Patenge Medal of Public Service

The Walter F. Patenge Medal of Public Service award is the highest honor given by the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. It is named for Walter F. Patenge, the first president of the Michigan Osteopathic Medicine Advisory Board, and is awarded in recognition of lifelong devotion to patient care, service to the community, leadership within the osteopathic profession and excellence in the classroom and clinic.

Robert G. Piccinini, D.O., D.FACN, recipient of the 2024 Walter F. Patenge Medal of Public Service

List of all past recipients

Bruce Wolf, D.O., FAOCR • 2023
J. Justin McCormick, PhD • 2022
Mary Jo Hughes, DO • 2021
John W. Sealey, DO • 2021
Kenneth Elmassian, DO • 2020
Kari Hortos, DO • 2020
Kris Nicholoff • 2020
Lawrence L. Prokop, DO • 2020
Tressa K. Gardner, DO, FACOEP, FACEP • 2019
Sandra A. Kilbourn, MA  • 2019
Mark E. Notman, PhD  • 2019
Terrie E. Taylor, DO  • 2019
William M. Falls, PhD • 2018
Patrick McClellan, DO • 2018
Joanna R. Pease, DO, FACOI • 2018
Sister Anne E. Brooks, SNJM, DO • 2017
Gail Riegle, PhD • 2017
Paul D. Stein, MD • 2017
John B. Crosby, JD • 2016
James J. Rechtien, DO, PhD • 2016
Robert L. Snyder • 2016
Earl T. Hecker, DO • 2015
Senator Carl Levin • 2015
Veronica Maher, PhD • 2015
Faylene Owen • 2015
Mark L. Cummings, PhD • 2014
David L. Dora, DO • 2014
Harris W. Mainster, DO • 2014
L. Brooks Patterson, JD • 2013
Roger W. Spoelman, PhD • 2013
David Susser, DO • 2013
Steve Barnaby • 2012
David A. Kellam, DO • 2012
Thomas Lawrence Simmer, DO • 2012
Patrick E. Lamberti • 2011
William J. Pintal, DO • 2011
Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD • 2011
Douglas L. Wood, DO, PhD  • 2011
Michael E. Duggan, JD  • 2010
Albert L. Lorenzo, PhD. • 2010
E. James Potchen, MD, JD  • 2010
Vance D. Powell, Jr., DO • 2010
Michael D. Faas • 2009
Philip A. Incarnati • 2009
Louis Spagnuolo, DO (posthumously) • 2009
Floyd C. Stevens, Jr., DO • 2009
William Gifford, MD  • 2008
Janet Olszewski, MSW  • 2008
Susan C. Sevensma, DO  • 2008
William C. Cunningham, DO, MHA • 2007
John K. Everett, DO • 2007
David L. Porteous, JD • 2007
Earl J. Reisdorff, MD • 2007
Joseph A. Balog, DO (posthumously) • 2006
Paul E. LaCasse, DO, MPH • 2006
Dennis M. Paradis, MPH • 2006
Congressman John J.H. Schwarz, MD • 2006
Melvin Larsen • 2005
Gerald F. Robbins, DO • 2005
Larry A. Wickless, DO • 2005
Claud R. Young, DO • 2005
Peter B. Ajluni, DO • 2004
Lawrence Bass • 2004
Prince Holliday (posthumously) • 2004
William Johnston, DO (posthumously) • 2004
Lynn F. Brumm, DO • 2003
Edward N. Hodges, III, JD • 2003
Carol L. Monson, DO • 2003
W. Douglas Ward, PhD • 2003
Allen Jacobs, DO, PhD (posthumously) • 2002
Max T. McKinney, DO • 2001
Barbara Ross-Lee, DO • 2001
Donald F. Stanton, DO • 2001
Floyd T. Meachum, DO • 2000
