Maxwell Finland Award

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