Achievement Medal Award
This prestigious recognition continues to be awarded at Alpha Omega’s annual convention, acknowledging individuals or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to dentistry or its allied professions.
Past Recipients
The Achievement Medal Award honors distinguished individuals and organizations whose work has advanced dentistry, allied sciences, and the broader profession.
| Year | Name | Convention City |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No Award Given | Naples, FL |
| 2024 | Israeli Police Dental Forensics Unit | Virtual Convention |
| 2023 | George Zarb, DDS | Toronto, Canada |
| 2022 | No Award Given | Virtual Convention |
| 2021 | John D. B. Featherstone, MSc, PhD | Virtual Convention |
| 2020 | No Award Given | Virtual Convention |
| 2019 | Robert J. Genco, PhD, DDS | Los Angeles, CA |
| 2018 | Robert S. Langer, ScD | New Orleans, LA |
| 2017 | Amid Ismail, BDS, MPH, MBA, DrPH | Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
| 2016 | Michael C. Alfano, DMD, PhD | San Francisco, CA |
| 2015 | Lawrence Tabak, DDS, PhD | Washington, D.C. |
| 2014 | Zehev Tadmor, DDS | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2013 | Arnold Weisgold, DDS | Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
| 2012 | Adam Stabholz, DMD | Scottsdale, AZ |
| 2011 | R. Bruce Donoff, DDS, MD | Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
| 2010 | Stanley M. Bergman | San Diego, CA |
| 2009 | No Award Granted | Caribbean (Cruise) |
| 2008 | Arthur A. Dugoni, DDS | Phoenix, AZ |
| 2007 | Gerald Niznick, DDS, MDS | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2006 | No Award Granted | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2005 | Phil Gold, M.D., PhD | Hollywood, FL |
| 2004 | Judah Folkman, M.D. | Vancouver, BC |
| 2003 | Dushanka V. Kleinman, D.D.S. | Indian Wells, CA |
| 2002 | Rafael L. Bowen, DDS | Washington DC |
| 2001 | Per-Ingvar Branemark, M.D., PhD | New York City |
| 2000 | Herbert Schilder, D.D.S. | Phoenix |
| 1999 | Omer K. Reed, D.D.S. | San Francisco |
| 1998 | Yoram Dinstein, LLD | Jerusalem (Tel Aviv host) |
| 1997 | Ronald Goldstein, DDS | Orlando |
| 1996 | Harold C. Slavkin, DDS | Palm Springs |
| 1995 | Julius Axelrod, PhD | Tampa |
| 1994 | Harold R. Stanley, DDS, BS, MS | Toronto |
| 1993 | John A. DiBiaggio, DDS, MA | Atlanta |
| 1992 | Daniel J. Laskin, DDS, MS | San Diego |
| 1991 | Gordon J. Christensen, DDS, PhD | New York |
| 1990 | Baltimore College of Dentistry | Detroit |
| 1989 | Israeli Medical Corps | Jerusalem |
| 1988 | Bernard Sarnat, MD, DDS | Ft. Lauderdale |
| 1987 | John J. Bonica, MD, DSc | Seattle |
| 1986 | Harold Loe, DDS, Dr. Odont. | Washington DC |
| 1985 | John I. Ingle, DDS, MSD | Boston |
| 1984 | Saul Schluger, DDS | Cleveland |
| 1983 | Robert B. Greenblatt, MD, CM | Palm Springs |
| 1982 | Alpha Omega, 75th Anniversary | New York |
| 1981 | Rosalyn Yalow, PhD | Atlanta |
| 1980 | Avraham Harmon | Toronto |
| 1979 | Ephraim Katzir, MSc, PhD | Tel Aviv |
| 1978 | Maury Massler, DDS, DSc | Orlando |
| 1977 | Morton Amsterdam, DDS | Detroit |
| 1976 | Hans Selye, MD, PhD | Vancouver |
| 1975 | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Baltimore |
| 1974 | Gen. Surindar Baskar, DDS, PhD | San Diego |
| 1973 | D. Walter Cohen, DDS | Montreal |
| 1972 | Ino Sciaky, DMD | Jerusalem |
| 1971 | Gen. Robert B. Shira, DDS | Atlanta |
| 1970 | Maynard K. Hine, DDS | New Orleans |
| 1969 | William B. Walsh, MD | Mexico City |
| 1968 | Henry M. Goldman, DMD | Cleveland |
| 1967 | Harold Hillenbrand, DDS | Los Angeles |
| 1966 | Hadassah | Detroit |
| 1965 | Albert B. Sabin, MD | New York |
| 1964 | Joseph Volker, DDS | Toronto |
| 1963 | Geo. C. Paffenbarger, DDS, ScD | Miami Beach |
| 1962 | Harry Sicher, MD, ScD | Philadelphia |
| 1961 | Raymond J. Nagle, DMD | Montreal |
| 1960 | Hon. John Fogarty | Washington DC |
| 1959 | Lester W. Burket, MD, DDS | Chicago |
| 1958 | Abram L. Sachar, PhD, LittD | Cleveland |
| 1957 | Alpha Omega Founders | Baltimore |
| 1956 | Harry Lyons, DDS | Boston |
| 1955 | Jonas E. Salk, MD, ScD | Pittsburgh |
| 1954 | Myron S. Aisenberg, DDS | Detroit |
| 1953 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | New York |
| 1952 | Charles H. Best, FRS | Toronto |
| 1951 | Albert Einstein, PhD | Atlantic City |
| 1950 | Herbert M. Evans, MD, ScD | Los Angeles |
| 1949 | Selamn A. Waksman, MD, PhD | Chicago |
| 1948 | Basil G. Bibby | Washington DC |
| 1947 | Issac Schour, DDS, PhD | Palm Beach |
| 1946 | Alpha Omega Service Men WWII | Detroit |
| 1945 | Ernest A. Hooton, ScD, PhD | New York |
| 1944 | No Awards, World War II | |
| 1943 | No Awards, World War II | |
| 1942 | No Awards, World War II | |
| 1941 | J. Ben Robinson | New York |
| 1940 | Gen. Leigh Fairbank, DDS | Baltimore |
| 1939 | William J. Gies, ScD | Newark |
| 1938 | Thomas Parran, MD | Cleveland |
| 1937 | Arno B. Luckhardt, MD | Chicago |
| 1936 | LeRoy MS Miner, DDS | Boston |