The American College of Epidemiology's most prestigious award is given in honor of Abraham Lilienfeld, outstanding teacher, scholar, and founder of the American College of Epidemiology. Fellows and members of the College are invited to nominate appropriate candidates for this honor. The College has conferred this award on the following distinguished epidemiologists:
| 1985 |
Milton Terris |
| 1986 |
Alfred S. Evans |
| 1987 |
George W. Comstock |
| 1988 |
Lewis H. Kuller |
| 1989 |
Leonard M. Schuman |
| 1990 |
William H. Foege |
| 1991 |
D.A. Henderson |
| 1992 |
Richard Doll |
| 1993 |
Joseph F. Fraumeni |
| 1994 |
Barbara S. Hulka |
| 1995 |
Charles H. Hennekens |
| 1996 |
Patricia A. Buffler |
| 1997 |
John M. Last
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| 1998 |
Frank E. Speizer |
| 1999 |
Mervyn W. Susser |
| 2000 |
Jacob A. Brody |
| 2001 |
Brian MacMahon and Anthony B. Miller (by the Congress of Epidemiology 2001 ) |
| 2002 |
David Schottenfeld |
| 2003 |
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor |
| 2004 |
Manning Feinleib |
| 2006 |
Robert Hoover |
| 2007 |
Noel S. Weiss |
| 2008 |
Roger Detels |
| 2009 |
Louise A. Brinton |
| 2010 |
Leslie Bernstein |
| 2012 |
William Schaffner |
| 2013 |
Michael B. Bracken
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| 2014 |
Kenneth J. Rothman |
| 2015 |
Jonathan M. Samet
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| 2017 |
Roberta B. Ness |
| 2018 |
Victor J. Schoenbach |
| 2019 |
Steven Goodman |
| 2020 |
Graham A. Colditz
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| 2021 |
Dana Dabelea
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| 2022 |
Jiang He, MD, PhD
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