Past Recipients (listed with their titles at the time the honor was conferred)

2014 José Jalife, M.D. Professor of Internal Medicine and The Cyrus and Jane Farrehi Professor of Cardiovascular Research Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology Director, Center for Arrhytmia Research University of Michigan

2012 Andras Nagy, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Senior Investigator, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute University of Toronto

2010 Kevin P. Campbell, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Director, Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center and Chair, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics University of Iowa

2009 Friedrich C. Luft, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Director of the Experimental and Clinical Research Center at the Max-Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany Chief of Nephrology and Hypertension HELIOS Hospital in Berlin-Buch, Germany

2007 Howard J. Jacob, Ph.D. Director, Human and Molecular Genetics Center Warren P. Knowles Chair in Genetics Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2005 John L. Hall, Ph.D. Arthur C. Guyton Professor and Chair Department of Physiology and Biophysics Director of the Center of Excellence in Cardiovascular-Renal Research Associate Vice-Chancellor of Research University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi

2003 Gabor Kaley, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Physiology New York Medical College Valhalla, New York

2000 Hermes A. Kontos, M.D., Ph.D. Vice President for Health Sciences Dean, School of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Richmond, Virginia

1998 William J. Koopman, M.D. Chairman, Department of Medicine University of Alabama School of Medicine Birmingham, Alabama

1995 Suzanne Oparil, M.D. Director, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease Professor of Medicine University of Alabama School of Medicine Birmingham, Alabama

1994 Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D. Millard Professor of Medicine Head, Section of Biomedical Gerontology University of Nebraska College of Medicine Omaha, Nebraska

1993 Edward Bresnick, Ph.D. James C. Chilcott Professor and Chairman Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Dartmouth Medical School Director, Norris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Hanover, New Hampshire

1991 John T. Shepherd, M.D., D.Sc. Professor Department of Physiology and Biophysics Mayo Medical School Rochester, Minnesota

1990 Michael Joseph Kuhar, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Psychiatry The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Chief, Neuroscience Branch, Addiction Research Center National Institute on Drug Abuse Baltimore, Maryland

1989 John Bienenstock, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C) Professor of Medicine and Pathology McMaster University Health Sciences Center Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

1988 Oswald Ross McIntyre, M.D. Professor of Medicine Dartmouth Medical School Hanover, New Hampshire

1987 Russell J. Reiter, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroendocrinology Department of Cellular and Structural Biology The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

1986 Joseph P. Gilmore, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of Nebraska College of Medicine Omaha, Nebraska

1983 Marshall Nirenberg, Ph.D. 1968 Nobel Laureate - Physiology/or Medicine Chief, Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland

1981 Julius Axelrod, Ph.D. 1970 Nobel Laureate - Physiology/or Medicine Chief, Section of Pharmacology Laboratory of Clinical Science National Institute of Mental Health Bethesda, Maryland

1979 Bernard Lown, M.D. Professor of Cardiology Howard University Washington, D.C.

1977 Robert N. Butler, M.D. Director, National Institute on Aging National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD

1976 Eugene Braunwald, M.D. Hersey Professor of Theory and Practice of Physics Head of the Department of Medicine Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Boston, Massachusetts

1975 E. Donnall Thomas, M.D. Professor of Medicine; Chief of Oncology University of Washington School of Medicine Director, Medical Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, Washington

1974 Robert W. Berliner, M.D. Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut

1973 The Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan Ambassador to India

1972 Arthur C. Guyton, M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of Mississippi School of Medicine Jackson, Mississippi