The Schweitzer Medalists
For Outstanding Contributions to Animal
Welfare
1955
Dr. Robert Bay, veterinarian in charge of a colony of
500 experimental beagles, whose humane treatment of the animals
exemplifies the purpose for which the Medal was struck.*
1956 Major C.W. Hume, O.B.E., M.C.,
B.Sc., M.I. Biol., Director-General of the Universities Federation
for Animal Welfare (UFAW) of London, author, speaker, and Founder of
UFAW, which pioneered in enlisting scientific efforts for animal
welfare.
1957
Paul
Kearney, author of "The Case for Humane Vivisection," the first
article in a national magazine calling for humane treatment of
research animals.
1958
Senator Hubert H.
Humphrey, author of the first humane slaughter bill introduced in
the US Congress and chief Senate sponsor of the Federal Humane
Slaughter Act, passed in 1958.
1959 Congressman W.R.
Poage, Chairman of the Livestock and Feed Grains Subcommittee of the
Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives,
and chief sponsor of the Federal Humane Slaughter Act.
1960
Isobel Slater, M.B.E., Founder, and Chief Z.S. Fundikira, President,
Tanganyika Branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, with 40,000 African members. Hon. G. Mennen Williams
presented the Medals in Africa. In New York, Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson
made the Schweitzer award address.
1961 William H.A.
Carr, author, reporter, and animal columnist.
1962 Rachel Carson,
author of Silent Spring, for her contribution to the protection of
animals from dangerous pesticides such as DDT.
1963 Ann Cottrell
Free, author and journalist, whose discovery and reporting on
hundreds of Food and Drug Administration test dogs, perpetually
caged in a sub-basement, led to Congressional action providing
comfortable kennel runways for them.
1964 Patrolman John
Mobley of the Detroit Police Force, whose prompt reporting on
suffering and neglect of experimental animals led to improvements in
their care.
1965 Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States Abe Fortas, author of the
first Federal bill to require humane treatment of research animals.
1966 Senator Warren G.
Magnuson and Senator A.S. Mike Monroney, who sponsored and fought
for enactment of the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act, passed by a vote
of 85 to 0 in the United States Senate.
1967 Dr. Francis
Mulhern and Dr. Earl Jones of the US Department of Agriculture, who
prevented much suffering by their enforcement of the Laboratory
Animal Welfare Act.
1968 Dr. John Quinn,
State Veterinarian, Michigan Department of Agriculture, who created
the first Animal Welfare Committee of the United States Animal
Health Association.
1969 Stan Wayman, Life
photographer, whose "Concentration Camps for Dogs" and other picture
stories brought recognition to millions of people that animals need
protection.
1970 Bob Cromie, whose
hard hitting columns against cruel experiments by school children
resulted in Westinghouse Science Fair prizes being changed to
eliminate any experimentation on captive vertebrates. The Medal was
presented by Senator Charles Percy.
1971 Congressman
Thomas Foley, who won enactment of the Animal Welfare Act amendments
of 1970 including the requirement for "appropriate use of
anesthetic, analgesic and tranquilizing drugs" for experimental
animals. The Medal was presented by Senator Warren D. Magnuson.
1972 Russell Train,
Chairman, President’s Council on Environmental Quality, who obtained
unanimous adoption of a resolution for a ten-year moratorium on
commercial whaling. The Medal was presented by S. Dillon Ripley,
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
1973 Scott McVay who
obtained the listing of all the great whales on the US Endangered
Species List. The Medal was presented by Dr. Lee Talbot, Senior
Scientist, Council on Environmental Quality.
1974 Dr. Lee Talbot,
who successfully fought the spread of cruel poisons on federal
lands. The Medal was presented by Hon. Russell Train, Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
1975 Fay Brisk, who
uncovered cruelty and theft by laboratory dog dealers in the 1960s
and initiated an animalport in Washington, DC to help animals
transported by air. The Medal was presented by Senator Lowell
Weicker.
1976 Daniel Oduber,
President of Costa Rica, for outstanding achievement in creating
major national parks in Costa Rica where wildlife can flourish. The
presentation was made by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey.
1977 Yoko Muto, animal
caretaker of Tokyo University, and representative of the Japan
Animal Welfare Society, for her seven years of unstinting effort to
allay the suffering of thousands of dogs used for experimental
surgery, by gentle, personal nursing care given to each animal. The
presentation was made by US Ambassador to Japan, Mike Mansfield.
1979 Shri H.M. Patel,
Chairman of the Indian Board for Wildlife, for his contributions to
wildlife conservation and humane education as Indian Minister of
Finance.
1980 Roger and
Katharine Payne, for leadership in the protection of whales through
observation of living Humpback and Right whales. Medal presentation
by Senator Paul Tsongas.
1981 Dr. Dallas Pratt
for his landmark books, especially Alternatives to Pain in
Experiments on Animals. Medal presented by Senator Mark Hatfield.
1986 Senator Robert
Dole whose leadership ensured enactment of the 1985 Improved
Standards for Laboratory Animals Act and the 1978 humane slaughter
legislation.
1987 Jane Goodall, for
her leadership in fighting for protection of chimpanzees. Senator
John Melcher, author of the requirement for psychological well being
of primates in the Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act,
presented the Medal.
1988 Astrid Lindgren
for achieving enactment of the world’s most comprehensive law
against cruel factory farming practices. Mrs. Lindgren is the author
of many children’s stories which are classics in Swedish literature
and, in translation, throughout the world. Medal presentation by
Congressman Charles Bennett.
1990 Allan Thornton
and Dave Currey of the Environmental Investigation Agency for
achieving international protection for elephants and dolphins by
revealing cruel and illicit commercial killing. The Medal was
presented by Senator John Heinz.
1994 Michael Tillman
for thwarting commercial whalers, reversing the Revised Management
Procedure, and maintaining the moratorium on whale killing for
profit at the 1993 International Whaling Commission meeting in
Kyoto, Japan. Medal presentation by Jason Robards.
1996 Henry Spira for
his successful campaigns against unnecessary experiments on animals
and face branding of cattle. The work he started to prevent cruel
confinement of hens, pigs, and calves in factory farms continues.
Albert Schweitzer address by Hon. Charles Percy.
1999 Edward
Seymour-Rouse, Founder of Eurogoup for Animal Welfare and
Parliamentary Intergroup for Animal Welfare, was instrumental in
achieving a ban on leghold traps in the European Union. The Medal
was presented by Madron Seligman, Member of the European Parliament.
2001 Andrzej Lepper,
President of Samoobrona, the large Polish rural union whose name
means "self defense," for his battle against the industrial hog
factory system. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President of Waterkeeper
Alliance, presented the Medal.
2004
Gail Eisnitz,
author and humane investigator, for her courageous and unrelenting
efforts to document, expose, and prevent widespread animal abuse in
factory farms and slaughterhouses. Medal presentation by John
Mackey, CEO, Whole Foods Market.
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