Foundation Prize Awards (1938-1980)
1938: Studies of the Endometrium in Association With the Normal Menstrual Cycle With Ovarian Dysfunctions and With Cancer of the Uterus; Dr. Wallace E. Herrell, Rochester, Minnesota
1939: The Therapeutic Rationale for the Use of Testosterone Propionate in the Immediate Treatment of Functional Uterine Bleeding; Dr. A. A. Abarbanel, Bronx, New York
1940: The Theca Cone and Its Tropism Toward the Ovarian Surface, a Typical Feature of Growing Human and Mammaliam Follicles; Dr. Erwin O. Strassmann, Houston, Texas
1942: The Glycogen Index in the Menopause; Dr. Harold C. Mack, Detroit, Michigan
1944: The Spasmolysant Action of Magnesium Ions on the Tetanically Contracting Human Gravid Uterus; Dr. A. R. Abarbanel, Washington, D.C.
1946: A Study of the Interaction of Pregnancy and Hypertensive Disease; Dr. Leon C. Chesley, Jersey City, New Jersey
1947: Histological Appearance of Spiral Arterioles in the Endometrium of Rhesus Monkey, Baboon, Chimpanzee, and Gibbon; Dr. Irwin H. Kaiser, Baltimore, Maryland
1948: Non-neoplastic Ovarian Cysts--Their Relation to Spiral Arteries in the Human Ovary; Dr. Barnet Delson, Brooklyn, New York
1949: Topographic Urethrography; Dr. Thomas L. Ball, Long Island, New York
1950: The Anatomy of the Female Urethra and the Anterior Vaginal Wall; Dr. Kermit Edward Krantz, New York, New York
1952: The Production of ACTH in the Patient Undergoing Gynecologic Surgery or Receiving Pelvic Irradiation; Dr. Allan C. Barnes, Columbus, Ohio
1953: Cardiovascular Physiology in Normal Pregnancy: Studies With the Dye Dilution Technique; Dr. John Quincy Adams, Memphis, Tennessee
1955: Puerperal Vasomotor Collapse in Patients With Toxemia of Pregnancy--A New Concept of the Etiology and a Rational Plan of Treatment; Dr. Howard J. Tatum, New Orleans, Louisiana
1956: Studies on Lactic Acid Metabolism in Pregnancy and Labor; Dr. Charles H. Hendricks, Cleveland, Ohio
1957: Placental Transfer in Normal and Toxic Gestation; Dr. Harry S. McGaughey, Charlottesville, Virginia
1958: Habitual Abortion; Dr. Edward C. Mann, New York, New York
1959: Studies of the Human Trophoblast in Tissue Culture. I. Cultural Methods and Histochemical Staining; Dr. Henry A. Thiede, Rochester, New York
1960: Etiology of Hypertension in Toxemia of Pregnancy; Dr. Charles A. Hunter, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana
1961: The Destruction of the Maternal and Fetal Pituitary Glands in Sub-human Primates; Dr. Donald L. Hutchinson, Los Angeles, California
1962: The Immunologic Problem of Pregnancy; Dr. Richard L. Simmons, New York, New York
1963: Human Placental Lactogen (HPL), a Trophoblastic Hormone Synergizing with Chorionic Gonadotrophin, and Potentiating the Anabolic Effect of Pituitary Growth Hormone; Dr. John B. Josimovich, Boston, Massachusetts
1964: The Role of the Placenta in Fetal Malnutrition; Dr. Pierre C. Tremblay, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1965: Electrolyte Content and Distribution in Human Myometrium, II. Childbearing Age Group; Dr. Luis A. Cibils, Cleveland, Ohio
1966: Chronic Uterine Ischemia and Reversible Experimental "Toxemia of Pregnancy"; Dr. Alberto A. Hodari, Detroit, Michigan
1967: An Artificial Placenta. The Development of an Extracorporeal System of Maintenance of Immature Infants With Respiratory Distress; Dr. Geoffrey Chamberlain, Washington, D.C.
1968: Uterine Vascular Changes During the Ovarian Cycle; Dr. Frank C. Greiss, Jr., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1969: Peritoneal Fluid Cellular Patterns in Obstetrics and Gynecology; Dr. Larry McGowan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970: Antigenicity of Ovarian and Cervical Malignancies With A View Toward Possible Immunodiagnosis; Dr. Michael M. Levi, New York, New York
1971: An Immunologic Method of Pregnancy Destruction and Contraception; Dr. John P. Gusdon, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1972: Study of the Intracellular Mechanism of LH Release in the Anterior Pituitary; Dr. Tsunechisa Makino, Boston, Massachusetts
1973: The Effects of Local Progesterone on Stilbestrol-Associated Vaginal Adenosis; Dr. Arthur L. Herbst, Boston, Massachusetts
1974: Risk of Respiratory Distress Syndrome as Determined by Amniotic Fluid Lecithin Concentration; Dr. George H. Nelson, Augusta, Georgia
1975: Immuno-chemotherapy and Trophoblast Gene Derepression in Gynecologic Cancers; Dr. Roland A. Pattillo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1980: Major Gynecologic Operative Procedures in DES-Exposed Women; Dr. Grant Schmidt, Chapel Hill, North Carolina