DA Henderson Archive: Honors & Awards

United States

Year	Sponsor	Award	Notes
2002	Office of the President	Presidential Medal of Freedom
1986	Office of the President	National Medal of Science
1978	National Academy of Sciences	Public Welfare Medal

2015	National Foundation for Infectious Diseases	Dr. Charles Mérieux Award for Achievement in Vaccinology and Immunology
2011	National Institute of Social Sciences	Gold Medal
2010	Weills Cornell Medicine, Cornell University	B.H. Keane Medal
2008	State University of New York (Downstate)	Ailanthus Award
2007	University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health	International Hero Award
2006	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Visiting Professor
2006	Midwestern Research Institute	Trustee Citation
2005	University of Rochester School of Medicine	Hutchison Medal for Distinguished Public Service
2004	American Council on Science and Health	Award for Distinguished Achievement
2003	National Institutes of Health Alumni Association	Public Service Award
2003	University of Rochester School of Medicine	Distinguished Alumnus Award
2003	Brown University, Center for Biodefense	September Eleventh Award
2003	American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)	The 50 Most Innovative Americans over 50
2002	Infectious Diseases Society of America	Joseph Smadel Medal
2002	University of Rochester School of Medicine	Arthur Kornberg Research Award
2002	The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine	Dean's Medal Special Recognition Award
2002	Clan Henderson Society	Order of the Chief
2001	New York Academy of Medicine	Sylvia and Herbert Berger Award
2000	The Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy	Science Award

1999	Columbia University, School of Public Health	Frank Calderone Prize	Bioterrorism: myths and realities; Commemoraitve booklet
1999	University of Kansas	Takeru Higuchi Memorial Award
1998	The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine	Visiting Professor
1996	Infectious Diseases Society of America	Society Citation
1995	New York Academy of Medicine	John Stearns Award
1994	Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Foundation	1st Sabin Gold Medal
1993	American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	Walter Reed Medal
1993	Rotary International	Paul Harris Fellow
1993	City of Durham, North Carolina	City of Medicine Award
1993	Award for Leadership in International Health	National Council for International Health
1992	American College of Preventive Medicine	Special Recognition Award
1992	Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities	Award of Excellence
1992	U.S. Public Health Service	Surgeon General’s Medallion
1992	The Johns Hopkins University	Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Government Service
1992	The Johns Hopkins University, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing	Founder’s Award
1992	Special Recognition Award	American College of Preventive Medicine
1991	John R. Hogness Award	Assoc of Academic Health Centers	Academic health centers and the health of the nation
1991	American College of Epidemiology	Abraham Lilienfeld Award
1990	Governor's Salute to Excellence	Governor of Maryland
1990	Certification of Appreciation	US Agency for International Development
1990	Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges	Hall of Fame
1990	Vanderbilt University	School of Medicine Medal

1986	Charles A. Dana Foundation	Award for Pioneering Achievements in Health
1986	U.S. General Accounting Office	Comptroller General’s Special Recognition
1986	Alumni Hall of Fame	Lakewood [OH] High School Alumni Assoc
1985	North Carolina Educational, Historical, and Scientific Foundation	Albert Schweitzer International Prize for Medicine	Acceptance speech
1984	Michigan State University	Walter F. Patenge Medal of Public Service
1982	The Johns Hopkins University	Distinguished Alumnus Award
1980	Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society	Outstanding Alumnus Award

1979	Blue Cross-Blue Shield	50th Anniversary Distinguished Service Award	* Prevention and public health
1979	U.S. Association for the United Nations	Joseph C. Wilson Award for Achievement and Promise in International Affairs	First eradication of a human disease
1978	American College of Physicians	James D. Bruce Memorial Award
1976	U.S. Public Health Service	Distinguished Service Medal
1975	American Public Health Association	Rosenhaus International Award

