About Us

The Medical Mission Hall of Fame Foundation honors individuals for their noble humanitarian efforts by annual public awards ceremonies. It is hoped that the commendable efforts of those who serve can act as an inspiration to others to actively participate in or support medical mission work activities and programs.

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DIRECTORS

• James G. Diller,
  Chairman: Diller Foundation
• Lawrence V. Conway,
  President: Medical Mission Hall of Fame Foundation

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

• Lawrence V. Conway, Ph.D., President
• James G. Diller, M.D., F.A.C.S., Chairman
• Ira A. Abrahamson, Jr.
• Lawrence V. Conway, Jr.
• David Cook
• Robert G. Croskey
• James Findlay
• Glenn Geelhoed
• Daniel T. Johnson
• Christoher J. Kelly
• Thomas Pigott
• Joseph Scazerro

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MEDICAL MISSION PROGRAM SPONSORS

• Lawrence V. Conway Jr. and Christine Conway Trust
• Lawrence V. and Ruth B. Conway Trust
• David G. Cook Trust
• Carolyn Gregory
• Dorothy M. Price
• James Findlay
• Diller Foundation
• Dorothy M. Price
• AndrewJ. Casabianca, DMD, MD
• Medical Mission Hall of Fame Foundation
• S. Zaheer Hasan MD
• Samina Hasan MD
• Key Bank
• Joseph A. Scazerro PhD
• Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation Inc.

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COOPERATING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZAtIONS

• The University of Toledo
• Lourdes College
• Toledo Area Ministries
• Maumee Valley Presbytery
• Eli Lilly and Co.
• Pfizer Inc.
• Bowling Green State University
• Owens Community College
• Parke-Davis
• Merck & Co. Inc.
• Schering-Plough
• The University of Toledo Students for Medical Missions
• George Washington University Medical Center
• University of Toledo Medical Center

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HONORARY ADVISORY BOARD

• Judge Andy Devine, Toledo
• Mike DeWine, Cedarville, Ohio
• Hope Taft, Columbus, Ohio
• Cynthia Ford, Toledo, Ohio
• David Ives, Executive Director, Albert Schweitzer Institute, Hamden, Connecticut
• Daniel T. Johnson PhD, President Emeritus, The University of Toledo
• Marcy Kaptur, Congresswoman, Ninth Congressional District, Ohio
• The Rev. Robert G. Croskery D. Min, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Ira A. Abrahamson, Jr. MD, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
• Harold Adolph, MD, Chief of Surgery at SIM Galmi Hospital
• Editha Canete-Miguel, MD, FPCP, Founder and Executive Director, Agape Rural Program, Philippines
• Dame Aileen Coleman, RN, SCM, BSc, MA, AM,
  Annor Sanatorium for Chest Diseases, Mafraq, Jordan
• Lawrence V. Conway, PhD, FASA, President, Medical Mission Hall of Fame Foundation
• Bernardo Cuevas MD, President, Medical Missions Inc.,
  and Professor of Surgery, Santo Thomas University,
  Manila, the Philippines
• James G. Diller, MD, FACS, Chairman, Board of Directors, Diller Foundation
• Diane C. Downing, RN, BS, MPH, Primary Care Provider
  and Community Health Nurse, Congo
• Paul E. Farmer, MD, PhD, Founding Director, Partners in Health, Boston, Massachusetts
• Robert L. Foster, MD, Hospital Founder, Surgeon and Medical Director, Zambia and Angola
• Glenn W. Geelhoed MD, Professor of Surgery, Professor of International Medical Education, Professor of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington D.C.
• Jeffery E. Heck, MD, Founder and Executive Director, Shoulder to Shoulder
• Richard M. Hodes MD, FACP, Medical Director, American Jewish Joint Distribution Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, President, Sabin Vaccine Institute
  John P. Howe, III, MD, CEO, Project HOPE
• Edna Adan Ismail, PhD, SRN Director, Edna Adan Hospital, Somalia
• Kathleen Magee, M.Ed, MSW, Co-founder and President, Operation Smile, Norfolk, Virginia
• William P. Magee Jr., DDS, MD, FACS, Co-founder and CEO,
  Operation Smile, Norfolk, Virginia
• Jean William Pape MD, Director of Gheskio Centers, Port-au-Prince, Professor of Medicine, Cornell University, New York, New York
• Jill Seaman MD, International Medical Relief Fund, Upper Nile, Sudan
• Bruce C. Steffes, MD, MBA, FACP, FWACS, Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons
• Sr. Yvonne Veins, RN, MEd, Apostle of the Needy, Sisters of Charity of Montreal, Grey Nuns, Lexington, Massachusetts

MEMORIALS*

• Thomas R. Ball
• Henry M. Boston
• Richard Boyer
• Brian K. and Ethel Bradford
• Robert J. Brotje Jr.
• Catherine Ann Conway
• Gilbert and Ruth Cook
• Ray Eberts
• Celia Findlay
• Hugo M. Gregory
• John Hayes
• Barbara Herring
• Theodore F. Horst
• Dorothy Hussain
• Ann Lacksonen
• Ann Minwegen
• Keith Niehous
• Samuel D. Parsons
• William Prebe
• Joseph Provenzano
• Frances M. Scazzero
• Sr. Yvonne Viens

*Memorials have been created to honor in perpetuity those men and women who have made significant and substantial contribution of their time and talents to improving the lives if their sons and daughters and fellow humans in the world.

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Inductees of the Medical Mission Hall of Fame have been specially honored by The Board of Trustees of The University of Toledo. Each inductee has been designated as a “Distinguished Global Faculty of The University of Toledo.”