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Sponsor:  Dean’s Office

Presentation includes:  Plaque and $250

The award recognizes a graduating medical student who has demonstrated superior scholastic performance, outstanding potential as a physician, and sincere understanding of and compassion for patients under their care.

Nomination and Selection Process:

Third-year clerkship directors nominate and select the award’s recipient based on the students’ academic and professional performance, and humanistic care of patients.  

History:

The Florence M. Strong Award/Scholarship is named for a woman who was an administrative assistant to six deans of the medical school over a span of 25 years. Florence retired in 1968, but many individuals in the local medical community—dating from the School of Medicine’s first four-year graduating Class of 1944—remember her fondly. This award was established by alumni to honor her contributions to the school.  The Florence M. Strong Award is presented annually to a student who has demonstrated superior scholastic performance, outstanding potential as a physician, and sincere understanding of and compassion for patients under his or her care.

Past Recipients:

2023

Roman Kovtun

2022

Nicholas Flint

2021

Adelheid Ute Brandenberger

2020

John J. Ward

2019

Michele Louise Bamgartner

2018

Grace Collins Brummer

2017

Susan Michelle Folsom

2016

John William Morgan

2015

Kristen Hansord Lilja

2014

Stephen L. Jenkins

2013

Megan Marie Wilde

2012

Sara Catherine Wilson

2011

Melody Rose Anderson

2010

Tricia Hauschild

2010

Nathan Holman

2009

Ashley Ellsworth

2008

Cory Carlston

2008

Eric Glissmeyer

2007

Kathryn Gibson

2006

Gabriela M. Vargas

2005

Christopher Wicher

2004

Catherine Sant

2003

Kevin J. Wilson

2003

Niloufar Tabatabaei

2002

Casey Lee Cotant

2001

Katherine Mary Gesteland

2000

Nathalie Kapp

1999

Rene C. Hunter

1998

Gina Bottino Cox

1997

Gregory Larry Staker

1997

Shannon Rachelle Staker

1996

Michael D. Catten

1995

Kelly Douglas Foote

1994

Kimberly Hansen

1993

William Thomas Caine

1992

Richard Allan Chase

1991

Marco Antonio Mejia

1990

Tracy Watson Winward

1989

Richard Lee Liston