John P. McGovern Award Lectureship
This lectureship was established in 1983 in honor of John P. McGovern, MD, noted physician, educator, author, and medical historian. The lectures are to be significant national or international figures who may speak on a topic of importance to health sciences librarianship at the association’s annual meeting.
Past Recipients
- 2021
- Damon Tweedy, MD
- 2020
- Esther Choo, MD
- 2019
- Vineet Arora
- Margaret Danilovich
- Allison Lale
- Janice M. Phillips
- 2018
- William Powers
- 2017
- Julie Angus
- 2016
- Ben Goldacre
- 2015
- Mae Jemison
- 2014
- Aaron E. Carroll, MD
- 2013
- Richard Besser
- 2012
- Steven Johnson
- 2011
- Clay Shirky
- 2010
- Daniel H. Pink
- 2009
- Adam Bosworth
- 2008
- Andrew Zolli
- 2007
- Arthur Caplan
- 2006
- Atul Gawande, MD
- 2005
- John J. Nance
- 2004
- Harm J. de Blij
- 2003
- Lawrence Lessig, JD
- 2002
- Seaborn Beck Weathers, MD
- 2001
- Dixie B. Baker, PhD
- 2000
- Tom Ferguson, MD
- 1999
- Daniel Burrus
- 1998
- Laurie Garrett and Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD
- 1997
- Kenneth I. Shine, MD
- 1996
- Michael P. D'Alessandro, MD, and Jeffrey R. Galvin, MD
- 1995
- Jennifer James, Ph.D
- 1994
- June E. Osborn, MD
- 1993
- Patricia Aburdene
- 1992
- Warren Bennis, PhD
- 1991
- George D. Lundberg II, MD, and Stephen P. Lock, MD
- 1990
- Nicholas Negroponte
- 1988
- Robert Wedgeworth
- 1987
- Fred Friendly
- 1986
- Sherry Turkle, PhD
- 1985
- Arnold S. Relman, MD
- 1984
- Frank Bradway Rogers, MD
- 1983
- Lois DeBakey, PhD