My Nominations for ASTHO S 2011 Annual Awards Program Are As Follows

AWARD NOMINATIONS

My nominations for ASTHO’s 2011 Annual Awards Program are as follows:

McCormack Award: Please refer to list of State and Territorial Health Officials eligible for award on the Award Description page.

Swearingen Award:

Excellence in Public Health Award-National:

Excellence in Public Health Award-State:

Alumni Award:

Signature State Date

Please submit your nominations to Ramon Bonzon via email ([email protected]) or fax (571- 527-3189) by FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2011. AWARD DESCRIPTIONS

McCormack Award Established in 1950 to honor the late Arthur T. McCormack, a Kentucky State Health Official, the McCormack Award is presented each year to a current, or in some cases, a former, public health official who has served in public health for at least ten years, been a Chief State Health Official for at least five years, demonstrated excellence and has made a significant contribution to the knowledge and practice of the field. Because of the strict qualifications for this award, only a certain number of current State and Territorial Health Officials are eligible to be honored. The eligible nominees for the 2010 Arthur T. McCormack Award are: 1. Chris Curtis, MPH, West Virginia Commissioner of Public Health since July 2002 2. William D. Hacker, MD, Kentucky’s Commissioner of Health since November 2004 3. Paul K. Halverson, DrPH, Arkansas’ Director and State Health Officer since July 2005 4. Doneen B. Hollingsworth, South Dakota’s Secretary of Health since October 1995 5. C. Earl Hunter, MBA, South Carolina’s Commissioner since August 2001 6. Joann Schaefer, MD, Nebraska’s Director since September 2005 7. Joseph K. Villagomez, Northern Marianas Islands’ Secretary since January 2006

Swearingen Award Since 1979, the Noble J. Swearingen Award, named for a former Executive Director of ASTHO, has been bestowed on one individual in public health administration who has ten or more years of experience in a state health agency and five or more years in service to the ASTHO Senior Deputy Committee or in some other capacity. Previous recipients of the Swearingen Award include: Jeffrey L. Lake, MS (VA), 2010 Chris Hoke, JD (NC), 1997 Lisa F. Waddell, MD, MPH (SC), 2009 Nancy Kirsch (AR), 1996 Eric C. Blank, DrPH (MO), 2008 Joseph D. Kimbrell, MA (LA), 1995 Steven Boedigheimer, MBA (AR), 2007 Randy Schwartz, MSPH, (ME), 1994 Joan Brewster (WA), 2006 William J. Waters, Jr., PhD (RI), 1993 Lorne A. Phillips, PhD (KS), 2005 Alan Grubb, PhD, (OK) 1992 James S. Blumenstock (NJ), 2004 Sheldon Elman (UT), 1991 Kaye W. Bender, RN, PhD (MS), 2003 Lee Thielen, (CO), 1990 David J. Fries (IA), 2002 Charlie Stokes, (MO), 1989 Kathy C. Vincent, LCSW (AL), 2001 Peter Galbraith, MD, (CT), 1988 Laura B. Landrum (IL), 2000 Donald Lyman, MD, MPH, (CA), 1986 Frank Bright (OH), 1999 Thomas W. Williamson, (MS), 1985 Georges Benjamin, MD (MD), 1998 John T. Tierney, MSW, (RI), 1984 Excellence in Public Health Award Occasionally, the Association presents its Excellence in Public Health Award to recognize outstanding service on behalf of the public health community. Traditionally the award is presented in two categories, national-level and state-level and is for outstanding national leadership in promoting health and preventing disease as an alternative to more costly payments for sickness and illness. Past recipients include: Jay C. Butler, MD, FAAP, FACP David W. Fleming, MD Jean Chabut, MPH Thomas L. Milne Richard E. Besser, MD Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH Tim Wiedrich Andrew W. Nichols, MD, MPH James S. Marks, MD Claude Earl Fox, MD, MPH Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Mississippi State Attorney General Michael Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN Moore Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH Charles George Ray, MD George E. Hardy, Jr., MD, MPH US Senator Tom Harkin Governor Mike Huckabee Jim Mason Lance E. Rodewald, MD Walter Orenstein Jeanne M. Santoli, MD, MPH Philip R. Lee, MD Secretary Tommy G. Thompson J. Michael McGinnis, MD Joseph M. Henderson, MPA Nancy Rawling Thomas J. Burch US Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH of Health, David Satcher, MD, MPH Joan Henneberry Paul Wiesner, MD Guthrie S. Birkhead, MD, MPH US Representative John Porter William H. Foege, MD, MPH Stephanie Bailey, MD, MPH

Alumni Award ASTHO’s Alumni Award is presented to a former chief state health official who has demonstrated his/her continued commitment to public health. Previous winners include: Howard K. Koh MD, MPH (2010) Charles S. Mahan, MD (2000) Diana Bontá, RN, DrPH (2009) Eric T. Baumgartner, MD, MPH (2000) Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP (2008) Bernard J. Turnock, MD, MPH, (1999) Leslie M. Beitsch, MD, JD (2007) Tom Vernon, MD (1998) Jan Malcolm (2006) Kristine M. Gebbie, RN, PhD (1997) F. E. Thompson, Jr., MD, MPH (2005) Hugh Tilson, MPH, DrPH (1996) Christine M. Grant, JD, MBA (2004) Christopher G. Atchison, MPA (2003) David R. Smith, MD (2002) Claude Earl Fox, MD, MPH (2001)