National Safety Council Award
- Purpose
Recognition of outstanding service to safety by surgeons or surgical organizations. The Surgeons' Award for Service to Safety is sponsored by the National Safety Council and nominated by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the ACS Committee on Trauma.
- Objectives
- Strengthen the work of surgeons or surgical organizations by identifying and enhancing their emphasis on the interlocking problems of the prevention and restoration of accidental injuries.
- Strengthen the work of safety councils through the increased participation of surgeons in organized accident prevention activities.
- Continue progress in the development of criteria to ascertain the effectiveness of activities conducted for the prevention of accidents.
- Strengthen the work of surgeons or surgical organizations by identifying and enhancing their emphasis on the interlocking problems of the prevention and restoration of accidental injuries.
- Sponsor
National Safety Council
- Criteria
Individuals or organizations, that through their services or activities make outstanding contributions to the prevention of accidents, establish or demonstrate methods and results adaptable to other individuals or groups, or result in stimulating others to undertake or take part in safety projects or programs.
- Past recipients
1960 George J. Curry 1961 Charles G. Johnson 1962 Robert H. Kennedy 1963 R. Arnold Griswold 1964 Harrison L. McLaughlin 1965 Preston A. Wade 1966 Isidore Cohn 1967 Paul Magnuson 1968 Oscar P. Hampton, Jr. 1969 John P. North 1970 Rudolph J. Noer 1971 William T. Fitts, Jr. 1972 Sam Banks 1973 Joseph D. Farrington 1974 Curtis P. Artz 1975 Jack Wickstrom 1976 Sawnie R. Gaston 1977 John A. Moncrief 1978 Robert W. Gillespie 1979 John H. Davis 1980 Henry C. Cleveland 1981 Walter A. Hoyt, Jr. 1982 C. Thomas Thompson 1983 John E. Raaf 1984 G. Tom Shires 1985 Fraser N. Gurd 1986 Carlton Mathewson, Jr. 1987 Robert J. Freeark 1988 Alexander C. Hering 1989 Donald D. Trunkey 1990 J. Cuthbert Owens 1991 Basil A. Pruitt, Jr. 1992 Paul E. Collicott 1993 George F. Sheldon 1994 John D. States 1995 Gerald W. Shaftan 1996 Barbara A. Barlow 1997 H. David Root 1998 Norman E. McSwain 1999 F. William Blaisdell 2000 Charles C. Wolferth, Jr. 2001 C. James Carrico 2002 Charles Aprahamian 2003 Norman M. Rich 2004 Charles E. Lucas 2005 Lenworth M. Jacobs, Jr. 2006 David R. Boyd
Revised September 7, 2007