History of the CSA Distinguished Service Award

The California Society of Anesthesiologists created a Distinguished Service Award Committee in January, 1974. The award was established for recognition of distinguished and meritorious service by members of CSA.

The Committee is made up of the five past presidents immediately preceding the immediate past president. They are to determine from nominations received from district directors, who should be the nominee for that current year, to be presented to the House of Delegates for approval. The nominees could be members who have demonstrated outstanding and meritorious service to the Society. These services may be of a civic, political, educational, clinical or research nature.

Recipients to date:

1976	Donald J. Lauber, M.D.
1977	M. Kathleen Belton, M.D.
1978	William B. Neff, M.D.
1979	None
1980	None
1981	John R. Raymond, M.D.
1982	John S. Hattox, M.D.
1983	James S. West, M.D.
1984	Solomon H. Statman, M.D.
1985	Don R. King, M.D.
1986	Gilbert E. Kinyon, M.D.
1987	None
1988	Gerald Nudell, M.D.
1989	None
1990	Douglass H. Batten, M.D.
1991	Norman R. Catron, CSA Executive Director
1992	None
1993	None
1994	Evelyn B. Squier, CSA Assistant Executive Director
1995	None
1996	Peter L. McDermott, M.D.
1997	None
1998	Arthur O. McGowan, M.D.
1999	Thomas W. Feeley, M.D.
2000	None
2001	Norman Levin, M.D.
2002	Thomas A. Joas, M.D.
2003	Stephen H. Jackson, M.D.
2004	Thomas H. Cromwell, M.D.
2005	J. Kent Garman, M.D.
2006	Caryl J. Guth, M.D.
2007	Jack L. Moore, M.D.
2008	Benjamin Shwachman, M.D.
2009	R. Lawrence Sullivan Jr., M.D.
2010	None

List of CSA Presidents

58	Linda B. Hertzberg, MD	2009-10
57	Michael W. Champeau, MD	2008-09
56	Virgil M. Airola, MD	2007-08
55	Mark A. Singleton, MD	2006-07
54	Edgar D. Canada, MD	2005-06
53	Linda J. Mason, MD	2004-05
52	H. Douglas Roberts, MD	2003-04
51	Patricia A. Dailey, MD	2002-03
50	Daniel J. Cole, MD	2001-02
49	Steven D. Goldfien, MD	2000-01
48	R. Lawrence Sullivan, Jr., MD	1999-2000
47	Richard D. Fogdall, MD	1998-99
46	Benjamin Shwachman, MD	1997-98
45	*Patrick G. Burch, MD	1996-97
44	Rosemarie Marshall Johnson, MD	1995-96
43	J. Kent Garman, MD	1994-95
42	Richard E. Tirrell, MD	1993-94
41	Thomas W. Feeley, MD	1992-93
40	Jack L. Moore, MD	1991-92
39	Thomas H. Cromwell, MD	1990-91
38	Stephen H. Jackson, MD	1989-90
37	Norman Levin, MD	1988-89
36	Thomas A. Joas, MD	1987-88
35	Arthur O. McGowan, MD	1986-87
34	*Bernard D. Morgan, MD	1985-86
33	Peter L. McDermott, MD, PhD	1984-85
32	*Paul E. Thomas, MD	1983-84
31	Caryl J. Guth, MD	1982-83
30	Russell T. Jackson, MD	1981-82
29	Thomas T. Harkness, MD	1980-81
28	*Gerald Nudell, MD	1979-80
27	*Henry D. Green, MD	1978-79
26	*Solomon H. Statman, MD	1977-78
25	*Don R. King, MD	1976-77
24	Donald B. Dose, MD	1975-76
23	Seymour Wallace, MD	1974-75
22	*Donald J. Lauber, MD	1973-74
21	Gilbert E. Kinyon, MD	1972-73
20	*James L. Rhee, MD	1971-72
19	Harold L. Engel, MD	1970-71
18	*John R. Raymond, MD	1969-70
17	*:Lewis H. Lambert, MD	1968-69
16	*Kathleen Belton, MD	1967-68
15	John S. Hattox, Jr., MD	1966-67
14	*Sam Denson, MD	1965-66
13	*James S. West, MD	1964-65
12	*Charles D. Anderson, MD	1963-64
11	*Robert W. Churchill, MD	1962-63
10	Francis E. Guinney, MD	1961-62
9	*John P. Howard, MD	1960-61
8	*Marshall L. Skaggs, MD	1957-59
7	*H. Rupp, MD	1955-57
6	*Douglass H. Batten, MD	1953-55
5	*Bruce M. Anderson, MD	1952-53
4	*Ernest H. Warnock, MD	1951-52
3	*Gordon C. Langsdorf, MD	1950-51
2	*Forrest E. Leffingwell, MD	1949-50
1	*Charles F. McCuskey, MD	1948-49
	* indicates deceased

CSA Bulletin

Winter 2010