl E. Buck * 1954 Willson G. Smillie * 1955 Albert J. Chesley * 1956 Frederick W. Jackson * 1957 Lowell J. Reed * 1958

Martha May Eliot Martha May Eliot (April 7, 1891 – February 14, 1978), was a foremost pediatrician and specialist in public health, an assistant director for WHO, and an architect of New Deal and postwar programs for maternal and child health. Her first importan ...

* 1959 Louis I. Dublin * 1960 Fred T. Foard * 1961 Frank G. Boudreau * 1962 Ira V. Hiscock * 1963 Gaylord W. Anderson * 1964 Leona Baumgartner * 1965 Willimina R. Walsh * 1966 Fred L. Soper * 1967 George Baehr * 1968 Herman E. Hilleboe * 1969 Marion W. Sheahan * 1970 Hugh R. Leavell * 1971 Margaret G. Arnstein * 1972 Paul B. Cornely * 1973 Isidore S. Falk * 1974 Myron E. Wegman * 1975 Leroy Edgar Burney * 1976 Malcolm H. Merrill * 1977

Lester Breslow Lester Breslow (March 17, 1915 in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA – April 9, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American physician who promoted public health. Breslow's career had a significant impact. He is credited with pioneering chron ...

* 1978 M. Allen Pond * 1979 Doris E. Roberts * 1980 Lorin E. Kerr * 1981 Dwight F. Metzler * 1982 C. Rufus Rorem * 1983 Milton I. Roemer * 1984 Milton Terris * 1985 Henrik L. Blum * 1986 C. Arden Miller * 1987 Larry J. Gordon * 1988 Dorothy P. Rice * 1989 Clarence L. Brumback * 1990 Cecil G. Sheps * 1991

Ruth Roemer Ruth Roemer (1916 – August 1, 2005) was an American lawyer and public health researcher who championed the importance of human rights in the field of public health.Woo, Elaine. "Ruth Roemer, 89; Pioneer in Public Health Law Was Active in Tobacc ...

* 1992 Julius B. Richmond * 1993 William H. Foege * 1994 William H. McBeath * 1995 Joyce Lashof * 1996 Leonard Schuman * 1997 Victor W. Sidel * 1998 H. Jack Geiger * 1999 Avedis Donabedian * 2000 Philip R. Lee * 2001 Myron Allukian * 2002 C. William Keck * 2003 E. Richard Brown * 2004 Kenneth Olden * 2005 Barry S. Levy * 2006 Jonathan E. Fielding * 2007 Mohammad N. Akhter * 2008 John Murray Last * 2009 Robert S. Lawrence * 2010 William Schaffner * 2011

David Satcher David Satcher (born March 2, 1941) is an American physician, and public health administrator. He is a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the 11th Assistant Secretary for Health, and the ...

* 2012 Richard Joseph Jackson * 2013 Douglas Bernard Kirby * 2014 Howard K. Koh * 2015 Hortensia Amaro * 2016 Lawrence W. Green * 2017 José F. Cordero * 2018

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey (born September 25, 1954) is an American medical doctor and executive who served as president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from 2003 to 2017. She was the first woman and the first African-American to head t ...

* 2019 F. Douglas Scutchfield * 2020 Robert K. Ross * 2021 Oliver T. Fein * 2022 Wafaa El-Sadr

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