The Roger Fossum Award is a "lifetime achievement award" that is presented to a senior public health individual who has made significant contributions to public health throughout their career.
Past recipients include:
2009
Elaine Frank
Director of the Injury Prevention Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Former NHPHA Board of Directors Member
2008
Dr. Albee Budnitz
Doctor of Pulmonary Medicine
Past President of the New Hampshire Medical Society
2007
Kate Hartnett
Senior Project Director
The Jordan Institute
2006
Donald Bent
Health Officer Town of New London
Former NHPHA Board of Directors Member
2005
Alphonse A. Haettenschwiller, MPH
former NH State Representative
2004
Kathleen G. Sgambati
former Deputy Commissioner
NH Department of Health & Human Services
2003
Frederick A. Rusczek, MPH
Public Health Director
City of Manchester Department of Health
Prior to 2003, the Roger Fossum Lecturer Award was presented to the chosen keynote speaker at the Annual Meeting held in April of each year. Past recipients include:
2002
Timothy H. Holtz, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist
Bureau of Disease Intervention
New York City Department of Health
2001
James W. Squires, MD
President
Endowment for Health, Inc.
2000
Robert K. McLellan, MD, MPH
Occupational Medicine
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
1999
George A. Hacker
Director
Alcohol Policies Project
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Washington, DC
1998
Philip T. McLaughlin
Attorney General (& the Office of Attorney General)
State of NH
1997
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
Professor of Public Health Practice
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Department of Health Policy & Management
Harvard School of Public Health
