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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:

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