William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award

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 meeting 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.

2016 Dirk Timmerman, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FAIUM (hon)

2015 Wesley Lee, MD, FAIUM

2014 Levon N. Nazarian, MD, FAIUM, FACR, FSRU

2013 Paul L. Carson, PhD, FAIUM

2012 Joshua A. Copel, MD, FAIUM

2011 Jacques S. Abramowicz, MD, FACOG, FAIUM

2010 David J. Sahn, MD, FAIUM

2009 Alfred Bernard Kurtz, MD, FAIUM

2008 Peter N. Burns, PhD

2007 William D. O'Brien, Jr., PhD, FAIUM

2006 Lawrence D. Platt, MD, FAIUM

2005 Richard A. Meyer, MD, FAIUM

2004 Peter H. Arger, MD, FAIUM, FACR

2003 Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, FACR, FAIMBE, FAIUM, FASA

2002 Charles S. Kleinman, MD

2001 Ilan E. Timor-Tritsch, MD, FAIUM

2000 Beryl R. Benacerraf, MD, FAIUM

1999 Arthur C. Fleischer, MD, FAIUM

1998 James Fowler Greenleaf, PhD, FAIUM

1997 Roy A. Filly, MD, FAIUM

1996 Christopher R. B. Merritt, MD, FACR, FAIUM

1995 John C. Hobbins, MD, FAIUM

1994 Hans Holm, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)

1993 Marvin C. Ziskin, MD, FAIUM

1992 Peter N.T. Wells, PhD, FAIUM (hon)

1991 D. Eugene Strandness, Jr., MD

1990 Wesley L. Nyborg, PhD, FAIUM

1988 Barry Benson Goldberg, MD, FAIUM

1987 George R. Leopold, MD, FAIUM

1986 Frederic L. Lizzi, EngScD

1986 D. Jackson Coleman, MD, FACS, FARVO

1985 William M. McKinney, MD, FAIUM

1984 Floyd Dunn, PhD, FAIUM

1983 Justus F. Lehmann, MD

1982 James R. Stouffer, PhD, MS, FAIUM

1981 Gerald J. Posakony

1980 Claude R. Joyner, MD

1979 Horace E. Thompson, MD, FAIUM

1978 Gilbert Baum, MD, FAIUM

1977 George Kossoff, DScEng, FAIUM (hon)

1976 Ian Donald

1973 Leon Cooper, PhD

1972 Buckminster Fuller

1971 Helmuth Hertz

1970 T. Lynch