The Society of Toxicology (SOT) Arnold J. Lehman Award, named to honor an SOT founder, is presented to recognize an individual who has made a major contribution to risk assessment and/or the regulation of chemical agents, including pharmaceuticals. This contribution may have resulted from the application of sound scientific principles to regulation and/or from research activities that have significantly influenced the regulatory process.
SOT 2015 Arnold J. Lehman Award recipient Richard Becker (right) is presented with this honor by SOT 2014-2015 Past President Lois Lehman-McKeeman (left).
If you know a deserving colleague who has made a major contribution to risk assessment and/or the regulation of chemical agents, as described above, please take the time to nominate this scientist. Individuals nominated may be employed in academia, government, or industry.
As with the majority of SOT Awards, nominations for the Arnold J. Lehman Award should include the nominee’s CV and both a primary and seconding letter of nomination that describes the nominee’s significant contributions to toxicology. Nominations are accepted online on the SOT Awards & Funding section of the SOT website through October 9, 2015.
Past recipients of the Arnold J. Lehman Award are listed below.
- 1980 Allan H. Conney
- 1981 Gabriel L. Plaa
- 1982 Gary M. Williams
- 1983 David P. Rall
- 1984 Tibor Balasz
- 1985 Frederick Coulston
- 1986 Gerrit Johannes Van Esch
- 1987 John P. Frawley
- 1988 Kundan S. Khera
- 1989 Richard H. Adamson
- 1990 Harold C. Grice
- 1991 Bernard A. Schwetz
- 1992 Roger O. McClellan
- 1993 Thomas W. Clarkson
- 1994 Bruce Ames
- 1995 Emil A. Pfitzer
- 1996 John F. Rosen
- 1997 (No Award)
- 1998 Helmut Alfred Greim
- 1999 (No Award)
- 2000 Carole A. Kimmel and Janardan K. Reddy
- 2001 Samuel M. Cohen
- 2002 Dennis Paustenbach
- 2003 Michael L. Dourson
- 2004 Melvin E. Andersen
- 2005 Rory Conolly
- 2006 Kathryn Mahaffey
- 2007 Harvey J. Clewell
- 2008 Vicki Dellarco
- 2009 Michael Bolger
- 2010 Edward V. Ohanian
- 2011 Bette Meek
- 2012 Joe L. Mauderly
- 2013 Moiz Mumtaz
- 2014 B. Bhaskar Gollapudi
- 2015 Richard Becker