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THE ALBERT SCHWEITZER PRIZE FOR HUMANITARIANISM
The
Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism recognizes an individual
whose life example has significantly mitigated the social determinants
of health in the U.S. and/or abroad, and whose commitment to service
influences and inspires others. The Schweitzer Prize is awarded annually
in conjunction with ASF's Schweitzer Leadership Conference.
History
The Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism was
originally established in 1986 by Dr. h.c. Alfred Toepfer of the
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to advance the cause of
humanitarianism in the United States through recognition of
extraordinary achievement. Previously administered by Johns Hopkins
University, the Prize is now presented by ASF on behalf of its
Schweitzer Fellows for Life alumni network—an interdisciplinary pipeline
of more than 2,000 Leaders in Service who are dedicated to, and skilled in,
addressing health disparities.
Past Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism honorees include:
- James (Jim) O'Connell
- Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- U.S. Surgeon
General Dr. David Satcher
Click here for a Bostonist interview with ASF's president about Dr. Satcher's Schweitzer Prize
- Community health center pioneer Dr. Jack Geiger
Click here for CUNY Newswire coverage of Dr. Geiger's Schweitzer Prize
- President Jimmy Carter
- President George H.W.
Bush
 - Norman Cousins
- Dr. C. Everett Koop
- Gwen Grant Mellon
- Marian Wright Edelman
- Dr.
Robert Lawrence
- Teresa Heinz Kerry
Nomination Process*
Schweitzer Fellows and Fellows for Life may submit nominations. A Schweitzer Prize Selection Committee that includes members of the ASF Board of Directors and Schweitzer Fellows for Life will
vote to determine the recipient. Robert Lawrence, MD, is Chair of the Schweitzer Prize Selection Committee.
SCHWEITZER LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Launched in 2012, the Schweitzer Leadership Awards honor individuals local to ASF’s U.S. Program
sites whose life examples have significantly mitigated the social
determinants of health in their communities and whose commitments to
service have influenced and inspired others. A public call for
nominations for the 2013 Schweitzer Leadership Awards will be issued in
early 2013.
The 2012 Schweitzer Leadership Award winners are:
- Jon Bourgo
Outreach Program Manager at the Community Health Centers of Burlington,
which provide more than 10,000 low-income patients each year with
primary medical and dental care
Honored by the New Hampshire-Vermont Schweitzer Fellows Program
- Ceil Furlong, RN/BSN
Nurse Case Manager at The Good Neighbor Health Clinic, which provides
medically underserved and uninsured Upper Valley, Vermont residents with
free primary medical and dental care
Honored by the New Hampshire-Vermont Schweitzer Fellows Program
- Douglas Grey, MD; Paul Hofmann, Dr. PH; and William Schecter, MD
Founders of Operation Access, which has provided more than 7,500
low-income, uninsured people in the San Francisco Bay Area with donated
outpatient surgical and specialty care
Honored by the Bay Area Schweitzer Fellows Program
- John McDonough, DPH, MPA
Former Massachusetts State Representative and former Executive Director
of Health Care for All; now Director of the Center for Public Health
Leadership at Harvard School of Public Health
Honored by the Boston Schweitzer Fellows Program
- George L. Spaeth, MD
Founder and President of the Glaucoma Service Foundation to Prevent
Blindness and Louis J. Esposito Research Professor at the Wills Eye
Institute; his students have gone on to provide quality eye care to
people in need in 34 countries on six continents
Honored by the Greater Philadelphia Schweitzer Fellows Program
Click here to read a full press release about the 2012 winners.
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