Subcommittee on Injury Prevention and Control

1. Purpose

   Recognition of outstanding service to safety by surgeons or surgical organizations. The Surgeons' Award for Service to Safety is sponsored by the National Safety Council and nominated by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the ACS Committee on Trauma.
   
   

2. Objectives
   
   
   • Strengthen the work of surgeons or surgical organizations by identifying and enhancing their emphasis on the interlocking problems of the prevention and restoration of accidental injuries.
     
     
   • Strengthen the work of safety councils through the increased participation of surgeons in organized accident prevention activities.
     
     
   • Continue progress in the development of criteria to ascertain the effectiveness of activities conducted for the prevention of accidents.
     
     
3. Sponsor

   National Safety Council
   
   

4. Criteria

   Individuals or organizations, that through their services or activities make outstanding contributions to the prevention of accidents, establish or demonstrate methods and results adaptable to other individuals or groups, or result in stimulating others to undertake or take part in safety projects or programs.
   
   

5. Past recipients

   1960	George J. Curry
   1961	Charles G. Johnson
   1962	Robert H. Kennedy
   1963	R. Arnold Griswold
   1964	Harrison L. McLaughlin
   1965	Preston A. Wade
   1966	Isidore Cohn
   1967	Paul Magnuson
   1968	Oscar P. Hampton, Jr.
   1969	John P. North
   1970	Rudolph J. Noer
   1971	William T. Fitts, Jr.
   1972	Sam Banks
   1973	Joseph D. Farrington
   1974	Curtis P. Artz
   1975	Jack Wickstrom
   1976	Sawnie R. Gaston
   1977	John A. Moncrief
   1978	Robert W. Gillespie
   1979	John H. Davis
   1980	Henry C. Cleveland
   1981	Walter A. Hoyt, Jr.
   1982	C. Thomas Thompson
   1983	John E. Raaf
   1984	G. Tom Shires
   1985	Fraser N. Gurd
   1986	Carlton Mathewson, Jr.
   1987	Robert J. Freeark
   1988	Alexander C. Hering
   1989	Donald D. Trunkey
   1990	J. Cuthbert Owens
   1991	Basil A. Pruitt, Jr.
   1992	Paul E. Collicott
   1993	George F. Sheldon
   1994	John D. States
   1995	Gerald W. Shaftan
   1996	Barbara A. Barlow
   1997	H. David Root
   1998	Norman E. McSwain
   1999	F. William Blaisdell
   2000	Charles C. Wolferth, Jr.
   2001	C. James Carrico
   2002	Charles Aprahamian
   2003	Norman M. Rich
   2004	Charles E. Lucas
   2005	Lenworth M. Jacobs, Jr.
   2006	David R. Boyd

Revised September 7, 2007

Injury Prevention and Control

Trauma Programs