The Henry Albert Memorial Award was named in honor of the Commissioner of the IDPH from 1926-1930 and recognizes distinguished leadership in public health in Iowa.
2019 – Jeneane Moody (Des Moines)
2018 – Shirley Stephen (Mason City)
2017 – Barb Baker (Des Moines County)
2016 – Christopher Atchison (Iowa City)
2015 – James Hodina (Linn County)
2014 – Barbara Khal (Iowa City)
2013 – Mary O’Brien (Polk County)
2012 – Mary Mincer Hanson (Panora)
2011 – Tom Newton (Windsor Heights)
2010 – Thomas A. O’Rourke (Waterloo)
2009 – Jennifer Becker (Butler County)
2007 – Lawrence E. Barker (Davenport)
2006 – Edward Bottei, MD, FCCP (Sioux City) & Lawrence Nova Rohret – special recognition award posthumously)
2005 – Ron Osterholm (Mason City)
2004 – Janice Edmunds-Wells (Des Moines)
2003 – Mary Gilchrist (Solon)
2002 – David Fries (West Des Moines)
2001 – L. Graham Dameron (Iowa City)
1996 – John H. Sunderbuch, MD (Davenport)
1994 – Marcia Rygh (Winnebago County)
1993 – Carolyn Washburn (Hastings)
1992 – Richard Remington (Iowa City) – awarded posthumously
1991 – award not given
1990 – Mary Ellis (Des Moines)
1989 – Sharon Hawn (Iowa City)
1988 – Thomas Gary, MD (Cherokee)
1987 – Anne Snell (Ida Grove)
1986 – Thomas Corothers (Sioux City)
1985 – Norman Pawlewski (Des Moines)
1984 – Sharon Hawn (Iowa City)
1982 – Naomi Ida (Rock Rapids) & Grace Lohmann (Washington)
1980 – Ronald Eckoff, MD (Des Moines)
1978 – Harriet Tingler (Dubuque) – awarded posthumously
1973 – Marilyn Russell (Des Moines)
1970 – Thelma Luther (Ames)
1969 – Julius Conner (Des Moines)
1968 – Arthur Long (Des Moines)
