The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence fights the stigma and the disease of alcoholism and other drug addictions.

NCADD Achievement Awards

GOLD KEY

This award was established in 1959 to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of alcoholism on a national level. Although such contribution may have been of brief duration, it will have been highly visible and improved national recognition of alcoholism and other drug problems and furthered general understanding that these are treatable and preventable conditions. Recipients include Bill W., Harold Hughes and Betty Ford.

SILVER KEY

This award was established in 1971 to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the work of NCADD or in support of NCADD's mission and programs at a national level. Candidates include spokespersons or sponsors of major NCADD campaigns; long-time members of the NCADD Board whose contributions are deemed to be extraordinary; heads of organizations with outstanding alcoholism and drug abuse programs, such as employee assistance programs; and physicians, researchers or others whose work has significantly enhanced NCADD efforts. Recipients include Ruth Fox, MD, Dana Andrews and Leonard K. Firestone.

MARTY MANN FOUNDER'S AWARD

This award was established in 1988 to honor individuals of national prominence in the field of alcoholism and other drug problems whose life work strongly reflects the energy, dedication and focus exemplified by NCADD's founder, Mrs. Marty Mann. The award recognizes at least ten years of exceptional contributions to public and professional education about alcoholism and other drug problems as treatable and preventable conditions and as major public health concerns. This award honors life achievement. Recipients include LeClair Bissell, MD, Geraldine O. Delaney and Jasper Chen See, MD.

HUMANITARIAN AWARD

This award was established in 1978 to honor major national figures for a one-time or brief contribution to the field of alcoholism on a national level but who may not otherwise be engaged in the continuing work of NCADD or of the field of alcoholism and other drugs or private citizens who have furthered the cause and mission of NCADD through a major contribution of national magnitude. The award expresses NCADD's appreciation to public figures it wishes to honor in some public way. Recipients include George Meany, Nancy Reagan and President Gerald T. Ford.

R. BRINKLEY SMITHERS AWARD

This award was established in 1987 to honor individuals whose voluntary service in the cause of controlling, reducing and preventing alcoholism and other drug problems and in promoting public and professional understanding of alcoholism and other drug problems as treatable and preventable conditions most exemplifies Mr. Smithers' pioneering contributions to the alcoholism movement in the United States. The award recognizes significant contributions of time, financial support and volunteer recruitment to the mission of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and its Affiliates. Recipients include Jeremiah Milbank, Jr., Donald G. Austin and Chester H. Kirk.

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