Maxwell Finland Award

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The Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement is an award given annually by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases to a scientist who has made "outstanding contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases or public health," based on criteria that include "excellence in clinical and/or research activities; participation in the training of future leaders in the field; and positive impact on the health of humankind." The award is named after epidemiologist Maxwell Finland, who investigated antimicrobial resistance. The first award was given in 1988.

Past winners

  • 2007: Herbert L. DuPont
  • 2006: Robert C. Moellering, Jr.
  • 2005: John G. Bartlett
  • 2004: George H. McCracken, Jr.
  • 2003: George W. Comstock
  • 2002: Jerome O. Klein
  • 2001: Robert Austrian
  • 2000: R. Gordon Douglas, Jr.
  • 1999: Stanley Falkow
  • 1998: Maurice Hilleman
  • 1997: Joshua Lederberg
  • 1996: Paul G. Rogers
  • 1995: Dale Bumpers and Betty F. Bumpers
  • 1994: Elizabeth Dole
  • 1993: Arthur Ashe
  • 1992: Mrs. Albert Lasker and Michael E. DeBakey
  • 1991: P. Roy Vagelos
  • 1989: Anthony S. Fauci
  • 1988: C. Everett Koop


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