Lifetime Achievement Award

Division 22’s Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes rehabilitation psychologists who have made outstanding lifelong contributions in their lifetime of work in the areas of practice, science, public interest, and/or education and training that advances Rehabilitation Psychology as a science or a profession.

Past Awardees:

1978: James Garrett, Ph.D., World Rehabilitation Fund

1979: Not awarded

1980: Tamara Dembo, Ph.D., Clark University

1981: Beatrice Wright, Ph.D., University of Kansas

1982: Durard Jacobs, Ph.D.

1983: Not awarded

1984: Leonard Dillard, Ph.D., Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation

1985: Douglas Fenderson, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, NIDRR

1986: William Fordyce, Ph.D., University of Washington

1987: Nancy Kerr, Ph.D., Arizona State University

1988: George Wright, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

1989: Myron G. Eisenberg, Ph.D., Hampton VA Medical Center

1990: Roberta Trieschmann, Ph.D., RBT Associates

1991: Lee Meyerson, Ph.D., Arizona State University

1992: Herb Zaretsky, Ph. D., Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation

1993: Nancy Crewe, Ph.D., Michigan State University

1994: Susanne Bruyere, Ph.D., CRC, Cornell University

1995: Leonard Dillard, Ph.D., Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation

1996: Richard Cox, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), Duke University Medical Center

1997: Not awarded

1998: Robert Glueckauf, Ph.D., Florida State University

1999: John Corrigan, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), The Ohio State University

2000: Not awarded

2001: Not awarded

2002: Mitchell Rosenthal, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation

2003: Not awarded

2004: Bernard S. Brucker, Ph.D., University of Miami School of Medicine/ Miami Jewish Home and Hospital

2005: Franklin C. Shontz, Ph.D., University of Kansas

2006: J. Scott Richards, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), University of Alabama Birmingham

2007: Bruce Caplan, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), Independent Practice

2008: Paul Leung, Ph.D., University of North Texas

2009: Barry Nierenberg, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), Nova Southeastern University

2010: Robert G. Frank, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

2011: Bryan Kemp, Ph.D., Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

2012: Tom Kerkhoff, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), University of Florida, Shands Rehabilitation

2013: Janet Niemeier, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), Carolinas Rehabilitation

2014: Mary Hibbard, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), NYU Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation

2015: Not awarded

2016: Dan Rohe, Ph.D., ABPP, (Rp), Mayo Clinic

2017: William Stiers, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), John Hopkins University School of Medicine

2018: Timothy Elliott, PhD., Texas A&M University.

2019: Steven Wegener, PhD., ABPP (Rp), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

2020: Martha E. Banks, Ph.D.

2021: Stephanie Hanson, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), University of Florida

2022: Michele Rusin, Ph.D., ABPP (Rp), Independent Practice

2023: Dawn Ehde, PhD, University of Washington