Governor William G. Milliken • 2000
Michael I. Opipari, DO • 2000
Kenneth C. Taylor, DO • 2000
Gerson I. Cooper • 1999
Thomas Graddy, DO • 1999
Eugene Oliveri, DO • 1999
Gerald A. Faverman, PhD • 1998
Richard N. Knight, DO, FACGP • 1998
William A. Sederburg, PhD • 1998
Dorothy E. Carnegie, DO • 1997
Philip E. Greenman, DO, FAAO • 1997
James K. Haveman Jr., MS • 1997
Robert C. Ward, DO, FAAO • 1997
Paul E. Kimberly, DO, FAAO • 1996
Kenneth E. Murray, DO • 1996
Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch, MPA • 1996
R.G. Curtiss, DO • 1995
Norman Gevitz, PhD • 1995
Edgar L. Harden, EdD • 1995
Myron S. Magen, DO • 1991
Roger J. Bulger, MD • 1989
John Mennell, MD • 1989
Leighton E. Cluff, MD • 1988
Ellis Siefer, DO • 1988
Senator Dan L. DeGrow, JD • 1987
Murray Goldstein, DO, MPH • 1987
Charles A. Murphy, DO • 1987
Myrtle Black, PhD • 1986
Raymond A. Gadowski, DO • 1986
Annette H. Kabara (posthumously) • 1986
Uwe E. Reinhardt, PhD • 1986
William A. Athens, DO • 1985
John R. Hogness, MD • 1985
Thomas V. Angott • 1984
J. Leonard Azneer, PhD • 1984
Donald A. Henderson, MD, MPH • 1984
Thaddeus P. Kawalek, PhD • 1984
John P. Wood, DO • 1984
Hermann A. Zeil, MD • 1984
Senator Michael J. O’Brien, Jr. • 1983
Alvin R. Tarlov, MD • 1983
R. McFarlane Tilley, DO • 1983
William G. Anderson, DO • 1982
William B. Walsh, MD • 1982
Lt. Governor James H. Brickley • 1981
J.S. Denslow, DO • 1981
John T. O’Connor, DO • 1981
Frederick C. Robbins, MD • 1981
Keith Goldhammer, PhD • 1980
Edward A. Loniewski, DO • 1980
Robert D. McCullough, DO • 1980
W. Kenneth Riland, DO • 1980
W. Clemens Andreen, DO • 1979
Donald J. Evans, DO • 1979
Ruth Hanft, PhD • 1979
Senator Michael J. O’Brien, Sr. (posthumously) • 1979
Eugene L. Sikorski, DO • 1979
Frank Merriman • 1978
Lawrence W. Mills • 1978
David E. Rogers, MD • 1978
Warren M. Huff • 1977
M.S. Klein • 1977
Russell G. Mawby, PhD • 1977
Allen Zieger, DO • 1977
Maynard J. Amelon, DO • 1976
Theodore Cooper, MD, PhD • 1976
Walter F. Patenge • 1976
James O. Watson, DO • 1976
Senator Bill S. Huffman • 1975
Martin E. Levitt, DO • 1975
Frank J. McDevitt, DO • 1975
Caspar W. Weinberger • 1975
Earl E. Congdon, DO • 1974
Robert J. Cook • 1974
Lawrence Jarrett, DO • 1974
Alfred M. Pelham • 1974
Representative Paul G. Rogers • 1974
Philip Adler, DO  • 1973
John A. Hannah • 1973
Representative Russell Hellman • 1973
Representative Dominic J. Jacobetti • 1973
Senator Anthony Stamm • 1973
Leonard Woodcock • 1973
Wilber J. Cohen, PhD • 1972
Senator Raymond D. Dzendzel • 1972
Hobert C. Moore, DO • 1972
Edwin L. Novak, OD • 1972
Morris Thompson • 1972
Representative William Copeland • 1971
Merlin K. DuVal, MD • 1971
Representative Josephine Hunsinger • 1971
Senator Garland Lane • 1971
John L’Hote • 1971
Alan M. Potts, DO • 1971
Senator Charles O. Zollar • 1971