Each year, PDA recognizes members whose contributions have
helped the Association fulfill its mission at the Awards Dinner,
held during the Annual Meeting. PDA congratulates each winner
for their service to the Association.
Honorary Membership
This is PDA’s most prestigious award, conferring lifetime
membership benefits to the recipient. The award has traditionally
been given in recognition of long service significant in nature to
PDA and requires unanimous approval from the Board of Directors.
Gordon Personeus Award
Presented in memory of the late Gordon Personeus, past PDA
President and longtime volunteer, this award is intended to honor
a PDA member, other than a Board member, for long-term acts or
contributions that are of noteworthy or special importance to PDA.
- Michael De Felippis, PhD
- Janeen Skutnik-Wilkinson
Frederick J. Carleton Award
This award is presented as a tribute to lifetime contributor, past
President, past Executive Director, and Honorary Member Frederick
J. Carleton, and is designated for past or present Board members.
- Gabriele Gori
- Christopher Smalley, PhD
Martin VanTrieste Pharmaceutical Science Award
Established in honor of long-time contributor and Chair
Martin VanTrieste, this award is given annually for outstanding
contributions to the advancement of pharmaceutical science.
Michael S. Korczynski Award
An award established in recognition of contributions made
toward the development of PDA’s international activities by
Michael S. Korczynski, PhD.
- Ursula Busse, PhD
- Hirohito Katayama, PhD
Edward Smith Packaging Science Award
In honor of long-time volunteer Edward Smith, who led PDA’s
packaging science activities, this award is given in recognition of
extraordinary contributions to PDA and the packaging science.
Distinguished Service Appreciation Award
This award is given in recognition of special acts, contributions or
services that have promoted the success and strength of PDA.
- Patricia Hughes, PhD
- Maria Jacobs, PhD
- Stephan Krause, PhD
- Hanns-Christian Mahler, PhD
- Roman Mathaes, PhD
- Tsuguo Sasaki, PhD
James P. Agalloco Award
The James P. Agalloco Award is presented annually to the PDA
faculty member who exemplifies outstanding performance in
education. The award is named for James P. Agalloco, in honor of
his work in developing the PDA Education program.
Lee Leichter
Frederick D. Simon Award
The Frederick D. Simon Award is presented annually for the best paper
published in the PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology.
This award is named in honor of the late Frederick D. Simon, a former
PDA Director of Scientific Affairs. This year’s award went to three
recipients for their article, “Particulate Generation Mechanisms duringBulk Filling and Mitigation via New Glass Vial,” which was published in
the September/October 2017 issue of the PDA Journal.
- Christopher Timmons
- Chi Yuen Liu
- Stefan Merkle
Distinguished Editor/Author Award
This award recognizes the author or editor selected by PDA
members for their contribution to PDA’s technical books. This year’s
award went to the author of the book, Method Development andValidation for the Pharmaceutical Microbiologist.
PDA Europe Service Appreciation Award
This award is presented annually for special acts, contributions or
services that have contributed to the success and strength of PDA’s
European activities.
Service Appreciation Award
This award is presented annually for special acts, contributions or
services.
- Deborah Autor
- Hal Baseman
- Ursula Busse, PhD
- Joyce Bloomfield
- Stephan Rönninger, PhD
- Maureen Hertog
- Keith Koehler
- Sanjit Singh Lamba
- Jason Mattis
- John Michael Morris
- Kenneth Paddock
- Leticia Quinones, PhD
President’s Award
This award recognizes a PDA staff member, other than senior staff,
whose exemplary performance has contributed to PDA’s success
during the previous year.