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  • Distinguished Service Awards

    Distinguished Service Awardees are nominated by the Distinguished Service Award committee. The awardees' service to the Society, or to the field of Neurological Surgery, has been exceptional.

    1972 A. Earl Walker 1998 Shelley N. Chou
    1973 Paul C. Bucy 1999 W. Eugene Stern
    1974 Barnes Woodhall 2000 Russel H. Patterson
    1975 Henry G. Schwartz 2001 Robert G. Ojemann
    1976 R. Eustace Semmes 2002 Robert G. Grossman
    1977 Bronson S. Ray 2003 John A. Jane
    1978 Guy L. Odom 2004 John C. Van Gilder
    1979 W. James Gardner 2005 H. Richard Winn
    1980 Joseph P. Evans 2006 William Shucart
    1981 Frank H. Mayfield 2007 Julian T. Hoff
    1982 Edwin B. Boldrey 2008 Howard M. Eisenberg
    1983 J. Lawrence Pool 2009 David G. Piepgras
    1984 Lyle A. French 2010 Philip R. Weinstein
    1985 Edgar A. Kahn 2011 Martin H. Weiss
    1986 R. M. Peardon Donaghy 2012 Charles J. Hodge, Jr.
    1987 Charles G. Drake 2013 Volker K. H. Sonntag
    1988 Robert B. King 2014 Robert J. Dempsey
    1989 Theodore Rasmussen 2015 Allan H. Friedman
    1990 Eben Alexander, Jr. 2016 Edward H. Oldfield
    1991 William H. Sweet 2017 Ralph G Dacey, Jr.
    1992 Francis Murphey 2018 Kim J. Burchiel
    1993 Sidney Goldring 2019 Arthur L. Day
    1994 Byron C. Pevehouse 2020 Donald O. Quest
    1995 William F. Collins, Jr.  2021 Hunt J. Batjer
    1996 Sean Mullan 2022 Griffith R. Harsh IV
    1997 Phanor L. Perot, Jr. 2023 Nicholas M. Barbaro