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19^th Annual FLS Recognition Luncheon

"American medicine today is one of the marvels of the world. The success of American medicine is due directly to previous years of research. If we fail adequately to support current research, the medicine of tomorrow will be the medicine of today, and we will have failed our children."

James C. Thompson, MD, FACS
Past Chair, Fellows Leadership Society

Image: Benny R. Cleveland, MD, FACS, James C. Thompson, MD, FACS, and Peter P. Rojas, MD, FACS

Pictured: Dr. and Mrs. William F. Sasser (FACS) are welcomed into the Regents Circle, by Dr. Richard B. Reiling, Chair of the Committee on Development

2006 Distinguished Philanthropist Award

The American College of Surgeons Foundation proudly honors Dr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Jurkiewicz with the 2006 Distinguished Philanthropist Award.

A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1962, Maurice J. Jurkiewicz, MD, FACS, graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maryland in 1946 with a degree in dentistry (DDS). In 1952, Dr. Jurkiewicz received his medical (MD) degree from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Jurkiewicz served his residency in plastic/reconstructive surgery and general surgery at Barnes Hospital at Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

Currently, Dr. Jurkiewicz is professor of surgery emeritus at Emory University, Atlanta, GA. He was the chief of plastic surgery at the University of Florida from 1959 to 1971 and chief of surgery at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Gainesville, FL, from 1968 to 1971. In 1971, he became chief of reconstructive/plastic surgery at Emory University (until 1993), and a plastic surgeon consultant at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC (until 1991). From 1972 to 1977, he was also chief of surgical services at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and chief of surgery at the VAMC in Atlanta from 1989 to 1993.

Dr. Jurkiewicz served as the 70th President of the American College of Surgeons (1989-1990). He was also president of the American Society of Head and Neck Surgeons (1989). He has been awarded honorary fellowships in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (1990) and the Southern Surgical Association (2004).

Dr. Jurkiewicz’s extraordinary contributions to the field of surgery and to the welfare of surgical patients—together with Dr. and Mrs. Jurkiewicz’s planned estate gift to the American College of Surgeons—illustrate the contributions the Distinguished Philanthropist Award was established to recognize.

Dr. and Mrs. Jurkiewicz are the 17th recipients of the Distinguished Philanthropist Award.

Past Distinguished Philanthropist Award Recipients

Dr. Robert W. Hobson II and Mrs. Joan P. Hobson (2005)
Drs. C. Rollins and Margaret H. Hanlon (2004)
Dr. William W. Kridelbaugh (2003)
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Berry (2002)
Dr. Pon Satitpunwaycha (2001)
Dr. and Mrs. Paul H. Jordan, Jr. (1999)
Dr. and Mrs. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr. (1998)
Dr. and Mrs. Eric Lincke (1997)
Dr. and Mrs. Neil C. Clements (1996)
Dr. and Mrs. Scott W. Woods (1995)
The Abdol Islami Family and Foundation (1994)
Dr. Julius H. Jacobson II (1993)
^*Dr. Oliver H. Beahrs (1992)
The Clowes Family and The Clowes Fund (1991)
^*Dr. John Conley (1990)
^*Dr. Armand Hammer (1989)

^*Deceased

The FLS was established in 1988 to provide a means of recognizing the contributions of Fellows and friends of the College. All funds raised through the FLS are used to finance the research, education, and patient safety programs of the American College of Surgeons.

2007 Award Recipients

The Fellows Leadership Society of the American College of Surgeons proudly recognizes the following individuals.

Mayne Heritage (Planned Gift of $25,000 or more)

Dr. and Mrs. Henry Gans
^HDr. and Mrs. Irving W. Varley

Legacy Circle ($100,000 -$499,999)

Drs. C. Rollins and Margaret H. Hanlon
Dr. Paul F. Nora
The Family of Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, FACS
Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Reiling

Founders Circle ($75,000-$99,999)

Mrs. Helen. Beahrs

Presidents Circle ($50,000-74,999)

Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Lucas
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher K. Payne

Regents Circle ($25,000-$49,999)

Anonymous
Dr. Henry C. Cleveland
Drs. David L. Dunn & Kelli Bullard Dunn
Drs. Roger S. Foster, Jr. and Baiba J. Grube
Dr. Mehmet Ali Haberal
Dr. J. Burton Mayes
Dr. and Mrs. William F. Sasser
William F. Sasser III, Esq.

Life Members ($10,000-$24, 999)

Dr. Abilio A. Coello
Dr. Margaret M. Dunn
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Friedmann
Dr. and Mrs. Alfred N. Gerein
Dr. Thomas H. Gouge
Dr. and Mrs. Mark A. Malangoni
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Moenning
Dr. and Mrs. Karl C. Podratz
Dr. Chad A.Rubin
Dr. Hilary A. Sanfey
Dr. and Mrs. David G. Small
Dr. and Mrs. Randall W. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Sticca
Dr. Susan A. Stuart & Mr. C. Joseph Botticelli, Jr.
Dr. John F. Wolz
Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Zinner

Chapter Life Member ($25,000 or more)

North Carolina ACS Chapter

Organization Life Member ($25,000 or more)

Chicago Society Colon-Rectal Surgeons

Corporate Life Member ($250,000 or more)

Ethicon-Endo Surgery, Inc.

Gustavo A. Colon, MD, FACS speaks on the "Controversial Death of Huey P. Long

Image: Dr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Ocampo (FACS) and Richard B. Reiling, MD, FACS.

Mr. Leslie J. Armour (center) became an Honorary Affiliate Member of the College. Pictured with Richard B. Reiling, MD, FACS, and Paul E. Collicott, MD, FACS

Revised May 2, 2008