The William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award was established by Joseph H. Holmes, MD, in 1969, and presented for the first time at the AIUM annual convention in Winnipeg that year. William J. Fry, MS, was a physicist with a strong interest in ultrasound in biology and medicine, whose innovative research efforts advanced the field of diagnostic ultrasound. One of Professor Fry's most notable contributions was the successful design of an ultrasonic system used to pinpoint lesions in the brain without damaging adjacent tissues. This ultrasonic system was later used to treat various brain pathologies, and in particular, Parkinson's disease. His impassioned interest in ultrasound led him to become president of the AIUM from 1966 until his death in 1968. The following year, the William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award, recognizing a current or retired AIUM member who has significantly contributed, in his or her particular field, to the scientific progress of medical diagnostic ultrasound, was established in his honor.

Year	Recipient	Introduced by
2008	Peter N. Burns, PhD	Barry Goldberg, MD
2007	William D. O'Brien, Jr, PhD	Mel Stratmeyer, PhD
2006	Lawrence D. Platt, MD	Joshua Copel, MD
2005	Richard Meyer, MD	Charles Kleinman, MD
2004	Peter H. Arger, MD	Alfred B. Kurtz, MD
2003	Frederick Kremkau, PhD	Lewis Nelson, III, MD, RDMS
2002	Charles S. Kleinman, MD	Joshua A. Copel, MD
2001	Ilan E. Timor-Tritsch, MD	Lawrence D. Platt, MD
2000	Beryl R. Benacerraf, MD	Lawrence D. Platt, MD
1999	Arthur C. Fleischer, MD	Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD
1998	James F. Greenleaf, PhD	Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD
1997	Roy A. Filly, MD	Peter H. Arger, MD
1996	Christopher Merritt, MD	Peter H. Arger, MD
1995	John C. Hobbins, MD	Michael S. Tenner, MD
1994	Hans Henrik Holm, MD	Michael S. Tenner, MD
1993	Marvin C. Ziskin, MD	John C. Hobbins, MD
1992	Peter N. T. Wells, PhD	Kenneth J. Taylor, MD, PhD
1991	D. Eugene Strandness, Jr., MD	Bernard Sigel, MD
1990	Wesley L. Nyborg, MS, PhD	Paul L. Carson, PhD
1988	Barry B. Goldberg, MD	Christopher Merritt, MD
1987	George R. Leopold, MD	Christopher Merritt, MD
1986	Frederick L. Lizzi, EngScD	Richard A. Meyer, MD
	D. Jackson Coleman, MD	Richard A. Meyer, MD
1985	William M. McKinney, MD	Claude R. Joyner, MD
1984	Floyd Dunn, PhD
1983	Justus F. Lehmann, MD	Marvin C. Ziskin, MD
1982	James R. Stouffer, PhD
1981	Gerald J. Posakony
1980	Claude R. Joyner, MD
1979	Horace E. Thompson, MD
1978	Gilbert Baum, MD
1977	George Kossoff, ME
1976	Dr. Ian Donald
1975	No award presented.
1974	No award presented.
1973	Leon Cooper, PhD
1972	Buckminster Fuller
1971	Dr. Helmuth Hertz
1970	T. Lynch
1969	W.E. Brown, FRGS	Ross E. Brown, MD