Doctor of the Year
The Doctor of the Year Award is presented annually to a physician member of GCS who has demonstrated the highest ideals of our profession: excellence and commitment to medicine, loyalty to our Alma Mater, and dedication to the Society. The 2017 DOY Award was presented to Dr. Nancy Ripp Clark. Dr. Ripp Clark has been an indefatigable supporter of the Society for many years, helping to bring in new members, supporting the auction, recruiting speakers, and in general promoting the mission of the Society.
Dr. Ripp Clark received the "Igni" statuette, conceived and created by Dr. Saeed Marefat, past president of GCS (2013-14). The "Igni" is named after St. Ignatius of Loyola, who founded the Society of Jesus in 1539. Ignatian Spirituality serves as the guiding principle for the work of the Jesuits and Georgetown University. The St. Ignatius Chapel is located at the Georgetown School of Medicine in the southwest wing on the first floor.
Prior Doctor of the Year Recipients
1945 Dr. J.J. Mundell
1946 Dr. Casimir F. Leibell
1947 Dr. F.R. Sanderson
1948 Dr. Wallace M. Yater
1949 Dr. William F. O’Donnell
1950 Dr. R. M. LeComte
1951 Dr. S. Logan Owens
1952 Dr. J. Bay Jacobs
1953 Dr. J.J. McCarthy, Sr.
1954 Dr. James A. Gannon
1955 Dr. Frank J. Eichenlaub
1956 Dr. Jerome F. Crowley
1957 Dr. William P. Argy
1958 Dr. Raymond Holden (1928)
1959 Dr. William P. Herbst
1960 Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald
1961 Dr. Vincent J. Dardin
1962 Dr. Isadore Rodis (1928)
1963 Dr. Phillip Caufield
1964 Dr. Tom Keliher (1938)
1965 Dr. Ed NcNamara
1966 Dr. Stephen Nealon, Jr. (1933)
1967 Dr. Paul Wilner (1936)
1968 Dr. Gerald McAteer (1937)
1969 Dr. Charles Millwater (1932)
1970 Dr. Bernard Walsh (1934)
1971 Dr. Ray Osbourn (1940)
1972 Dr. Ben Mundell (1934)
1973 Dr. Bob Maher (1932)
1974 Dr. Harry Horstman (1942)
1975 Dr. Joseph Peabody (1948)
1976 Dr. Robert F. Donohoe (1949)
1977 Dr. William D. Dolan (1942)
1978 Dr. James Boland (1947)
1979 Dr. Lawrence McCaleb (1934)
1980 Dr. Joseph A. Dugan (1941)
1981 Dr. James Kehoe (1947)
1982 Dr. James Fitzgerald (1948)
1983 Dr. Albert F. Fleury (1946)
1984 Dr. James Nugent (1953)
1985 Dr. Robert Scanlon (1954)
1986 Dr. William Maxted (1954)
1987 Dr. Charles Carroll (1961)
1988 Dr. Charles Keegan (1947)
1989 Dr. John Dillon (1956)
1990 Dr. Eugene P. Libre
1991 Dr. Landon Banfield
1992 Dr. Jim D’Albora
1993 Dr. William Flynn
1994 Dr. John Millwater
1995 Dr. Maurice Casey
1996 Dr. Edward Gwozdz
1997 Dr. Joe Swift
1998 Dr. Jack Delahay
1999 Dr. J. Neill Kennedy
2000 Dr. Pat Caulfield
2001 Dr. Peter Petrucci
2002 Dr. Barbara Black
2003 Dr. Jim Rotchford
2004 Dr. Vincent Garagusi
2005 Dr. Joe Giere
2006 Dr. Rick De Rosa
2007 Dr. Bob Carnathan
2008 Dr. Luis Sanz
2009 Dr. John O’Neill, Sr.
2010 Dr. Patrick Mahat
2011 Dr. John Long
2012 Dr. Frank Palumbo
2013 Dr. Mark Reiter
2014 Dr. Andrea Giacometti
2015 Dr. Daphne Keshishian
2016 Dr. Bill Licamele
2017 Dr. Nancy Ripp Clark
2018 Dr. Luke Grande
2019 Dr. Tom Zorc
2020 COVID
2021 Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell
2022 COVID
2023 Dr. Stephen Luck