kettering prize kettering prize the charles f. kettering prize was a us$250,000 award given by the general motors cancer research foundation for the most outstanding recent contribution to the diagnosis or treatment of cancer. history the award was named in honor of charles f. kettering, inventor, former general motors director, and pioneer of the general motors research laboratories. it was awarded annually from 1979 to 2005. in 2006, due to budget constraints the alfred p. sloan jr. prize, the charles f. kettering prize and the charles s. mott prize, originally each worth $250,000, were consolidated into a single general motors cancer research award with a combined value of $250,000. the first and only winner of the general motors cancer research award was napoleone ferrara. since 2006 no more prizes have been awarded. medalists 2005 angela h. brodie 2004 robert s. langer 2003 v. craig jordan 2002 brian j. druker and nicholas b. lydon 2001 david e. kuhl and michael e. phelps 2000 monroe e. wall and mansukh c. wani 1999 ronald levy 1998 h. rodney withers 1997 herman d. suit 1996 malcolm bagshaw and patrick c. walsh 1995 norbert brock 1994 laurent degos and zhen-yi wang 1993 gianni bonadonna and bernard fisher 1992 lawrence h. einhorn 1991 victor ling 1990 david cox 1989 mortimer m. elkind 1988 sam shapiro and philip strax 1987 basil i. hirschowitz 1986 donald pinkel 1985 paul c. lauterbur 1984 barnett rosenberg 1983 emil frei iii and emil j. freireich 1982 howard e. skipper 1981 e. donnall thomas 1980 elwood v. jensen 1979 henry s. kaplan