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State Society                   Norman Frankel                   Leona Lyons Carter
            Publication Awards                Outstanding Student                        Award
                                                      Awards
                                                                                The Leona Lyons Carter
                    Journal                 Medical Assistant Student          Award is given to the AMT
           1st Place – Juanito Naval,           Angela Dixon – Bryan              state society that has
                   MT, Editor                 University, Springfield MO        demonstrated significant
           2nd Place – Asiyah Jafary,           Medical Laboratory            organizational development
                  RMA, Editor                   Technician Student                  in the past year.
           3rd Place – Richard Singh,        Brianna Valles – Southwest       The Leona Lyons Carter Award
                   RPT, Editor                  University at EL Paso,         for 2018 is being awarded to
                                                     El Paso, TX                 The New Jersey State
                  Newsletter                                                  Society for their outstanding
            1st Place – Nicole Weiss,          Student Technical              advances in reorganization of
                                                 Writing Awards
             RMA, RPT, AHI, Editor                                               the state society. With a
          2nd Place – Kathleene Hardy,               1st Place:                  change of leadership and
                  RMA, Editor                Imani Manning, “Esherichia         shared responsibilities, we
                                            coli: The Friend and the Foe”     have seen a renewal of energy
           3rd Place – Henry Oh, MT,       Winston-Salem State University,     within the society. This has
                   AHI, Editor               Greensboro, North Carolina            been exhibited in the
                                                                               educational seminars, in the
             Editor of the Year                      2nd Place:               involvement in the centralized
                                              Jennifer Preuss Osborne,
             Kathleene Hardy, RMA                                             banking, and in the increased
                                               “Dirofilariasis immitis”
                                                                               ease of communications. We
               Most Improved               Winston-Salem State University,    look forward to the continued
                 Publication                 Greensboro, North Carolina
                                                                               growth of this state society.
               Richard Singh, RPT                    3rd Place:
                                                   Morgan Ferris,
          Pride of the Profession                                                        R
                    Award                         “Avian Influenza”
                                            Southwestern Oklahoma State
          Paul Brown, D.Min, MT, CLT         University, Sayre, Oklahoma       Awards will be presented
                                                    MLT Program                on Tuesday, July 2, 2019,
                 GEM Award                                                      at the Awards Banquet,
               Nancy Barrow, MT              Friend of AMT Award              Hilton Chicago, Chicago, IL.
            Everett Bloodworth, MT           This award recognizes those
               Lisa Bromley, RMA           individuals who – although not
                                             AMT members themselves –
             Barbara Garrido, RMA           have distinguished themselves
           Heather Herring, MT, RMA        over the years in dedication and
               Martha Hinkel, MT              service to AMT by actively
               Jerry Hudgins, MT             supporting the efforts of an
                Jorge Lopez, MT              AMT member who may be a
                                             spouse or family member or
           Alice Macomber, RMA, AHI         friend of the award recipient.
               Sharalyn Paff, RMA                    Bill Durfee
              Lia Kaye Spears, MT             Connie Henderson-Damon
              Randall Swopes, MT                   (posthumously)







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