J Lawton Smith Award
The J Lawton Smith Award is given out each year at the COS Annual Meeting to an ophthalmologist who has shown a lifetime commmitment to serving the Lord through their personal practice of excellence in medicine, academic influence, and/or missionary dedication. These outstanding ophthalmologists have demonstrated “practicing first class medicine in the spirit of love”, a phrase loved by Dr. Smith.
Below is a list of the award recipients and links to stories and notes about them from their colleagues.
Year | Name | City, State | With the Lord / Tributes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Ronald Seely, MD | Tampa, FL | ||
1993 | Hollis W Clark, MD | Ft Lauderdale, FL | April 15, 2022 | |
1994 | Norval E Christy, MD | Duarte, CA | April 14, 2013 | |
1995 | David G Haney, MD | McAllen, TX | November 21, 2010 | |
1996 | Van Joffrion, MD | Boone, NC | ||
1997 | Margaret Brand, MD | Seattle, WA | November 17, 2014 | |
1998 | Jack C Cooper, MD | Dallas, TX | June 26, 2019 | |
1999 | J James Rowsey, MD | Tampa, FL | ||
2000 | Curtis D Benton, Jr, MD | Ft Lauderdale, FL | July 17, 2014 | |
2001 | Lowell Gess, MD | Alexandria, MN | June 21, 2022 | |
2002 | Glen Brindley, MD | Temple, TX | August 1, 2018 | |
2002 | Bill Rowlett, MD | Hopkinsville, KY | ||
2003 | Frank Winter, MD | La Jolla, CA | January 7, 2004 | |
2004 | J Donald M Gass, MD | Nashville, TN | February 26, 2005 | |
2005 | Roger DeHaven, MD | Tyler, TX | October 17, 2019 | |
2006 | John Costin, MD | Lorraine, OH | ||
2007 | Bill Jarrett, MD | Atlanta, GA | ||
2008 | Juan Batlle, MD | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||
2009 | William Conrad, MD | Warner Robins, GA | ||
2010 | James P Gills, MD | Tarpon Springs, FL | ||
2011 | Robert Serros, MD | Orlando, FL | ||
2012 | Paul Palmberg, MD | Miami, FL | ||
2013 | Brad Farris, MD | Oklahoma City, OK | ||
2014 | Enoch Tsai, MD | Aiken, SC | December 29, 2022 | |
2015 | Bert Bowden, MD | Huntsville, AL | ||
2016 | George Chin, MD | Seattle, WA | ||
2017 | Kyle Smith, MD | Temple, TX | ||
2018 | Dan Gold, MD | Palestine, TX | ||
2019 | Glenn Strauss, MD | Tyler, TX | ||
2020 | Jono Pons, MD | Siteki, Eswatini | ||
2021 | Robert Rice, MD | San Antonio, TX | ||
2022 | Jacob Prabhakar, MD | Jalandhar, India |