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 dedicated their time to establish the Society.
2016 SOT Founders Award recipient Richard Adamson (center) was presented with this honor by SOT 2013–2016 Councilor John Wisler (left) and 2015–2017 Endowment Fund Board Chair Matthew Bogdanffy (right)
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.
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 significant contributions to toxicology by the nominee. These letters should describe in layman’s terms how the accomplishments of the nominee apply to the award criteria. Nominations are accepted online on the SOT Awards webpage through October 9, 2016.
SOT Founders Award recipients include the following individuals.
- 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
- 2016 Richard H. Adamson