Samuel J. Crumbine Medal, KPHA’s highest award, is given for meritorious service and state, regional, or national recognition related to the improvement of the health of Kansans and/or the environment of the state.

Crumbine Award Recipients
1946 Samuel Crumbine, MD
1947 Clarence H. Kinnaman, MD
1948 Charels Lerrigo, MD
1951 Ernest Boyce, CE
1952 E.V. McCollum, PhD
1954 Earle G. Brown, MD
1955 Karl Menninger, MD
1955 WM Menninger, MD
1956 Ralph Canuteson, MD
1958 Vernon M. Winkle, MD
1961 Franklin Murphy, MD
1962 Leona Baumgartner, MD
1963 Charles Hunter, PhD
1964 Fred Lowe Soper, MD
1965 Dwight Metzler, CE
1966 Geofrey M Martin, MD
1967 W Fred Mayes, MD
1968 M Leon Bauman, MD
1969 Thomas R. Hood, MD
1970 Evan Wright
1971 Cora Down, PhD
1972 Ivan Shull, CE
1973 James Brown, MD
1974 F G Beelman, MD
1975 James F. Aiken, CE
1976 Virginia Lockhart, MPH
1977 Waldo Wilmore
1978 Frank Victor
1979 Melville W. Gray, CE
1980 Flora Acton McKinley, MS
1981 Carl O. Tompkins, MD
1982 Donald Wilcox, MD
1983 Patricia T. Schloesser, MD
1984 N Jack Burns, PE
1985 Harry Holzie, PE
1986 J Howard Duncan, PE, RS
1987 W Kay Kent, RN
1988 James D. Mankin, DDS, MPH
1989 Virginia L. Tucker, MD, FAAP
1992 Donna Sweet, MD
1995 Deborah Alfano
1996 Ed Garner
1997 Judith M. Reno
1998 Stephen P. Pickard
1999 David A. Blevins, MS, RS
2000 Craig Molgaard, PhD, MPH
2001 Abby Horak, MSN, RNC
2002 Gail R. Hansen, DVM, MPH
2003 Robert Harder, PhD
2004 Shirley Orr, ARNP, MHS, CNAA
2005 Gloria Vermie, RN, BS, MPH
2006 Phil Griffin
2007 Kimber Richter, PhD
2008 Doren Fredrickson
2009 Linda Kenney
2010 Suzanne Hawley
2011 Richard Morrissey
2012 Eldonna Chesnut
2013 Tim Norton
2014 Won Choi, PhD, MPH
2015 Robert Moser, MD
2016 Gianfranco Pezzino, MD, MPH
2017 Kim Moore
2018 Richard Cagan
2019 Lougene Marsh, MPA
2020 Elizabeth Ablah, PhD
2021 Ed Ellerbeck, MD
2022 Dan Partridge, MPH
2023 Elaine Johannes, PhD