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