The Alma B. Sneeden award was established by Vinton D. Sneeden, MD, in memory of his wife after her death in 1975. It is presented each year by the Department of Pathology to a medical student demonstrating outstanding scholarship in pathology.

About Vinton D. Sneeden, MD

Vinton D. Sneeden graduated from the University of Oregon Medical School (UOMS, now OHSU School of Medicine) in 1936. Upon graduation, he took a rotating internship and received residency training in pathology and surgery at French Hospital in San Francisco.  In 1939 he joined the UOMS faculty.  During World War II he served as the Chief of Laboratories for the 46^th General Hospital in North Africa, and later in France.  In 1952 Dr. Sneeden became the Chief of Laboratories at Emanuel Hospital in Portland until 1971, when he returned to the OHSU faculty.  Dr. Sneeden’s service to OHSU Pathology spanned 20 years. Dr. Sneeden died in 1979.

Alma B. Sneeden Award Recipients

2001      Daniel Louis Toweill

                Betty Ann Olivares