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The Honorary Membership Award is presented to an individual who has rendered outstanding service to the College or to the specialty of emergency medicine.
David McKenzie, CAE
Rick Murray, EMT-P, FAEMS
James H. Slaughter, JD
The Honorary Membership Award is a framed certificate. The recipient's name is inscribed on a master plaque at ACEP Headquarters. The recipient is considered a lifelong member of the College, is not required to pay any dues, and cannot vote or hold office but receives all other benefits and privileges of membership.
Any member of the College, or any component body, may nominate persons of distinction who have rendered outstanding service to the College or to the specialty of emergency medicine. Candidates for honorary membership cannot be currently eligible for other categories of College membership. National ACEP staff are eligible for nomination only after leaving employment from ACEP. Chapter executives are eligible for nomination only after leaving employment from the chapter.
The nominee should have made an outstanding contribution to ACEP by significantly helping to achieve one or more of the College’s purposes and objectives. The nominee should serve as a role model for College members, and his/her personal attributes should include, but are not limited to: inspiration, innovation, diplomacy, planning, organization, management and administration, arbitration, consensus building, and decision making.
1969 Richard D. Mudd, MD, PhD (deceased)
1970 John T. Rogers, MD (deceased)
John G. Wiegenstein, MD (deceased)
1971 Robert J. Rathburn, MD (deceased)
1975 R. R. Hannas, Jr., MD (deceased)
James D. Mills, Jr., MD (deceased)
1977 Harris B. Graves, MD (deceased)
1979 Peter Safar, MD (deceased)
1980 A. L. Jenkins, MD
1981 Edward Abson, FRCS (Casualty Surgeons Assn Great Britain)
David Caro, (Casualty Surgeons Assn Great Britain)
John Collins, MD, ChB, MRCS (Casualty Surgeons Assn Great Britain - deceased)
Ronald L. Krome, MD, FACEP
Karl G. Mangold, MD
George Podgorny, MD (deceased)
1982 William T. Haeck, MD (deceased)
1983 Cyril T. M. Cameron, MD (deceased)
Ben E. Moore, MD (deceased)
John A. Rupke, MD (deceased)
William H. Rutherford (Casualty Surgeons Assn Great Britain)
1984 B. Ken Gray, MD, FACEP
Carl Jelenko, III, MD (deceased)
Bill B. Smiley, MD, Ret.
1985 H. Arnold Muller, MD, FACEP
Leonard M. Riggs, Jr., MD
David Wilson, MD (Casualty Surgeons Assn Great Britain)
1986 Jack Leckie, MD (deceased)
John P. McDade, MD (deceased)
Martin J. O'Neill, MD (deceased)
1987 George Adler, MD (deceased)
1988 Brooks F. Bock, MD, FACEP
Kathryn M. Dykgraaf
1989 Frederick Glass, MD
Bruce D. Janiak, MD, FACEP
1990 David Williams, FRCP, MRCGP (Casualty Surgeons Assn Great Britain)
1991 Jacek B. Franaszek, MD, FACEP
Mark M. Lindsey, MD (deceased)
Benson S. Munger, PhD
Frank E. Foss, MD
1992 Robert K. Anzinger, MD, FACEP
John H. Harris, Jr., MD, DSc
1993 Maj. Gen. Norman Kirby, DBE, FRCS (BAEM Past President)
Reinald J. Leidelmeyer, MD
1994 Michael J. Bresler, MD, FACEP
1995 John A. Kitzhaber, MD
Robert M. Williams, MD, DPH, FACEP
1996 John B. McCabe, MD, FACEP
1997 Sandra L. Riggins
1998 Gregory L. Henry, MD, FACEP
Paul Pomeroy, Jr., MD, FACEP
Colin C. Rorrie, Jr., PhD
Ellen Taliaferro, MD, FACEP
1999 Larry A. Bedard, MD, FACEP
2000 Dennis C. Whitehead, MD, FACEP
2001 Nancy J. Auer, MD, FACEP
Jack R. Page, MD, FACEP
Carol S. Rivers, MD, FACEP
2002 Michael D. Bishop, MD, FACEP
Michael E. Gallery, PhD, CAE
Barbara W. Trainor
2003 John C. Moskop, PhD
John C. Moorhead, MD, FACEP
2004 Arthur Cooper, MD, FACS, FAAP, FCCM
Earl Schwartz, MD
Robert W. Schafermeyer, MD, FACEP
2005 Mary Ann Reinhart, PhD
Iris Wiegenstein
2006 David Blunk
Elaine Jastram
Gwen Messler-Harry
2007 David Zabel
2008 Beverly Lynch
Joy Zimmer
2009 James E. Coles, CAE
Ernest E. Moore, Jr., MD, FACEP
2010 Janet Goldberg
Diane K. Bollman (deceased)
2011 Arthur Auer
Leah Heimbach, JD, RN, EMT-P
2012 Bernadette Carr
Edward R. Gaines, III, JD, CCP
E. Nicholas Kestner, III
2013 Caral Edelberg, CPC, CCS-P
2014 Phyllis L. Edans, CPA, CAE (deceased)
2015 Marilyn Bromley, RN
W. Calvin Chaney, JD, CAE
Virginia Kennedy-Palys, JD
2016 Beth P. Brunner
Barbara Burgess
2017 Patty Stowe, CAE
Laura L. Tiberi, CAE
Gordon B. Wheeler
2018 Marjorie A. Geist, RN, PhD, CAE
Barbara Tomar, MPH
2019 Lowell Gerson, PhD
Laura Gore
2020 Pat Hughes, CMP
Jane Scott, ScD, MSN
Hugh Dean Wilkerson, JD, MBA, CAE
2021 Sally Winkelman
2022 Brad Gruehn
Margaret Montgomery, RN, MSN
John "Jack" Rozel, MD, MSL, DFAPA
William Todd Thomas, CPC, CCS-P
2023 Harry Monroe
2024 David McKenzie, CAE
Rick Murray, EMT-P, FAEMS
James H. Slaughter, JD
Any member of the College, or any component body, may nominate a member by submitting a completed nomination form. Submit the nomination form, nominee's curriculum vitae, and up to 3 letters of support through the online nomination form located on the ACEP website. Letters of support are greatly encouraged and are at the discretion of the nominator. Additionally, a nominee should have only one nomination whether from an individual or a component body. All entries must be submitted no later than March 17, 2025, for consideration by the Awards Committee. Receipt of each nomination will be confirmed by e-mail. Please follow up if you do not receive a confirmation.
The Awards Committee will judge the entries, with its recommendations subject to review by the ACEP Board of Directors. The decision of the Board is final, and the Board reserves the right to make no award if there are no nominees of sufficient merit.
