Acceptance of the 2010 George M. Kober Medal

Acceptance of the 2010 George M. Kober Medal.

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Acceptance of the 2006 Kober medal.

Acceptance of the Kober Medal: It only gets better.

Presentation of the 2004 Kober Medal to K. Frank Austen.

The record shows that on February 26, 1924, Karl Arnstein emigrated from Czechoslovakia via Bremen, Germany, on the ocean liner George Washington. Arnstein, an engineer, had been hired to head the newly formed Goodyear-Zeppelin organization in Akron, Ohio. What Frank’s father did with his colleagues was to construct the largest manmade structure in the world, the Airdock, in which was built the...

A view from Washington through the eyes of an AAP physician-scientist: 2007 Association of American Physicians George M. Kober Medal.

Thank you very much, John [Gallin], for your kind comments. It is at the same time a great honor and a humbling experience to be recognized by one’s peers. It serves to remind me that I did not get here in a vacuum; I was helped along the way by many talented and generous people and organizations. Due to time constraints, I cannot name them all but some deserve special mention. From the earlies...