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Paul Starr Award The Paul Starr Award is supported in part by a contribution from long-time member Boris Catz, MD, and by King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bristol, Tennessee. The award is specifically intended to acknowledge an outstanding contributor to clinical thyroidology.
| 1981 | Charles Edmonds | 1990 | ITC | 1999 | Arthur B. Schneider |
| 1982 | Albert G. Burger | 1991 | Samuel Refetoff | 2000 | ITC |
| 1983 | Aldo Pinchera | 1992 | John Stanbury | 2001 | Colum Gorman |
| 1984 | John Nicoloff | 1993 | Orlo H. Clark | 2002 | Hossein Gharib |
| 1985 | ITC | 1994 | Ian D. Hay | 2003 | E. Chester Ridgway |
| 1986 | Hugo Studer | 1995 | ITC | 2004 | Paul Walfish |
| 1987 | Reginald Hall | 1996 | Geraldo A. Medeiros-Neto | 2005 | ITC |
| 1988 | Lewis E. Braverman | 1997 | John T. Dunn | 2006 | Jayne Franklyn |
| 1989 | G. Hennemann | 1998 | Ernest L. Mazzaferri | 2007 | Kenneth Burman |
| 2008 | Furio Pacini |
Van Meter Award
The Van Meter Award, supported by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, is awarded to a person who has made outstanding contributions to research on the thyroid gland or related subjects. The awardee must not be older than the age of 45 in the year of the award.
| 1930 | William F. Reinhoff, Jr. | 1969 | F. Enzmann | 2003 | Yaron Tomer |
| 1931 | Bruce Webster | 1969 | J. Boler | 2004 | Antonio Bianco |
| 1932 | Donald McEachern | 1969 | K. Folkers | 2005 | Charis Eng |
| 1933 | Anne M. Heyman | 1971 | Ira Pastan | 2006 | Douglas Forrest |
| 1934 | M.A.B. Brazier | 1972 | Robert D. Utiger | 2007 | Yuri Nikiforov |
| 1936 | Eduard Uhlenhuth | 1973 | Martin I. Surks | 2008 | Yun-Bo Shi |
| 1939 | T.L. Althausen | 1974 | Kenneth A. Woeber | ||
| 1940 | Brien T. King | 1975 | Herbert H. Samuels | ||
| 1941 | Asher Chapman | 1976 | P. Reed Larsen | ||
| 1942 | Walter Mann | 1977 | Inder Chopra | ||
| 1942 | Charles Leblond | 1978 | Wylie W. Vale | ||
| 1946 | Brown M. Dobyns | 1979 | Bruce D. Weintraub | ||
| 1947 | E. DeRobertis | 1980 | Jean H. Dussault | ||
| 1948 | C.F. Hamilton | 1981 | I. A. Kourides | ||
| 1949 | William McK. Jefferies | 1982 | Basil Rapoport | ||
| 1950 | Joseph E. Rall | 1983 | J. Enrique Silva | ||
| 1951 | Isadore N. Rosenberg | 1984 | Kenneth D. Burman | ||
| 1952 | Martin Sonenberg | 1985 | Marvin C. Gershengorn | ||
| 1953 | Belton A. Burrows | 1986 | William W. Chin | ||
| 1954 | Sam Kirkwood | 1987 | Michael M. Kaplan | ||
| 1955 | Jacob Robbins | 1988 | Jack L. Leonard | ||
| 1956 | Jameshed R. Tata | 1989 | Ronald M. Evans | ||
| 1957 | Deborah Doniach | 1990 | Ronald J. Koenig | ||
| 1958 | Duncan D. Adams | 1991 | Ronald M. Lechan | ||
| 1959 | Takashi Yamada | 1992 | Margaret Shupnik | ||
| 1960 | Nicholas M. Alexander | 1993 | J. Larry Jameson | ||
| 1961 | James B. Field | 1994 | Mitchell Lazar | ||
| 1962 | Harold Edelhoch | 1995 | Stephen Usala | ||
| 1963 | Lewis E. Braverman | 1996 | Gregory A. Brent | ||
| 1964 | Winton Tong | 1997 | Peter Arvan | ||
| 1965 | Jack H. Oppenheimer | 1998 | Fredric Wondisford | ||
| 1967 | Kenjiro Inoue | 1999 | Marla Berry | ||
| 1968 | John Dunn | 2000 | Anthony Hollenberg | ||
| 1969 | C.Y. Bowers | 2001 | Evan Dale Abel | ||
| 1969 | A.V. Schally | 2002 | Sissy M. Jhiang |
American Thyroid Association Distinguished Service Award
This award recognizes an ATA member who has made important and continuing contributions to the Association.
