The Luther Christman award is given to an individual or individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to nursing that also reflects highly on men in nursing or significantly contributes to the purposes of this organization.

 

Procedure:

An individual or group of individuals will submit to the Awards Task Force a nomination and application for the award. The Awards Task Force Chairperson will contact the nominee and congratulate them on their nomination and request the materials detailed below be submitted for consideration of the award. Please click here for further information.

 

Criteria:

1. The person or persons honored with this award must have made a visible, commendable and substantial contribution to nursing and to men in nursing over a period of time.

2. The person or persons are not required to be members of this organization.

3. The person or persons are not required to be registered nurses.

4. The individual is expected to be present for the presentation of the award.

5. The award will not be given to the same person or persons more than once.

6. The award will be offered only when a person or persons are determined to be worthy of this award and have met the required criteria.

7. The award will be determined by majority vote of the Board of Directors.

8. The nominee/recipient of the Luther Christman Award shall not be currently serving as an officer or board member of AAMN.

 

Notification of Award: Annual Conference

 

Please send submissions to Ryan Lewis, rmlewisrn@hotmail.com.

 

Luther Christman Award Recipients

1975 Gerald Ford

1976 Myrtle K.Aydelotte

1977 Chester Retlowski

1978 Samuel Hart

1979 Valencia Prock

1980 Jeanette McPhail

1981 Vernice Ferguson

1982 Harold MacKinnon

1983 The Alexian Brothers

1984 Dorothy Wheeler

1985 Virginia Henderson

1986 Edward J. Halloran

1987 Frances P. Bolton

1988 Clifford Morrison

1989 Ada Sue Hinshaw

1992 Nicholas Cummings

1993 Peter Ungvarski

1994 Barbara Holtzclaw

1995 Lawrence Voyten

1996 Ann Marie Brooks

1997 Hildegard Peplau

1998 Vern Bullough

1999 Marie O’Toole

2000 Tim Porter O’Grady

2001 Eleanor Sullivan

2002 Dan Pesut

2003 Terry Meisner

2004 Bruce Wilson

2005 William Bester

2006 Peter Berhaus

2007 Russell Tranbarger

2008 Randy Hudspeth

2009 Larry Purnell