Chapter Nine: Awards, 1929 - 2002

History of Doctor of Philosophy degree and honorary doctorates; history of American philosophical Society; correspondence in 1950 by EWG about giving lecture; Yearbooks at Heard showing VU members. Research Medal, Southern Medical Assn: correspondence in 1937 about EWG receiving medal; citation of award probably in SMJ Jan 1938; Program for meeting in New Orleans when medal presented; congratulations from Runyon of Clarksville with reply; congratulations from Hill Turner at VU with reply; congratulations from Sarah, Dave Pickens; description of food poisoning in New Orleans suffered by EWG; EWG's acceptance speech mailed to AV Goodpasture; congratulations from Minor Bland of Clarksville with reply; copy of SMJ Jan 1938 with history of medal and citation; EWG to Sprunt in Oct 1937 indicating he would not go to New Orleans; article in Banner about medal Dec 1937. Kober Medal: Copy of diploma; Burwell's speech at presentation and EWG's acceptance as published in Transactions, 1944; Claude Bennett's article about Assn Amer Physicians, 1997 with list of awardees of Medal and Kober lecturers; Harvey's paper on Assn Amer Physicians 1986. Sedgwick Memorial Medal: Letter from Exec Sec to EWG July 1944 notifying him of award with reply; EWG acceptance speech. National Academy of Sciences/ Kovalenko Medal: Home Secretary to EWG April 1937 announcing election; . Flexner to EWG April 1937 with congratulations with reply J. Stahlman to EWG April 1937 with congratulations and EWG reply; Home Secretary to EWG awarding Kovalenko Medal; citation by J.Paul; Paul to EWG April 1958 with plans for medal presentation with reply; description of Kovalenko Medal and other awardees as of 2001; Newspaper account of presentation with picture of EWG and D. Bronk, Pres NAS. Passano Award: Background info about Passano Foundation and Awards and the citation to EWG; letter President of Foundation to EWG March 1946 notifying him of award with EWG reply; letter from President to EWG in Nov 1950 soliciting candidates for award; article in Time about EWG and his acceptance speech as philosophic, rambling and often brilliant; paper by EWG on Research and Medical Practice from address delivered and published in Science Nov 1946; Passano Awards 1945- 1961 with pictures and citations. Gold-Headed Cane: Letter from Sec Amer Assn Path and Bact soliciting candidates from Council members; history of awarding Cane from Transactions of the Council; material copied from scroll accompanying Cane at AFIP(word scroll on this page in EWG hand); EWG acceptance speech transcribed and hand written; EWG to Waring Jan 1959 about receipt of Cane; memoir about Howard Karsner, previous recipient of Cane, in Lab Investigation 1958 mentions EWG; Amer Jour Path article in 1974 describing recipients. Miscellaneous: EWG to Morgan Nov 1937 about Whipple proposing EWG for membership in Assn Amer Physicians with reply by Morgan; WG to student Weinstein May 1929 accepting AOA; EWG to Sec Amer Assn Path acceptingCouncil position; EWG to VP Newcomen Society Nov 1952 with remittance of dues with webpage of Society as of 2000; EWG to Louise Davis declining article in Tennessean April 1956; various news accounts of EWG awards; Picture of EWG, Morgan, Billings, Cate at presentation of Phillips Award by Amer College; letter Feldman to EWG May 1956 in which pictures made in Cincinnati were sent to EWG( occasion unknown for picture-taking and it is presumed the picture of EWG as "Prophet" came from this sitting. Citation for "Publish or Perish" in Scientist June, 1996.