The ADLM Past President’s Award is presented annually to the immediate past president of the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) in recognition of their extraordinary leadership and service to the Association and the field of clinical laboratory science. This award honors the recipient’s career‑long contributions to laboratory medicine, as well as their significant impact on ADLM through dedicated service, strategic leadership, and commitment to advancing the Association’s mission. The Past President’s Award acknowledges both the professional accomplishments of the individual and the lasting influence of their leadership during their term as ADLM president.
Congratulations to the 2026 winner
Anthony A. Killeen, MD, BCh, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
Anthony A. Killeen, MD, BCh, PhD, is a professor of laboratory medicine and pathology and the director of clinical laboratories, University of Minnesota Medical Center (Adult Hospital). He has served in many leadership positions within the Association of Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) (formerly AACC), including ADLM president from August 2024-July 2025, ADLM president-elect from August 2023-July 2024 and secretary from 2017 to 2020. Dr. Killeen served as chair of the Education Core Committee from 2022-2023. Dr. Killeen is currently serving as the immediate past president of ADLM.
Dr. Killeen's research interests are in clinical trials, hypertension, and the use of "big data" in laboratory medicine.
Previous Winners
2025 - Octavia Peck Palmer, PhD, FADLM
2024 - Shannon Haymond, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
2023 - Stephen R. Master, MD, PhD, FADLM
2022 - David G. Grenache, PhD, DABCC
2021 - Carmen L. Wiley, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
2019 - Dennis J. Dietzen, PhD
2018 - Michael J. Bennett, PhD
2017 - Patricia Jones, PhD
2016 - David D. Koch, PhD
2015 - Steven H. Wong, PhD
2014 - Robert H. Christenson, PhD
2013 - Greg Miller, PhD
2012 - Ann Gronowski, PhD
2011 - Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler, PhD
2010 - Barbara M. Goldsmith, PhD
2009 - Larry Broussard, PhD
2008 - Gary L. Myers, PhD, FACB
2006 - John E. Sherwin, PhD
2005 - Mitchell Scott, PhD
2004 - Thomas P. Moyer, PhD
2003 - Susan A. Evans, PhD
2002 - Mary Lou Gantzer, PhD
2001 - Larry Kricka, PhD
2000 - Frank A. Sedor, PhD
1999 - K. Michael Parker, PhD
1998 - Stephen E. Kahn, PhD
1997 - Laurence M. Demers, PhD
1996 - Mary F. Burritt, PhD
1995 - Peter Wilding, PhD
1994 - Lawrence M. Killingsworth, PhD
1993 - Lemuel J. Bowie, Phd
1992 - Basil T. Doumas, PhD
1991 - Karen L. Nickel, PhD
1990 - Helen M. Free, DSc
1989 - Carl A. Burtis, PhD
1988 - Theodore Peters, PhD
1987 - Robert L. Habig, PhD
1986 - Jack H. Ladenson, PhD
1985 - Kurt M. Dubowski, PhD
1984 - Gerald R. Cooper, PhD
1983 - Gary A. Zimmerman, PhD
1982 - Jocelyn M. Hicks, PhD
1981 - Paige K. Besch, PhD
1980 - Donald S. Young, PhD
1979 - Albert Dietz, PhD
1978 - Nathan Gochman, PhD
1977 - Norbet W. Tietz, PhD
1976 - Royden N. Rand, PhD
1975 - Morton K. Schwartz, PhD
1974 - George N. Bowers, MD
1973 - Ralph E. Thiers, PhD
1972 - Joseph H. Boutwell, MD, PhD
1971 - Alex Kaplan, PhD
1970 - Robert S. Melville, PhD
1968 - William B. Mason, PhD
1967 - Robert L. Dryer, PhD
1966 - Wendell T. Caraway, PhD
1965 - Julius Sendroy, PhD
1964 - Richard J. Henry, PhD
1963 - Miriam Reiner, PhD
1962 - David Seligson, MD, ScD
1961 - Arnold G. Ware, PhD
1960 - Ferrin B. Moreland, PhD
1959 - Oliver Gaebler
1958 - Joseph I Routh, PhD
1957 - Robert M. Hill, PhD
1956 - Otto Schales, PhD
1955 - Monroe E. Freeman, PhD
1954 - Hugh J. McDonald, DSc
1953 - Albert E. Sobel, PhD
1952 - John G. Reinhold, PhD
1951 - Harry Sabotka
1950 - Max M. Friedman, PhD
