This award honors Jack D. Pressman, Ph.D., a distinguished historian of medicine and Associate Professor of the History of the Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco at the time of his early and unexpected death in June 1997.  The award and stipend of $1,000 is given yearly for outstanding work in twentieth-century history of medicine or medical science, as demonstrated by the completion of the Ph.D. and a proposal to turn the dissertation into a publishable monograph.
The Ph.D. must have been completed and the degree granted within the last five years (i.e., 2002-2006). The application must include a curriculum vitae, the dissertation abstract, a one-page summary of the proposed book; a description (not exceeding two pages) of the work to be undertaken for publication; and two letters of support from faculty members knowledgeable about the applicant’s dissertation.

Susan D. Jones, D.V.M, Ph.D.
Department of  Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
University of Minnesota
100 Ecology Building
1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
e-mail: jone0096@umn.edu  

More information may be obtained from from the Committee Chair.