Alma B. Sneeden Award
The Alma B. Sneeden award was established by Vinton D.
Sneeden, MD, in memory of his wife after her death in 1975. It is presented each year by the
Department of Pathology to a medical student demonstrating outstanding scholarship in pathology.
About Vinton D. Sneeden, MD
Vinton D. Sneeden graduated from the University of Oregon Medical School (UOMS, now OHSU School of Medicine) in 1936. Upon graduation, he took a rotating internship and received residency training in pathology and surgery at French Hospital in San Francisco. In 1939 he joined the UOMS faculty. During World War II he served as the Chief of Laboratories for the 46th General Hospital in North Africa, and later in France. In 1952 Dr. Sneeden became the Chief of Laboratories at Emanuel Hospital in Portland until 1971, when he returned to the OHSU faculty. Dr. Sneeden’s service to OHSU Pathology spanned 20 years. Dr. Sneeden died in 1979.
Alma B. Sneeden Award Recipients
2017 Karl Stuart Tjerandsen
2016 Mustafa Abdul-Rahman Mahmood
2015 Kaeley Kaplan
2014 Rebecca
Sauerwein
2013 Morgan
Ballard
2012 Nicole Kearney
2011 Brian
Jeppesen
2010 Jessica Davis
2009 Emily King
2008 Caryn Avery
2007 Fiona Garlich
2006 Eric Goranson
2006 Eric Goranson
2005 Jonathan P.
Yarris
2004 Cristina Ann
Smith
Rebecca L. Wilcox
2003 Tracy J. Dyer
2002 Misty Payne
2001 Daniel Louis
Toweill2000 Megan
Jennifer Smith
1999 Denis M.
McCarthy
1998 Amy K.
Chaumeton
1997 Mark Douglas
Orton
1996 Martha J.
Burt
1995 Ann Elizabeth
Smith
1994 Joseph D.
Kronz
1993 Katherine M.
Scott
1991 Carolyn Diana
Jordan
Betty Ann Olivares1990 Mitchell Ryan
Edward L. Nelson
1985 John Gotchall
Ed Nelson
1984 Paul Swanson
1983 Michael Wyman
1982 Terrie Brooks
1981 Dennis Wickham
1980 Stephen Darling
1979 Steve Muelick
1989 Allen Hershey
Clifford
C. Nelson
1988 Scott P.
Otteson
Robert
D. Law
1987 John L.
Holmes
Richard
H. Edelson
1986 Daniel R.
KocarnikEdward L. Nelson
1985 John Gotchall
Ed Nelson
1984 Paul Swanson
1983 Michael Wyman
1982 Terrie Brooks
1981 Dennis Wickham
1980 Stephen Darling
1979 Steve Muelick