Year |
Distinguished Professor |
Discipline of Degree |
Field |
Appointment |
1990 |
James E. Birren, Ph.D. |
Psychology |
Gerontological Psychology |
UCLA School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Department of Psychology |
|
1991 |
Robert L. Kane, M.D. |
Medicine |
Public Health;
Health Services Research |
University of Minnesota
School of Public Health |
|
1992 |
James S. Jackson, Ph.D. |
Social
Psychology |
Social
Psychology |
University of Michigan
Department of Psychology
Institute for Social Research |
|
1993 |
Charlene A. Harrington, R.N., Ph.D. |
Sociology &
Higher Education |
Sociology;
Health Policy |
UC San Francisco
School of Nursing
Dept. of Social & Behavioral Science
Institute for Healthy Aging |
|
1994 |
Alexander M. Capron, LL.B. |
Law |
Biomedical Ethics
and Law |
University of Southern California
Henry W. Bruce University
Professor of Law and Medicine
Co-director of Pacific Center for Health Policy & Ethics |
|
1995 |
Joseph P. Newhouse, Ph.D. |
Economics |
Health Economics |
Harvard University
John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management
Director of Division of Health Policy Research & Education |
|
1996 |
Gene D. Cohen, M.D. Ph.D. |
Psychiatry |
Geriatric Psychiatry and Research |
George Washington University
Professor of Health Care Sciences
and
Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Center on Aging Health & Humanities |
|
1997 |
Richard W. Besdine, M.D. |
Medicine |
Medicine & Health Services Research |
University of Connecticut
Director, Health Standards & Quality Bureau
and
Chief Medical Office, Health Care Financing Adm.
Director, Travelers Center on Aging |
|
1998 |
Cornelia Beck, Ph.D., RN, FAAN |
Nursing |
Nursing |
University of Arkansas
Professor, College of Nursing
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences |
|
1999 |
Rose Gibson, Ph.D. |
Social Work |
Social Work |
University of Michigan
Professor Emerita |
|
2000 |
Tom Prohaska, Ph.D. |
Public Health |
Public Health |
University of Illinois at Chicago
Professor and Community Chair
Community Health Sciences |
|
2001 |
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. |
Medicine |
Medicine |
U.S. Surgeon General |
|
2002 |
Robert Butler, M.D. |
Medicine |
Medicine |
Director, International Longevity Center |
|
2003 |
H. Asuman Kiyak, Ph.D. |
Dentistry |
Dentistry |
Director, Center on Aging
University of Washington |
|
2004 |
Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN |
Nursing |
Nursing |
Director, The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing
New York University |