1966	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Sustained Superior Performance Award
1964	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Superior Service Award
1963	U.S. Public Health Service	Commendation Medal
1954	Cushing Prize in the History of Medicine	Univ of Rochester School of Medicine	Epidemic cholera: Rochester 1832

International

Year	Sponsor	Award	Notes
2015	Kingdom of Thailand	Prince Mahidol Award for Public Health
2013	Republic of China	Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon
2007	Kingdom of Thailand	Knight Grand Cross of the Most Admirable Order of Direkgunabhorn
2004	Government of Italy, Ministero della Salute	Silver Medal
2004	Government of Lebanon, Ministry of Public Health	Certificate of Appreciation
2004	European Council on Travel Medicine	Ulysses of the III Millennium Award
2002	Pan-American Health Organization	Hero of Public Health Award
2000	Government of Brazil	Oswaldo Cruz Commemorative Centenary Medal

1999	International Union of Microbiological Societies, Australian Society for Microbiology	Certificate of Merit
1999	Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and D.V. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology	100 Years of Virology Medal
1996	Royal Society of Medicine	Edward Jenner Medal
1995	Government of Brazil	Oswaldo Cruz Gold Medal of Merit
1995	Royal Society of Medicine	Burroughs Wellcome Visiting Professor
1993	Donald Reid Medal	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Univ of London
1990	World Health Organization	Health for All Medal
1990	Pan-American Health Organization	Special Commendation Award

1988	Government of Japan	Japan Prize [awarded jointly to DA Henderson, Isao Arita, Frank Fenner]	The eradication of smallpox
1988	Republic of China	Health Medal of the First Grade
1988	Government of Uruguay	Medal of Abnegation
1988	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	Honorary Professor
1987	Seventh World Congress of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War	Commemorative Award
1986	Royal Society of Medicine	Richard T. Hewitt Award for Achievement in the Improvement of Human Health
1983	Gairdner Foundation	International Award of Merit	Lessons learned from the smallpox experience

1979	Government of Ethiopia	Medal for Contributions to Health
1977	People's Republic of Bangladesh and WHO	Certificate of Appreciation
1976	Government of Afghanistan	Roghtya Neshan (Health Medal)
1976	Jung Foundation for Science and Research	1st Ernst Jung-Preis für Medizin	Laudatio and acceptance speech
1976	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	George McDonald Medal
1975	Government of India, Minister of Health and Family Planning	Special Award
1975	Indian Society for Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases	Special Award

Degree	University	Year
MD	Université de Genève	1980
LLD	Marietta College	1978
LLD	University of Minnesota	2003
LHD	State University of New York	1984
LHD	Towson State University	1994
LHD	The Johns Hopkins University	1994
ScD	University of Rochester	1977
ScD	Oberlin College	1978
ScD	University of Illinois	1979
ScD	University of Maryland	1980
ScD	Yale University	1986
ScD	Albany Medical College	1986
ScD	Lafayette College	1991
ScD	University of Missouri	1992
ScD	University of South Carolina	2004
ScD	New Jersey University of Medicine and Dentistry	2004
ScD	Clarkson University	2006

Year	University
*1977	Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health — Henderson's first Convocation as Dean of the School
*1978	University of Southern California School of Medicine
*1980	Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health — Dean's address to Convocation
1984	University of California (San Diego) School of Medicine
1984	Michigan State Univ College of Osteopathic Medicine
1988	San Diego State University School of Public Health
*1990	Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health — Henderson's final Convocation as Dean of the School
1992	Univ of Missouri School of Medicine
1993	Univ of Missouri
1994	University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
1994	Towson University
1998	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
2002	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2002	University of Rochester School of Medicine
2002	University of Minnesota
2003	University of Minnesota School of Public Health
*2004	University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
2004	New Jersey Univ of Medicine and Dentistry
2005	University of Rochester
2008	State U. of New York, Downstate School of Medicine
*2013	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

DA Henderson Archive: Honors & Awards

United States

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