The Medical Mission
Medical Mission Hall of Fame Foundation Inductees


2008 Recipients

  • Nathan Barlow, M.D. (Posthumous)
    Director, The Mossy Foot Project
    Biography
  • Peter Hotez, M.D.,Ph.D.
    President, Sabin Vaccine Institute
    Walter G. Ross Professor and Chair
    Department of Microbiology, Immunology
    and Tropical Medicine
    The George Washington University
    Sabin Vaccine Institute
    Biography
  • Editha Cañete-Miguel, M.D.,F.P.C.P.
    Founder and Executive Director,
    Agape Rural Program, Philippines
    Biography
  • Victor C. Rambo, M.D. (Posthumous)
    Ophthalmologist and missionary to India
    Biography
  • John Bul Dau
    Biography
  • Representative Marcy C. Kaptur
    Biography

2007 Recipients

  • Ira A. Abrahamson, Jr. M.D.
    Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Biography
  • Harold P Adolph, M.D.
    Bonnie Jo Adolph
    Ethiopia Africa
    Biography
  • Lawrence V. Conway, Ph.D.
    Founding President
    Medical Mission Hall of Fame
    Toledo, Ohio
    Biography
  • James G. Diller, M.D.
    Founding Chairman of the Board
    Medical Mission Hall of Fame
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Biography
  • Edna Adan Ismail, Ph.D.,R.N.
    Edna Adan Maternity Hospital
    Hargesia, Somaliland
    Biography

2006 Recipients

  • Mary Breckinridge, R.N. (Posthumous)
    Founder of Frontier Nursing Service
    Wendover, Kentucky
    Biography
  • Jean William Pape, M.D.
    Director of GHESKIO Centers,
    Port-au-Prince, Haiti
    Professor of Medicine, Cornell University
    New York, USA
    Biography
  • Richard M. Hodes, M.D., F.A.C.P.
    Medical Director
    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Biography
  • Jill Seaman, M.D.
    International Medical Relief Fund
    Upper Nile, Sudan
    Biography
  • Medical Missions, Inc.
    The University of Santo Tomas
    Manila, Philippines
    Biography
  • Sr. Yvonne Viens, R.N., M.Ed.
    Apostle of the Needy
    Sisters of Charity of Montreal,
    “Grey Nuns”
    Lexington, MA
    Biography

2005 Recipients
  • William Larimer Mellon, Jr., M.D. (Posthumous)
    Hôpital Albert Schweitzer
    Deschapelles, Haiti
    Biography
  • Gwendolyn Grant Mellon (Posthumous)
    Hôpital Albert Schweitzer
    Deschapelles, Haiti
    Biography
  • Glenn W. Geelhoed, M.D.
    George Washington University Medical Center
    Washington, D.C.
    Biography
  • Paul E. Farmer, M.D., Ph.D.
    Partners in Health
    Boston, Massachusetts
    Biography

2003 and 2004 Recipients
  • Albert Schweitzer, Ph.D., M.D. (Posthumous)
    Albert Schweitzer Institute
    Quinnipiac University - Hamden, Connecticut
    Biography
  • William P. Magee, D.D.S., M.D.
    Operation Smile
    Norfolk, VA
    Biography
  • Kathleen S. Magee, B.S.N., M.S.W., M.Ed.
    Operation Smile
    Norfolk, VA
    Biography
Induction Criteria
There are two types of Medical Mission Hall of Fame Awards:
  • Individual are recognized for their efforts as physicians, nurses, other medical care providers as well as offering assistance to the process of organizing trips.
  • Organization are recognized for their contributions of equipment, medications and/or supplies or monetary support.
Award recipients are selected by the Medical Mission Hall of Fame Selection Committee based on extensive and deliberate reviews of the endeavors and accomplishments of individuals and organizations in the medical mission field. Awards are announced and presented on an annual basis.

If you wish to nominate someone for a Medical Mission Hall of Fame Award, please complete our nomination form and mail to:
The Diller Foundation
Medical Mission Hall of Fame
3123 Kenwood Boulevard
Toledo, Ohio 43606-3112

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