The first Society of Toxicology (SOT) Founders Award was presented in 2008 to recognize the contributions of those professionals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the development or application of state-of-the-art approaches that reveal safety levels of chemical and physical agent exposure with a high degree of certainty. This award is funded by the Founders Fund, an SOT Endowment Fund, created to honor the visionaries who organized and dedicated their time to establish SOT.
Only Full, Emeritus, or Retired members of SOT are eligible for this award. These members must have made significant contributions to toxicology and also clearly demonstrated leadership in fostering the role of toxicology in safety decision-making.
2014 SOT Founders Award Recipient John Thomas (center) received this honor from SOT 2012–2014 Secretary Judith T. Zelikoff (left) and 2012–2015 SOT Endowment Fund Board Chair Jeff Handler (right).
As with the majority of SOT Awards, nominations for the Founders Award should include the nominee’s abbreviated CV and both a primary and seconding letter of nomination from Full members of the Society that include documentation and description of the nominee’s significant contributions to toxicology. Letters simply listing accomplishments found in the CV are not sufficient without analysis and discussion of the important contributions and how the nominee meets the award criteria. Nominations are accepted online on the SOT Awards website through October 9, 2015.
Past SOT Founders Award Recipients
- 2008 John Doull
- 2009 Roger O. McClellan
- 2010 James S. Bus
- 2011 Joseph F. Borzelleca
- 2012 John A. Moore
- 2013 William Alfred Suk
- 2014 John A. Thomas