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ThE SANTucci AWArD
2016
William G. Anderson, DO, is the 2016 recipient of the NBOME’s highest honor, the Santucci Award, which
NBOME recognizes outstanding, sustained contributions to our mission. The award was named for the first recipient,
Thomas F. Santucci, DO, who served as NBOME president 1985–1987. Known as a visionary, Dr. Santucci
advocated for competency-based licensure through testing that assessed both basic scientific knowledge and its
AWARDS clinical application. This led to the successful role of NBOME’s current examinations in ensuring competency and
quality in osteopathic medical practice.
A widely recognized osteopathic physician and general surgeon, civil rights leader and speaker, Dr. Anderson was
an active member of the NBOME Board of Directors from 2003 through 2014 and a member of the Executive
Committee from 2007 to 2010. During his Board service he chaired the Board’s Awards Committee and was a
The NBOME’s Board of Directors member of the Liaison and Nominating Committees. Throughout his distinguished and inspiring career, he enriched
the profession and touched the lives of many people. A professor of osteopathic surgery and senior advisor to the
honored five NBOME members and
dean at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Anderson was the first African American
employees with special awards for to serve on the Board of Trustees of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and was AOA president in 1994
outstanding service and contributions and 1995. He also served as associate dean of the A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Early in his career in Albany, Georgia, racial segregation in the late fifties prevented Dr. Anderson from treating
last year, two at the June Board
patients. He responded by founding and serving as first president of the Albany Movement, which helped register
Meeting and three at the Annual Board African American voters and worked to end segregation. Thus, Dr. Anderson became a pioneer in the Civil Rights
Gala in December. We congratulate the Movement and a personal friend and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today, as a member of the Physicians
for Social Responsibility, he continues to be a sought-after speaker on osteopathic medicine and civil rights. In
2016 award winners and acknowledge
2014, Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine renamed its award-winning civil rights lecture
their exemplary dedication to the series the Dr. William G. Anderson Lecture Series: Slavery to Freedom.
NBOME’s mission of protecting the
public through rigorous competency SANTUCCI AWARD RECIPIENTS
testing of osteopathic medical
› William G. Anderson, DO 2016 › Sheryl Bushman, DO 2012
practitioners. Their contributions reflect
› John W. Becher, DO 2015 › Linjun Shen, PhD, MPH 2012
the high standards and commitment
› Janice A. Knebl, DO, MBA 2015 › Joseph F. Smoley, PhD 2011
to excellence of both our organization
› John E. Thornburg, DO, PhD 2014 › Frederick G. Meoli, DO 2010
and of the osteopathic profession
› Shirley Bodett 2014 › Thomas F. Santucci, DO 2009
as a whole.
› Boyd R. Buser, DO 2013