| 1951 | Andre Crotti | 1970 | Robert L. Kroc | 1989 | David V. Becker |
| 1952 | James A. Hill | 1971 | Theodore Winship | 1990 | Colum A. Gorman |
| 1953 | Frank H. Lahey | 1972 | William Beierwaltes | 1991 | Leslie DeGroot |
| 1953 | Nelson M. Percy | 1973 | William McConahey | 1992 | Jack Oppenheimer |
| 1953 | George Shivers | 1974 | Ernest A. Gould | 1993 | Gerard N. Burrow |
| 1954 | Allen Graham | 1975 | Earle M. Chapman | 1994 | Jerome M. Hershman |
| 1955 | James H. Means | 1975 | Oliver Cope | 1995 | Inder Chopra |
| 1955 | Victor Chesky | 1975 | Jacob Lerman | 1996 | Leonard Wartofsky |
| 1956 | Samuel F. Haines | 1976 | Evelyn B. Man | 1997 | Francis Greenspan |
| 1957 | Merrill N. Foote | 1976 | J. Beach Hazard | 1998 | P. Reed Larsen |
| 1958 | Richard B. Cattell | 1977 | William Meissner | 1999 | E. Chester Ridgway |
| 1959 | Rulon W. Rawson | 1978 | Brown M. Dobyns | 2000 | Manfred Blum |
| 1961 | Elmer C. Bartels | 1980 | Alvin B. Hayles | 2001 | Boris Catz |
| 1963 | John B. Stanbury | 1981 | Joseph Benotti | 2002 | Martin I. Surks |
| 1964 | Alexander Albert | 1982 | Sidney H. Ingbar | 2003 | Paul J. Davis |
| 1965 | Jon C. McClintock | 1983 | Jacob Robbins | 2004 | John T. Nicoloff |
| 1965 | Rosalind Pitt Rivers | 1984 | J. Martin Miller | 2005 | David S. Cooper |
| 1966 | V. Kneeland Franz | 1985 | Monte Greer | 2006 | Sheue-yann Cheng |
| 1967 | Joseph E. Rall | 1986 | David H. Solomon | 2007 | Robert Utiger |
| 1968 | Paul Starr | 1987 | Lewis E. Braverman | 2008 | Paul W. Ladenson |
| 1969 | Sidney C. Werner | 1988 | Lester Van Middlesworth | ||
Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Lectureship
Endowed by contributions to honor the memory of Sidney H. Ingbar and supported by Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, this award recognizes outstanding academic achievements in the field of thyroidology in keeping with the innovation and vision that epitomized Dr. Ingbar’s brilliant investigative career. It is conferred upon an established investigator who has made major contribution in thyroid-related research over many years.
| 1990 | Lewis A. Braverman | 1996 | Samuel Refetoff | 2002 | Terry F. Davies |
| 1991 | Basil Rapoport | 1997 | Jerome M. Hershman | 2003 | Sheue-yann Cheng |
| 1992 | William W. Chin | 1998 | Marvin C. Gershengorn | 2004 | Sandra McLachlan |
| 1993 | J. Maxwell McKenzie | 1999 | Leonard D. Kohn | 2005 | ITC |
| 1994 | Bruce Weintraub | 2000 | ITC | 2006 | Geraldo Medeiros-Neto |
| 1995 | ITC | 2001 | Valerie Anne Galton | 2007 | Paul Walfish |
| 2008 | James A. Fagin, M.D |
American Thyroid Association Distinguished Prize Lectureship
The Distinguished Prize Lectureship Award is conferred upon an established investigator who has made major contributions to thyroid or related research. In 1994, this award was combined with the Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Lectureship Award.
| 1978 | Sidney H. Ingbar | 1983 | Jack H. Oppenheimer | 1989 | P. Reed Larsen |
| 1979 | Jacob Robbins | 1984 | John Pierce | 1991 | Robert Volpe |
| 1980 | Alvin Taurog | 1986 | Herbert H. Samuels | 1992 | Leonard Wartofsky |
| 1981 | J. Maxwell McKenzie | 1987 | Hans Cahnmann | 1993 | Leslie DeGroot |
| 1982 | Delbert A. Fisher | 1988 | Inder J. Chopra |
Thyroid Pathophysiology Medal
The Thyroid Pathophysiology Medal recognizes outstanding research contributions to the understanding of thyroid physiology or the pathophysiology of thyroid disease.
| 2003 | Lewis Braverman | 2007 | Jerome Hershman | ||
| 2004 | P. Reed Larsen | 2008 | E. Chester Ridgway | ||
| 2005 | Samuel Refetoff | ||||
| 2006 | John Nicoloff |
