William B. Coley Award

The William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology is presented annually by the U.S. nonprofit organization, the Cancer Research Institute, to scientists who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of basic and tumor immunology and whose work has deepened our understanding of the immune system's response to disease, including cancer.

The first awards were made in 1975 to a group of 16 scientists called the "Founders of Cancer Immunology." In 1993, the award was renamed after Dr. William B. Coley, a late-nineteenth century surgeon who made the first attempts at the non-surgical treatment of cancer through stimulation of the immune system. For this reason, Dr. Coley has become known as the "Father of Cancer Immunotherapy."

Recipients
Shizuo Akira
 * 2006

Bruce A. Beutler

Ian H. Frazer

Harald zur Hausen

James P. Allison
 * 2005

Shimon Sakaguchi
 * 2004

Ethan M. Shevach

Jules A. Hoffmann
 * 2003

Charles A. Janeway

Bruno Lemaitre

Ruslan Medzhitov

Lewis L. Lanier
 * 2002

David H. Raulet

Mark J. Smyth

Robert D. Schreiber
 * 2001

Mark M. Davis
 * 2000

Michael Pfreundschuh

James E. Darnell, Jr.
 * 1999

Ian M. Kerr

Richard A. Lerner

George R. Stark

Greg Winter

Klas Kärre
 * 1998

Lorenzo Moretta

Ralph M. Steinman

Robert L. Coffman
 * 1997

Tim R. Mosmann

Stuart F. Schlossman

Giorgio Trinchieri
 * 1996

Ferdy J. Lejeune
 * 1995

Malcolm A.S. Moore

Timothy Springer

Pamela Bjorkman
 * 1993

John Kappler

Philippa Marrack

Alvaro Morales

Jack Strominger

Don Wiley

Howard Grey
 * 1989

Alain Townsend

Emil Unanue

Thierry Boon
 * 1987

Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Richard K. Gershon
 * 1983

Yuang-yun Chu
 * 1979

Zongtang Sun

Zhao-you Tang

Howard B. Andervont
 * 1978

Jacob Furth

Earl L. & Margaret C. Green

Walter E. Heston

Clarence C. Little

George D. Snell

Leonell C. Strong

Garry I. Abelev
 * 1975

Edward A. Boyse

Edgar J. Foley

Robert A. Good

Peter A. Gorer

Ludwik Gross

Gertrude & Werner Henle

Robert J. Huebner

Edmund Klein

Eva & George Klein

Donald L. Morton

Lloyd J. Old

Richmond T. Prehn

Hans O. Sjogren