list of léon bernard foundation prize laureates list of léon bernard foundation prize laureates this is a list of recipients of the léon bernard foundation prize awarded by world health organization (who). established in 1937 in memory of professor léon bérard (1876–1960), one of the founders of the league of nations, to celebrate outstanding service in the field of social medicine. the prize is awarded when there is enough funding, consisting of a bronze medal and a sum of 2500 chf to be awarded to a person who has accomplished it. list of recipients year picture name country 1951 rené sand belgium 1952 charles-edward amory winslow usa 1953 johannes frandsen denmark 1954 jacques parisot france 1955 andrija štampar yugoslavia 1957 marcin kacprzak poland 1958 thomas parran usa 1962 john charles uk 1964 robert debré france 1966 karl evang norway 1967 fred soper usa 1968 josef charvát czechoslovakia 1970 arcot ramasamy mudaliar india 1971 eugène aujaleu france 1972 george godber uk 1973 keizo nobechi japan 1974 marcolino gomes candau brazil 1975 boris petrovsky soviet union 1976 vulimiri ramalingaswami india 1977 giovanni a. canaperia italy 1978 francisco cambournac portugal 1979 bror rexed sweden 1980 samual halter belgium 1981 i̇hsan doğramacı turkey 1982 ana aslan romania 1984 mao shou-pai china 1985 raoul senault france 1986 olikoye ransome-kuti nigeria 1987 john reid uk 1988 meropi violaki-paraskeva greece 1989 c. everett koop usa 1990 cosme ordóñez carceller cuba 1991 pierre recht belgium 1992 david c. morley uk 1993 fujio otani japan 1994 donald acheson uk 1995 manuel elkin patarroyo colombia 1997 yevgeniy chazo russia 1999 debbie emma choongo zambia 2001 sastri saowakontha thailand 2003 watanee t. jentchitr thailand 2005 toregeldy sharmanov kazakhstan 2007 than tun sein myanmar 2013 teng shuzhong china