This award distinguishes an individual who addresses the diverse needs of the workforce via public service, community service, and non-traditional social reform, thereby making a major impact on, and the improvement of, public welfare.

• Nominees do not have to be an AIHA member

Note: This award was previously known as The Alice Hamilton Award but was renamed in 2022 to The The Alice Hamilton Award for Social Responsibility.

Current and Past Recipients of The Alice Hamilton Award for Social Responsibility
  • 2025: Mary Erio, CIH, CSP, PE (Nominated by J. Thomas Pierce, MBBS(MD), PhD, FAIHA)
  • 2024: Not awarded
  • 2023: Marc Cousineau (posthumous) (Nominated by Cristina S. Pierre)
  • 2022: Pamela R. D. Williams, MS, ScD, CIH (Nominated by Alan Rossner)
Previous Award Recipients of the Alice Hamilton Award

The award was presented to an outstanding woman who has made a definitive, lasting achievement in the field of occupational and environmental hygiene through public and community service, social reform, technological innovation, or advancements in the scientific approach to the recognition, evaluation, and control of workplace hazards. The recipient must be a woman and have been engaged in occupational hygiene or a related discipline for a minimum of 10 years.

  • 2021: Lydia Renton, B.Sc., CZIHZ, ROH, FAIHA (Nominated by Steven Thygerson)
  • 2020: L. Faye Grimsley, PhD, CIH, FAIHA (Nominated by Kerry-Ann Jaggassar)
  • 2019: Marilyn Ann Fingerhut, PhD (Nominated by David M. Zalk)
  • 2018: Margaret M. Quinn, ScD, CIH (Nominated by Robert F. Herrick)
  • 2017: Thea D. Dunmire, JD, CIH, CSP, FAIHA (Nominated by Kent A. Candee)
  • 2016: Mary O'Reilly, PhD, CIH, CPE, FAIHA (Nominated by Kathleen Murphy)
  • 2015: T. Renee Anthony, PhD, CIH, CSP, FAIHA (Nominated by Thomas Peters and Stephanie Leonard)
  • 2014: Denese A. Deeds, CIH, FAIHA (Nominated by Anne Bracker)
  • 2013: Susan D. Ripple, MS, CIH, FAIHA (Nominated by Patricia Brogan)
  • 2012: Cindy Coe, CIH
  • 2011: Chris L. Laszcz-Davis, MS, CIH, AIC Fellow, FAIHA
  • 2010: Lynn C. O'Donnell, CIH, FAIHA
  • 2009: Donna M. Doganiero, CIH, FAIHA
  • 2008: Carol H. Rice, PhD, CIH
  • 2007: Martha A. Waters, PhD, MPH, CIH, FAIHA
  • 2006: Lisa M. Brosseau, ScD, CIH
  • 2005: Award Not Given
  • 2004: Carolyn F. Phillips, CIH, CSP, PE (ret.), FAIHA
  • 2003: Patricia A. Brogan, PhD, CIH, ROH, FAIHA
  • 2002:Barbara Webster, PA-C
  • 2001: Peg Seminario, MSc
  • 2000: Dr. Moira Yeung
  • 1999: Linda Rosenstock, MD
  • 1998: Alice H. Suter, PhD
  • 1997: Anna M. Baetjer, ScD (posthumously)
  • 1996: Alice C. Farrar, FAIHA
  • 1995: Eula Bingham, PhD
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