AAI Distinguished Service Award Past Recipients

This award recognizes an individual for outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community. Click here for more information on this award.

Year Recipient / Organization Description Name Sort
2023 Cherié L. Butts, Ph.D.
Biogen
For outstanding service as chair and member of the AAI Minority Affairs Committee, 2011–2017 Butts
2023 Clifford V. Harding, M.D., Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve Univ.
For outstanding service as chair and member of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs, 2009–2016 Harding
2021 Ross Kedl, Ph.D.
Univ. of Colorado
For outstanding service as Chair and Member of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs, 2015–2021 Kedl
2021 Edith M. Lord, Ph.D.
Univ. of Rochester Sch. of Med. and Dentistry
For exceptional service as AAI Secretary-Treasurer, 2015–2021 Lord
2020 Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker, Ph.D.
Univ. of Toronto, and Sunnybrook Res. Inst., Canada
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as director of the AAI Introductory Course in Immunology, 2014-2019 Zúñiga-Pflücker
2019 Beth A. Garvy, Ph.D.
Univ. of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as member and Chair of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs, 2011–2018 Garvy
2019 Clinton B. Mathias, Ph.D.
Western New England Univ.
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as Director of the AAI High School Teachers Program, 2012–2018 Mathias
2018 Wendy L. Havran, Ph.D
Scripps Res. Inst.
For enduring and exemplary service to AAI and the immunology community Havran
2017 Eugene M. Oltz, Ph.D.
Washington Univ. Sch. of Med.
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as member and chair of the AAI Publications Committee, 2012-2016 Oltz
2016 Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D.
La Jolla Inst. for Allergy and Immunology
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as the AAI Secretary-Treasurer for two terms, 2009-2015 Kronenberg
2015 Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Stritch Sch. of Med., Loyola Univ. Chicago
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as member and Chair of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs, 2007–2014 Kovacs
2014 Jeremy M. Boss, Ph.D.
Emory Univ. Sch. of Med. 
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Immunology, 2008–2013  Boss
2014 Kristin A. Hogquist, Ph.D.
Univ. of Minnesota Ctr. for Immunology
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as Chair of the AAI Program Committee, 2009–2012 Hogquist
2013 Prosper N. Boyaka, Ph.D.
Ohio State Univ.
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as member and Chair of the AAI Minority Affairs Committee, 2006-2012 Boyaka
2013 Derry C. Roopenian, Ph.D.
Jackson Lab.
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as member and Chair of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs, 2005-2012 Roopenian
2012 Brian A. Cobb, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve Univ. Sch. of Med.
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as Director of the AAI High School Teachers Summer Research Program, 2007-2012 Cobb
2012 William R. Green, Ph.D.
Dartmouth Geisel Sch. of Med.
For outstanding service to AAI as member and Chair of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs, 2004-2009 Green
2012 John R. Schreiber, M.D., M.P.H.
Tufts Univ. Sch. of Med.
For outstanding service to AAI as member and Chair of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs, 2005-2011 Schreiber
2011 Arthur Andrew Hurwitz, Ph.D.
NCI, NIH
For outstanding service to AAI through creative and successful initiatives that have benefitted the immunology community Hurwitz
2011 Terri M. Laufer, M.D.
Univ. of Pennsylvania Sch. of Med.
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as Director of the AAI Introductory Course in Immunology, 2006-2011 Laufer
2011 Nancy E. Street, Ph.D.
Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr.
For outstanding service to AAI as Chair of the AAI Membership Committee, 2004-2011 Street
2010 Gerald Sonnenfeld, Ph.D.
Binghamton Univ., State Univ. of New York
For dedication and exemplary service to the AAI Minority Affairs Committee, 2002-2005 Sonnenfeld
2010 Randy R. Brutkiewicz, Ph.D.
