Florence M. Strong Award
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:
2024
Saja Hassoun
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