Updated: Feb. 11, 2013
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This award is made in the name of Owen F. Thomas, M.D. who was a member of the first California Medical Association Commission on Blood Banks and the second President of CBBS. He gave a lifetime of service to blood banking in the Sonoma County Community Blood Bank, and was an active member of CBBS from 1953 until his death in 1977. He planned the first CBBS Technical Workshop at the third Annual Meeting on February 27, 1955, in Santa Rosa, California. Dr. Thomas was also in charge of the first commercial exhibit in 1958.
Past Award Recipients |
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| 1981 | Martha Ellwanger | 1998 | Phyllis Walker |
| 1983 | Beverly Hayhurst | 1999 | Virginia Vengelen-Tyler |
| 1984 | Judith Clear | 2000 | Phyliis Morel |
| 1985 | Dennis Goldfinger | 2001 | J. Lawrence Naiman |
| 1986 | Herbert A. Perkins | 2002 | Shirley Kenworthy |
| 1987 | George Garratty | 2003 | Mary Myers |
| 1988 | Sandra Ellisor | 2004 | Michael P. Busch |
| 1990 | May Lou Vedo | 2005 | Susan Galel |
| 1991 | Janet K. Wilson | 2006 | Chris Gresens |
| 1992 | David Borucki | 2007 | Marianne Silva |
| 1993 | Robert S. Cox | 2008 | Joy Fridey |
| 1994 | Eudora McMillan | 2009 | Steven H. Kleinman |
| 1994 | Jeanne Theobold | 2010 | Ira A. Shulman |
| 1995 | Asa Barnes | 2011 | Ross Herron, Jr. |
| 1996 | Louise E. Smith | 2012 | Alana (Loni) Calhoun |
| 1997 | Lawrence D. Petz | 2013 | Jacqueline Tagliere |