May 23, 2008
During MASA's Awards and Inaugural ceremony on Friday, May 23, MASA honored individuals who have made lasting contributions to the medical profession, or who have, in other ways, helped advance medicine's role in society.
Samuel Buford Word Award - George W. Hansberry, MD, of Decatur
Paul W. Burleson Award - F. Carden Johnston, MD, of Birmingham
Ira L. Myers Service Award - James H. Larose, MD, of Montgomery
Ira L. Myers Service Award - Gaylord Walker, MD, formerly of Mobile
William Crawford Gorgas Award - Lewis Lamar Stapleton, of Mobile
William Henry Sanders Award - Neil Sass, of Montgomery
Douglas L. Cannon Broadcast Journalism Award - Rosemary Pennington, of WBHM-FM in Birmingham
William H. McDonald Print Journalism Award: Small Newspaper - Dee Ann Campbell, of the Choctaw Sun Advocate
William H. McDonald Print Journalism Award: Large Newspaper - Mary Jo Shafer, of the Anniston Star