It is a requirement that nominees and award recipients are members of the ABC. Self-nominations are also accepted and prior award recipients may not receive an award again in the same category. Deadline for nominations is June 30, 2007. For additional award details, refer to the information below.
Please join us for the recognition and awards ceremony during the 20th Annual Dr. Walter M. Booker, Sr. Memorial Symposium on August 4, 2007, in Honolulu, HI. The nomination form is attached hereto.
Robert L. Gillespie, MD, Chair
Chair, ABC Awards Selection Committee
Award Description:
The Dr. Walter M. Booker, Sr. Health Promotion Award (formerly the Dr. Walter M. Booker, Sr. Innovation Award) was created in 1990 to recognize innovative programs designed to prevent and reduce cardiovascular diseases in African Americans. Dr. Walter M. Booker, Sr., the award’s namesake, was a founding member of the ABC and a leading proponent of community-based cardiovascular disease prevention and reduction programs.
Eligibility Criteria:
A healthcare advocate whose leadership has resulted in demonstratable health promotion/health education activities that contributes to the prevention and reduction of cardiovascular diseases.
The Award:
A plaque is presented to the winner; and a commemorative featuring past winners is on-display at the ABC Headquarters. This award is conferred in conjunction with the Annual Dr. Walter M. Booker, Sr. Memorial Symposium (preceding the NMA Annual Conference and Scientific Assembly)
Nominations Deadline:
June 30, 2007 (ABC member nominations accepted)
Past Recipients:
The ABC Awards Committee selected the following for the Dr. Walter M. Booker, Sr. Health Promotion Award:
1990 L. Julian Haywood, MD
1991 Luther T. Clark, MD
1992 Tazwell Banks, MD
1993 Richard A. Williams, MD
1994 *
1995 James L. Potts, MD
1996 *
1997 George A. Mensah, MD
1998 Louis T. Kanda, MD
1999 Paul L. Underwood, MD
2000 Anne L. Taylor, MD
2001 Henry W. Foster, MD
2002 Keith C. Ferdinand, MD
2003 Lynne V. Perry-Bottinger, MD
2004 Jackson T. Wright, MD, PhD
2005 *
2006 *
* No award was given
The ABC Awards Selection Committee reserves the right to make the final selections.
Robert L. Gillespie, MD, Chair
Paul T. Batties, MD
Luther T. Clark MD
Charles L. Curry, MD
F. Roosevelt Gilliam, III, MD
Augustus O. Grant, MD, PhD
L. Julian Haywood, MD
Otelio S. Randall, MD
Elizabeth O. Ofili, MD, MPH
John M. Fontaine, MD
Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD
