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Welcome to the History and Heritage Web Site of the AAPM. The Awards and Honors Committee is responsible for recognizing the contributions to the profession by it's many Distinguished Members. The History Committee is responsible for maintaining the historical archives of the AAPM.
AAPM Virtual Museum of Medical Physics
The Virtual Museum was developed by the AAPM History Committee to document and preserve the heritage of the field of Medical Physics and of AAPM. The Museum website is publicly accessible at museum.aapm.org .
Please note: The lists of "Distinguished Members" and "Other Association Awards" below include AAPM Members only. To view the entire Awards and Honors Ceremony program from a specific year, please see "Past Awards and Honors Ceremony Programs". If you are inquiring about an individual that is not included on a specific award listing or in one of the programs, please send an email to Nancy Vazquez.
Distinguished Members
- William D. Coolidge Gold Medal
- Edith H. Quimby Lifetime Achievement Award
- Marvin M.D. Williams Professional Achievement Award
- Officers
- Fellows - AAPM | ACMP
- Honorary Members
- Editors of Medical Physics Journal
- Editors of the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
Past Chairs of the ACMP Board of Chancellors and Past ACMP Annual Meeting Locations
Distinguished members please submit your biographic information.
Other Association Awards
- John R. Cameron Early-Career Investigator Symposium
- Spring Clinical Early-Career Investigator Symposium
- John Laughlin Early-Career Scientist
- Jack Fowler Early-Career Investigator
- Jack Krohmer Early-Career Investigator
- Grants and Fellowships
- Arthur Boyer Award for Innovation in Medical Physics Education
- Grand Challenges
- Farrington Daniels Best Paper Award
- Moses & Sylvia Sorkin Greenfield Best Paper Award
- Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics Best Paper
- AAPM Travel Grant
- AAPM-IPEM Travel Grant
- Science Council Session Winners
- Medical Physics
Awards from Related Organizations
Past Awards and Honors Ceremony Programs
Awards & Honors Nominations Page
Multimedia History Center
(pictures from past meetings)
AAPM Website through the Years
AAPM Website through the Years(link to the internet archive known as the WaybackMachine and wander through the years)
Historical Interviews By Year
The AAPM History Committee is pleased to present a selection of interviews with prominent medical physicists.
Medical physics and the AAPM have a long and rich history. Much of the history has been captured on video through interviews with prominent physicists and other individuals who have charted the course of medical physics in North America over the past 50+ years. The interviews are fascinating to view.
Additional Historical Interviews
Most interviews prior to 2005 were made by Bob Gorson, although some were conducted by others. Those interviews along with the ones below (audio only with transcript) may also be obtained individually on a 30-day loan from the Niels Bohr Library and Archives of the American Institute of Physics. The process is to access the online catalog ICOS which provides a description of the collection, including a list of the interviewees and to then fill out an access application to the Niels Bohr Library and Archives.
| · Howard Andrews · Carl Braestrup · Austin Brues · Robley D. Evans · George Henny · Paul Henshaw |
· Norman Hillberry · Lillian E. Jacobson · Harold E. Johns · George Laurence · John Lawrence · Herbert M. Parker |
· Edward Pochin · Edith E. Quimby · John Rose · Roberts Rugh · J. Newell Stannard · E. Dale Trout |
· John Trump · John Victoreen · Shields Warren · S. Reid Warren · Marvin Williams |
Publications on the History of the AAPM
Formation and early years of the AAPM
Med. Phys. 5(4):290-6., Jul-Aug 1978
History of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 1958-1998
Med. Phys. 25(7)., July 1998, Part 2
- Introduction pp. 1235-1237
- Early Organizations of Medical Physics pp. 1238-1243
- Formation and Activities of the AAPM pp. 1244-1360 (note - this PDF is 18MB)
- Specific Topics pp. 1361-1377
- Tables of AAPM Data pp. 1378-1382
Activities of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 1999-2008
Med. Phys. 35(11)., November 2008
Chapter History
The History Committee encourages all Chapters to preserve their history. Several chapters have prepared history panels for display at the AAPM Annual Meetings as shown below. Chapters are encouraged to submit new and updated versions in PDF format to the History Committee, for display in this section.
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