George M. Kober Medal and Lectureship explained
The George M. Kober Medal and Lectureship are two different awards by the Association of American Physicians (AAP) in honor of one of its early presidents, George M. Kober. The George M. Kober Lectureship, is an honor given to an AAP member "for outstanding research contributions which have extraordinary impact on patients"; beginning in 1925, the Lectureship has been awarded every three years. The George M. Kober Medal, started in 1927, has, beginning in 1929, been awarded annually (except for 1944 and 1946) to an AAP member "whose lifetime efforts have had an enormous impact ..."[1]
Prize winners
George M. Kober Lectureship
- 1925: John J. Abel, Baltimore
- 1928: Simon Flexner, New York
- 1931: Frederick George Novy, Ann Arbor
- 1934: Walter B. Cannon, Boston
- 1937: Ludvig Hektoen, Chicago
- 1940: William George MacCallum, Baltimore
- 1943: Eugene L. Opie, New York
- 1946: Peyton Rous, New York
- 1949: Homer F. Swift, New York
- 1952: Arthur L. Bloomfield, San Francisco
- 1955: James Howard Means, Boston
- 1958: Homer W. Smith, New York
- 1961: Rene J. Dubos, New York
- 1964: Frank L. Horsfall, Jr., New York
- 1967: Francis D. Lukens, Pittsburgh
- 1970: Robert A. Good, Minneapolis
- 1973: Lewis Thomas, New York
- 1977: Arno G. Motulsky, Seattle
- 1980: Grant W. Liddle, Nashville
- 1982: Bengt Samuelsson, Stockholm
- 1985: Oscar D. Ratnoff, Cleveland
- 1988: Anthony S. Fauci, Bethesda
- 1991: Philip W. Majerus, St. Louis
- 1994: Bert Vogelstein, Baltimore
- 1997: Mark Keating, Salt Lake City
- 2000: Francis Collins, Bethesda
- 2003: Stanley Korsmeyer, Boston
- 2006: Robert Lefkowitz, Durham
- 2009: Michael J. Welsh, Iowa City
- 2012: Barry S. Coller, New York
- 2015: P. Frederick Sparling, Chapel Hill
- 2018: Helen H. Hobbs, Dallas
- 2021: Jean Bennett, Pennsylvania
George M. Kober Medal
References
- Web site: George M. Kober Medal and Lectureship. Association of American Physicians. (In the AAP's list the names to the right of some of the Medal winners are those AAP members who provided the introductions to the contributions of the Medal winners. Example: 2021 Jeffrey I. Gordon David Perlmutter Gordon receives Kober Medal)
- 10.1126/science.66.1698.55.a. Scientific Notes and News. Science. 1927. 66. 1698. 55. 239571746.
- 10.1126/science.66.1697.21. Presentation of the Kober Medal to Dr. William H. Welch. 1927. Kober. George M.. Welch. William H.. Science. 66. 1697. 21–25. 17816768. 1927Sci....66...21..
- Web site: Dean Linda Fried Awarded George M. Kober Medal for Lifetime Scientific and Mentorship Achievements. columbia.edu. Columbia Public Health. 2021-04-14. en.