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APHA Awards

APHA Awards

APHA Awards

2019 Award Winners

  • Director's Award for Local Public Health
    Director's Award for Local Public Health

    Stacy Thompson

  • Director's Award for Science
    Director's Award for Science

    Austin Porter, DrPH

  • Director's Award for Administration
    Director's Award for Administration

    Connie Melton

  • APHA Outstanding Achievement Award
    APHA Outstanding Achievement Award

    Debbie Landers

  • APHA Tom T. Ross Award
    APHA Tom T. Ross Award

    Dena Poteet

  • APHA David E. Bourne Award
    APHA David E. Bourne Award

    Cassie Cochran

  • HAS Outstanding Administrator
    HAS Outstanding Administrator

    Karen Hopper

Previous Award Winners

David E. Bourne Award

2012  Dr. David E. Bourne*

2013  Joy Rockenbach

2014  Dr. Joe Thompson

2015  Dr. Tom Bruce*

2016  no award

2017  Dr. Gene Shelby

2018 Linda Thompson

2019 Cassie Cochran

*Deceased

 

Outstanding Achievement Award

1965 | Dr. Harvie R Ellis* 1966 | Eugene C. Spratt* 1967 | Vada Russell*
1968 | Edwin K. Monkhouse 1969 | William Origer* 1970 | Dr. Ben Saltzman*
1971 | Hermione Swindoll 1973 | Sara Lou Butler* 1974 | Hazelle Thrasher*
1975 | Katherine Napper* 1976 | James M. Wallace, III 1977 | Louise Dennis
1978 | Dr. Rex C. Ramsay, Jr.* 1979 | Ruthell McCray 1980 | Wanda Pryor
1981 | Will Elmore* 1982 | Nell Balkman 1983 | James Profit*
1984 | Mary Dell Talley 1985 | Kay Gill 1986 | Delores Moers
1987 | Wanda Hogue 1988 | Shirley Hicks Shipman* 1989 | Nina White
1990 | Dr. A. Stuart Fitzhugh* 1991 | Kathy Boeckmann 1992 | Clay Parton
1994 | Dr. A. Stuart Fitzhugh* 1995 | Marie Tucker Morgan 1996 | Anita Baley
1997 | Jerry Smith* 1999 | Julie Bates 2000 | Donnie Smith
2001 | Ellen Kilgore 2002 | Barbara Ray 2005 | Pam Murphy
2007 | Rosa Hignight 2008 | Raymond Heaggans 2009 | Edie Abercrombie
2010 | Scott Co Health & Education Coalition (Darla Mortimore)

2011 | Tina Gill 2012 | Debbie Johnson 2013 | Marilyn Evans
2014 | Donna Turley 2015 | Sam Dunn 2016 | Andi Ridgway
2017 | Mary Jane Cagle 2018 | Sherry Johnson 2019 | Debbie Landers


*deceased

 

Tom T. Ross Award

 

1961 | Dr. Marvin L. Wood 1962 | Marie Broach* 1965 | Gomer E. Jones*
1969 | Martha P. Welch* 1971 | Dr. John T. Herron* 1973 | Dr. Edgar J. Easley*
1974 | Betsy Pope* 1975 | Dr. Ben Saltzman 1976 | Dr. Eva Dodge
1977 | Angie Faye Waldrum* 1978 | Dr. Harvie Ellis* 1979 | Hermione Swindoll
1980 | Bill Parette* 1981 | Dr. William Stead* 1982 | Dr. Byron Hawks*
1983 | Nancy Kirsch 1984 | James Bailey 1985 | Dr. Milton Deneke
1986 | Dr. Jerry R. Stewart 1987 | Charles McGrew 1988 | Dr. James Davis
1989 | Dr. Thoman J. Simpson* 1990 | Dr. Weldon T. Rainwater* 1991 | Dr. Asa Crow
1992 | Dr. Thomas E. Townsend* 1993 | Louise Dennis 1995 | Dr. Stuart Fitzhugh*
1996 | Martha Hiett 1997 | Dr. David Bourne* 1998 | Paula Dozier
1999 | Dr. James Maupin* 2000 | Patricia Fitzhugh 2001 | Janet McAdams
2002 | Faye Boozman* 2003 | Rick Johnson 2004 | Vada Wheat
2005 | Cheryl Anthes 2006 | Liz Rainwater 2007 | Dr. Wayne Workman
2008 | Charles Beets* 2009 | Randy Lee 2010 | Dr. Richard Nugent
2011 | Donnie Smith 2012 | Dr. Joseph Bates 2013 | Marietta Blasingame
2014 | Dr. Zenobia Harris 2015 | Dr. Dirk Haselow 2016 | Bill Farris
2017 | Don Murray 2018 | Becky Adams 2019 | Dena Poteet


*deceased

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