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Distinguished Service Award

DESCRIPTION

This award is bestowed annually to recognize an individual who has provided distinguished service to The American Society of Andrology. The recipient must have been a member of the Society for at least ten (10) years, must have no direct affiliation with the organizational sponsors of the award; and must have served the Society in at least three (3) of the following categories: (1) Chair of Standing Committee; (2) Member of Board of Directors; (3) Editor of Journal of Andrology; (4) Chair of Annual Meeting; (5) Officer of Society.

NOMINATIONS

The ASA Awards Committee asks for nominations each year in July. Only ASA members are allowed to nominate individuals for this award. The deadline to submit nominations to the Awards Committee is late August/early September.

2025 ASA Distinguished Service Award Winner

Alan Diekman, PhD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Biography

Alan B. Diekman, PhD

Alan Diekman received his PhD.from Northwestern University, where he performed his dissertation research in the laboratory of Erv Goldberg, Ph.D. He subsequently performed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Virginia in the laboratory of John Herr, Ph.D. Dr. Diekman is currently a Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Biomedical Sciences with faculty appointments in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Urology.

Dr. Diekman joined the ASA as an Active member in 2003 after being a Trainee member and became a Life Member in 2021. He has served in elected offices as Treasurer (2020-2023) and member of the Board of Directors (2013-2015). As Treasurer, he participated in co-authoring the 2021 5-year strategic plan. Dr. Diekman has chaired the Membership Committee (2006-2017), the Finance Committee (2017-2020), and the Search Committee for a new association management company (2017-2019). Other committee service has included Trainee Affairs; Endowment and Development; Awards; Future Events; Program; Basic Science Workshop; and Diversity. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Andrology.

 

 

Award Recipients

  • 2025 Alan Diekman, PhD
  • 2024 Gail A. Cornwall, PhD
  • 2023 Michael Palladino, PhD
  • 2022 Dr. George Gerton, PhD
  • 2021 Patricia S. Cuasnicu, PhD
  • 2020 Douglas T. Carrell, Ph.D., H.C.L.D.
  • 2019 Wylie C. Hembree, MD
  • 2018 Rudi Ansbacher, MD
  • 2017 Janice P Evans, PhD
  • 2016 Donna L. Vogel, MD, PhD
  • 2015 Steve M Schrader, PhD
  • 2014 Susan Rothmann, PhD, HCLD
  • 2013 Rex A. Hess, MS, MD
  • 2012 Terry Brown
  • 2011 Christina Wang
  • 2010 Joel Marmar
  • 2009 Erwin Goldberg
  • 2008 Matt Hardy
  • 2007 Sally Perreault Darney
  • 2006 Barry Zirkin
  • 2005 Barry T. Hinton
  • 2004 J. Lisa Tenover
  • 2003 Arnold M. Belker
  • 2002 Terry T. Turner
  • 2001 Gail S. Prins
  • 2000 Bernard Robaire
  • 1999 David W. Hamilton
  • 1998 Rupert P. Amann
  • 1997 Marie-Claire Orgebin-Crist
  • 1996 Philip Troen
  • 1995 Andrzej Bartke
  • 1994 C. Alvin Paulsen