Indiana Univ. Sch. of Med.
For dedication and exemplary service to the AAI Minority Affairs Committee, 2005-2009 Brutkiewicz
2009 John G. Monroe, Ph.D.
Genentech, Inc.
For dedicated leadership as Chair of the AAI Program Committee, 2006-2009 Monroe
2008 Ellen Kraig, Ph.D.
Univ. of Texas Hlth. Sci. Ctr., San Antonio
For dedicated leadership as Chair of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs, 2005-2007 Kraig
2007 Olivia M. Martinez, Ph.D.
Stanford Univ. Sch. of Med.
For dedicated leadership as Director of the AAI Advanced Course in Immunology, 2004-2006 Martinez
2006 Leslie J. Berg, Ph.D.
Univ. of Massachusetts Med. Sch.
For dedicated leadership as the Chair of the AAI Program Committee, 2003-2006 Berg
2005 Elizabeth D. Mellins, M.D.
Stanford Univ.
For dedicated leadership as Director of the AAI Advanced Course in Immunology, 2002-2004 Mellins
2005 John G. Monroe, Ph.D.
Univ. of Pennsylvania
For dedicated leadership of the AAI Education Committee, 2002-2005, and as Director of the AAI Introductory Course in Immunology, 2003-2005 Monroe
2005 Jennifer A. Punt, V.M.D., Ph.D.
Haverford Col.
For outstanding teaching and assistance with developing the AAI Introductory Course Curriculum Punt
2004 John R. Schreiber, M.D.
Case Western Reserve Univ.
For dedicated efforts in directing and promoting the AAI John H. Wallace High School Teachers Program Schreiber
2004 David W. Scott, Ph.D.
American Red Cross, Holland Lab
For dedicated efforts in directing and advancing the mission of the AAI John H. Wallace High School Teachers Program Scott
2003 Jeffrey A. Frelinger, Ph.D.
Univ. of North Carolina
For outstanding leadership in public affairs for AAI and for service as Chair, AAI Committee on Public Affairs, 2000-2003 Frelinger
2003 Richard M. Locksley, M.D.
Univ. of California, San Francisco
For distinguished service as AAI Annual Meeting and Program Committee Chairman, 2000-2003 Locksley
2002 Frank W. Fitch, M.D., Ph.D.
Univ. of Chicago
For outstanding service as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Immunology, 1997-2002 Fitch
2001 Lewis L. Lanier, Ph.D.
Univ. of California, San Francisco
For service as AAI Program Committee Chair Lanier
1999 Robert R. Rich, M.D.
Emory Univ.
For outstanding leadership in public affairs for AAI Rich
1998 Harvey R. Colten, M.D.
Washington Univ. Sch. of Med. in St. Louis
For 6 years of service as AAI Secretary-Treasurer Colten
1998 Paul W. Kincade, Ph.D.
Oklahoma Med. Res. Fndn.
For service as AAI Program Committee Chair Kincade
1998 Peter E. Lipsky, M.D.
Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr.
For service as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Immunology, 1992-1997 Lipsky
1997 Stephen M. Hedrick, Ph.D.
Univ. of California, San Diego
For his contributions as AAI Education Committee Chair, 1994-1996 Hedrick
1996 Joseph D. Feldman, M.D. (awarded posthumously)
Scripps Res. Inst.
For outstanding contributions and dedicated service to The Journal of Immunology Feldman
1995 Joseph F. Saunders, Ph.D. (awarded posthumously) For his contributions as Executive Director of AAI, 1986-1992 Saunders
1994 Eleanor S. Metcalf, Ph.D.
USUHS
For outstanding service as Chair of the AAI Committee on the Status of Women Metcalf
1993 J. Donald Capra, M.D.
Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr.
For service as AAI Program Committee Chair Capra
1993 Carol L. Reinisch, Sc.D.
Tufts Univ. Sch. of Vet. Med.
For outstanding service as co-chair of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs and as AAI representative to the FASEB Public Affairs Executive Committee Reinisch
1993 J. Wayne Streilein, M.D.
Univ. of Miami Sch. of Med.
For outstanding service as chair of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs Streilein
1992 Ethan M. Shevach, M.D.
NIAID, NIH
For service as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Immunology, 1987-1992 Shevach
1992 Carl W. Pierce, M.D., Ph.D.
Harrington Cancer Ctr.
For service as co-chair of the AAI Education Committee, 1985-1992 Pierce
1992 Judith A. Kapp, Ph.D.
Harrington Cancer Ctr.
For service as co-chair of the AAI Education Committee, 1985-1992 Kapp
1986 Henry Metzger, M.D.
NIAMS, NIH
For his dedication and unique contributions to immunology Metzger

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