Throughout its history, AABB has established several posthumous awards to honor individuals who have made significant contributions on behalf of the transfusion medicine and cellular therapies community. Through its awards program, AABB strives to acknowledge those dedicated to providing quality services and advancements in sciences, so that we can continue to foster the best practices and treatments possible. AABB encourages you to recognize leaders in the field by submitting nominations for AABB’s Memorial Awards. (Several of these recipients are required to give a lecture presentation at the AABB Annual Meeting & TXPO. To provide sufficient preparation time, most AABB Award recipients are selected one year in advance.)

AABB Memorial Awards for which nominations are being solicited:

2010 Dale A. Smith Memorial Award
2011 Emily Cooley Memorial Award and Lectureship
2011 Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award
2011 Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lectureship
2011 Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award and Lectureship

Please note that award nominations may not be proposed posthumously. Award recipients are no longer required to be members of AABB. A nomination form must be completed for each nomination submission.

Nominees must be in compliance with AABB. Please note that certain AABB Awards may be endowed or sponsored by an outside organization/company and AABB will publicize such endowments/sponsorships in any print and online materials.

Dale A. Smith Memorial Award
Recipient Selected by the National Blood Foundation (NBF) Scientific Grants Review Committee with Formal Approval by the NBF Board of Trustees.

This award, created in 2002 and funded by Fenwal, Inc., honors Dale A. Smith, a long-time Baxter Healthcare executive who was responsible for establishing the Fenwal Division of Baxter. This award will be presented to an individual or institution to recognize groundbreaking work performed in the application of technology to the practice of transfusion medicine. Recipient will receive a $7,500 honorarium. (The Dale A. Smith Memorial Award is presented annually.)

Emily Cooley Memorial Award and Lectureship
Recipient Selected by the Annual Meeting Education Program Unit with Formal Approval by AABB’s Board of Directors.

This award began as a lectureship in 1963 and was designated as a Memorial Award in 1983. The person who receives this award shall have demonstrated teaching ability and have made a major contribution to the field of immunohematology and transfusion medicine or cellular therapies. Acceptance of the award requires attendance at the Annual Meeting and the presentation of a lecture. Recipient will receive a $5,000 honorarium. (The Emily Cooley Memorial Award and Lectureship is presented annually and the recipient is chosen one year in advance.)

Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award
Recipient Selected by AABB’s Administrative Section Coordinating Committee with Formal Approval by AABB’s Board of Directors.

This award, renamed in 2005, honors leaders from the blood banking and transfusion medicine community, including Bernice Hemphill, W. Quinn Jordan, and Joel Solomon. The award recognizes an individual who made significant contributions in the areas of administration, quality programs, law and/or government affairs. The individual shall have demonstrated leadership qualities and a consistent willingness to lend his/her expertise to his/her peers. It may recognize one particular act or an accumulation of years of contributions. Acceptance of the award requires attendance at the Annual Meeting and the presentation of a lecture. Recipient will receive a $5,000 honorarium. (The Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award is presented annually and the recipient is to be chosen one year in advance.)

John Elliott Memorial Award
Recipient Selected by AABB’s Scientific Section Coordinating Committee with Formal Approval by AABB’s Board of Directors.

The John Elliott Memorial Award, established in 1956, recognizes an individual who has given outstanding service to AABB by demonstrating a willingness to lend his/her expertise to the association through work on committees, the AABB Board of Directors and other areas. Recipient will receive a $1,000 honorarium. (The John Elliott Memorial Award is presented in odd years only. Please note that nominations for this award are not being solicited during this year’s call for nominations process.)

Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lectureship
Recipient Selected by AABB’s Board of Directors.

Initiated in 1954 to honor Karl Landsteiner, MD, whose lifetime research laid the foundation for modern blood transfusion therapy, this award recognizes a scientist whose original research resulted in an important contribution to the body of scientific knowledge. The scientist who receives the award shall have an international reputation in blood transfusion medicine or a related field. The recipient must agree to lecture at the AABB Annual Meeting. Recipient will receive a $7,500 honorarium. (The Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lectureship will be awarded as distinguished candidates are identified. The recipient is chosen one year in advance.)

Sally Frank Memorial Award and Lectureship
Recipient Selected by AABB’s Scientific Section Coordinating Committee with Formal Approval by AABB’s Board of Directors.

The Sally Frank Memorial Award and Lectureship was established in 1982 in memory of Ms. Sally Frank and her dedication to red cell serology and education. This award recognizes an individual who is, or has been, a medical technologist involved with these fields and has demonstrated quality research, teaching and/or service abilities in the technical aspects of immunohematology. Recipient will receive a $1,000 honorarium. (The Sally Frank Memorial Award and Lectureship is presented in even years only and the recipient is chosen one year in advance. Please note that nominations for this award are not being solicited during this year’s call for nominations process.)

Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award and Lectureship
Recipient Selected by the Annual Meeting Education Program Unit with Formal Approval by AABB’s Board of Directors.

This award honors Tibor Greenwalt, MD, who was the first registrant at the first AABB Annual Meeting and founding editor of TRANSFUSION. The award recognizes an individual who made major scientific or clinical contributions to hematology and transfusion medicine and succinctly communicated these advances. Acceptance of this award requires attendance at the AABB Annual Meeting and the presentation of a lecture on a current topic of interest to the transfusion medicine community. Recipient will receive a $1,000 honorarium. (The Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award and Lectureship is presented annually and the recipient is chosen one year in advance.)

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