2009 AUCD Award Recipients

December 18, 2009

The 2009 AUCD Awards Gala gave the network the opportunity to recognize the commitment, dedication, persistence and leadership of the individuals, organizations, and programs that have made a significant contribution to the understanding, support and advancement of disability services and supports and the core mission of the AUCD network.

Association Awards

• Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award: Allen Crocker, MD
• Distinguished Achievement Award: Lu Zeph, EdD
• Outstanding Achievement Award: Joann Bodurtha, MD
• Meritorious Service Award: Paul Carbone, MD
• Leadership in Advocacy Award: Bridget Brown
• Young Professional Award: Kathleen Sheppard-Jones, PhD
• Anne Rudigier Award: Shea Obremski
• Service to the Organization Awards
  • Royal Walker, Jr., JD
  • Marion Taylor Baer, PhD
  • Kathleen Braden, MD
  • Arnold Birenbaum, PhD
• President's Award: Michael Gamel-McCormick, PhD

Council and Committee Awards

• Gold Star Award: Kenneth DeGraff
• Multicultural Council Award for Leadership in Diversity:
  
  • Camino Seguro and Camino Seguro West Projects of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and the University of Tennessee Boling Center
  • Claudia Avila-Lopez, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
    
  • Carolina Meyerson, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
    
  • Luisa Ramirez de Lynch, Boling Center
• The Council on Community Advocacy Award: Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center