Daniel Drake Medal
In 1985, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of its founder, pioneering physician Daniel Drake. As part of that celebration, the college created a new award—the Daniel Drake Medal—to honor its distinguished living faculty and alumni.
Nominations for the Daniel Drake Medal are based on outstanding or unique contributions to medical education, scholarship or research. Considered the highest honor awarded by the college of medicine, the Daniel Drake Medals are awarded at the college’s Honors Day (graduation) ceremony in May.
Two awards are given annually. Nominees for one will be evaluated on the basis of outstanding achievements in biomedical science as evidenced by major significant contributions to medical research. Nominees for the other will represent a distinguished career as a clinician-teacher.
Past Daniel Drake Medal Winners
J. Wesley Alexander, MD, ScD (1997)
Charles Aring, MD (1985) *
Arthur Asbury, MD (1988)
William Balistreri, MD (2006)
Charles Barrett, MD (1985) *
Richard Becker, MD (2011)
I. Leonard Bernstein, MD (1999) *
Helen Berry, MA (1991)
Jerome Birnbaum, PhD (1996)
David Blankenhorn, MD (1992) *
Thomas Boat, MD (2005)
Peter Bosomworth, MD (1994)
Joseph Broderick, MD (2010)
Gerald Buckberg, MD (2000)
Leland Clark Jr., PhD (1993) *
Robin Cotton, MD (2012)
Alvin Crawford, MD (2006)
Robert Daniels, MD (1987)
Virginia Donaldson, MD (1999)
Benjamin Felson, MD (1985) *
Herbert Flessa, MD (2004) *
Thomas Fogarty, MD (2005)
Marilyn Hughes Gaston, MD (1997)
Jack Gluckman, MD (2008)
Helen Glueck, MD (1985) *
Leon Goldman, MD (1988) *
Sheldon Greenfield, MD (2012)
Clifford Grulee Jr., MD (1985) *
Evelyn Hess, MD (2001)
James Heubi, MD (2011)
Leo Hollister, MD (1998) *
Cornelius Hopper, MD (2000)
John Hutton, MD (2003)
James Kereiakes, PhD (1994)
Evangelia Kranias, PhD (2008)
Beatrice Lampkin, MD (1995)
P. Reed Larsen, MD (2004)
Jerry Lingrel, PhD (2002)
Lester Martin, MD (1990)
Clarence McLain Jr., MD (2002) *
Myron Melamed, MD (1991)
Lester Mount, MD (1995) *
Waldo Nelson, MD (1990) *
Scott Pomeroy, MD, PhD (2007)
Edward Pratt, MD (1987) *
Morton Reiser, MD (1989) *
Jeffrey Robbins, PhD (2009)
Robert Ryan, MD (1990) *
Albert Sabin, MD (1985) *
Eugene Saenger, MD (1988) *
Martin Samuels, MD (2005)
Leon Schiff, MD, PhD (1993) *
William Schubert, MD (1991) *
Frederic Silverman, MD (1998) *
Robert Smith, MD (2007)
Paul Stein, MD (2009)
Raymond Suskind, MD (1985) *
John Tew Jr., MD (2002)
Reginald Tsang, MD (2003)
Patrick Tso, PhD (2010)
Richard Vilter, MD (1985) *
Josef Warkany, MD (1985) *
Clark West, MD (1996)
Jeffrey Whitsett, MD (2001)
Jerome Wiot, MD (1992) *
Stephen Woods, PhD (2012)
*Deceased
Daniel Drake Medal Winners By Year
| 1985 | Charles Aring, MD * |
| | Charles Barrett, MD * |
| | Benjamin Felson, MD * |
| | Helen Glueck, MD * |
| | Clifford Grulee Jr., MD * |
| | Albert Sabin, MD * |
| | Raymond Suskind, MD * |
| | Richard Vilter, MD * |
| | Josef Warkany, MD * |
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| 1987 | Robert Daniels, MD |
| | Edward Pratt, MD * |
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| 1988 | Arthur Asbury, MD |
| | Leon Goldman, MD * |
| | Eugene Saenger, MD * |
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| 1989 | Morton Reiser, MD * |
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| 1990 | Lester Martin, MD |
| | Waldo Nelson, MD * |
| | Robert Ryan, MD * |
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| 1991 | Helen Berry, MA |
| | Myron Melamed, MD |
| | William Schubert, MD * |
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| 1992 | David Blankenhorn, MD * |
| | Jerome Wiot, MD * |
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| 1993 | Leland Clark Jr., PhD * |
| | Leon Schiff, MD, PhD * |
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| 1994 | Peter Bosomworth, MD |
| | James Kereiakes, PhD |
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| 1995 | Beatrice Lampkin, MD |
| | Lester Mount, MD * |
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| 1996 | Jerome Birnbaum, PhD |
| | Clark West, MD |
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| 1997 | J. Wesley Alexander, MD, ScD |
| | Marilyn Hughes Gaston, MD |
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| 1998 | Leo Hollister, MD * |
| | Frederick Silverman, MD * |
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| 1999 | I. Leonard Bernstein, MD * |
| | Virginia Donaldson, MD |
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| 2000 | Gerald Buckberg, MD |
| | Cornelius Hopper, MD |
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| 2001 | Evelyn Hess, MD |
| | Jeffrey Whitsett, MD |
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| 2002 | Jerry Lingrel, PhD |
| | Clarence McLain Jr., MD * |
| | John Tew Jr., MD |
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| 2003 | John Hutton, MD |
| | Reginald Tsang, MD |
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| 2004 | Herbert Flessa, MD * |
| | P. Reed Larsen, MD |
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| 2005 | Thomas Boat, MD |
| | Thomas Fogarty, MD |
| | Martin Samuels, MD |
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| 2006 | William Balistreri, MD |
| | Alvin Crawford, MD |
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| 2007 | Scott Pomeroy, MD, PhD |
| | Robert Smith, MD |
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| 2008 | Jack Gluckman, MD |
| | Evangelia Kranias, PhD |
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| 2009 | Jeffrey Robbins, PhD |
| | Paul Stein, MD |
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| 2010 | Joseph Broderick, MD |
| | Patrick Tso, PhD |
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| 2011 | Richard Becker, MD |
| | James Heubi, MD |
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| 2012 | Robin Cotton, MD |
| | Sheldon Greenfield, MD |
| | Stephen Woods, PhD |
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*Deceased