School of Medicine & Dentistry / Alumni / Alumni Awards / Distinguished Alumnus Award Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipients 2023: John M. Vierling MD ’74M (Res) Bio 2022: Joseph M. Serletti ’82M (MD), ’88M (Res) Bio 2021: Robert J. Cerfolio, MBA, FACS, FCCP, '84, '88M (MD) Bio 2020: Lowell A. Goldsmith, MD, '02M (MPH) Bio 2019: Richard Locksley'76M (MD) Lecture 2018: Philip Greenland'74M (MD),'78M (Res) Lecture 2017: Randy N. Rosier'77M (MS),'78M (MD),'79M (PhD) Lecture 2016: Arthur J. Moss'62M (Res) Lecture 2015: Archie Bleyer'69M (MD) Lecture 2014: David Satcher'72M (Res),'95M (Hnr) Lecture 2013: Harvey J. Alter'56,'60M (MD) Lecture 2012: Dorothy Bainton'60M (Res) 2011: Paul Griner'59M (MD),'65M (Res) Lecture 2010: Ruth Lawrence'49M (MD),'58M (Res) Lecture 2009: Philip K. Russell'58M (MD) 2008: Robert L. Brent'48,'53M (MD),'55M (PhD),'88 (Hnr) 2007: C. McCollister Evarts'57M (MD),'64M (Res) 2006: Jonathan M. Samet'70M (MD) 2005: Seymour I. Schwartz'57M (Res) 2005: David H. Smith'58M (MD),'92 (Hnr) (posthumously awarded) 2004: Alejandro C. Zaffaroni'49M (PhD),'51M (Flw),'72 (Hnr) 2003: Donald A. Henderson'54M (MD),'77 (Hnr)