Community Awards

Sponsors:
The Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging (CCHA)

UAB Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging McCallum Award

The McCallum Award was established in 2003 to honor persons in the community who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service on behalf of the UAB Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, helping the program achieve its vision of “adding years to life and life to years” for older adults. The award was named in honor of Dr. Charles (Scotty) A. McCallum, Jr., who served as the third UAB president from 1987-1993. During his tenure as president, Dr. McCallum identified the development and support of programs in aging as one of his administration’s top priorities. After retiring from UAB, Dr. McCallum became Mayor of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, where he continued to pursue the development of programs to enhance the health and well being of older adults. This award is presented annually by the leadership of the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging.

McCallum Award Winners

• 2003 — Charles “Scotty” A. McCallum, Jr. — in recognition of his support for the university-wide, multi-disciplinary Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging as President of UAB and his commitment to improving the health and well-being of older adults as Mayor of Vestavia Hills, Alabama. The award was named in his honor.
• 2003 — Cameron Vowell — in recognition of her service as the founding chair of the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging Board of Counselors and for her family’s generous giving to establish the William Clifford and Margaret Spain McDonald Clinic.
• 2004 — Jim Russell — in recognition of his leadership and advocacy on behalf of the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging and its programs as the President of the Alabama Retired State Employees Association (ARSEA) and as the President of the ARSEA Foundation.
• 2004 — Philip and Georgene Keirn — in recognition of their roles as founding members of the UAB Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging Board of Counselors and as leaders in giving on behalf of the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging driving research program.
• 2005 — The Thomas and Jarman Lowder Family Foundation — in recognition of their leadership gifts in support of the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging research programs and the Student Scholarship Program.
• 2006 — Corinne H. Rieder and the John A. Hartford Foundation — in recognition of their support for career development of physicians committed to careers in Geriatric Medicine through the Southeast Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine.
• 2007 — Robert G. Sherrill – Medical Director and sometimes CEO of Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation (AQAF) for eighteen years — in recognition of his continuous support for the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging and quality healthcare for all older adults in the state of Alabama.
• 2008 — Jean B. Morris — in recognition of her generous support for the Geriatric Heart Failure Research Program.
• 2008 — The Evelyn McKnight Brain Research Foundation — in recognition of their support for the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute and the Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging.
• 2009 — Harry Vickers — in recognition of his generous support for nursing educational programs designed to improve the care of hospitalized older adults.
• 2010 — John G. Beard — in recognition of his support for all aspects of the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging mission through his many contributions and his service as a member of the Board of Advocacy.
• 2011 — J. Claude Bennett, MD — in recognition of his leadership and support for programs in aging.

Robert P. Bynum Award

The Robert P. Bynum Award was established in 2005. This award is given annually by the UAB Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging to honor and to recognize persons who are actively engaged in activities that enhance the health or well-being of older adults. Awardees will have a track record of leadership and service on behalf of older adults that is illustrated by the life and work of Robert P. Bynum for whom the award is named. (See link for list of previous awardees).

Up until his death on October 16, 2010, Robert P. Bynum spent his entire career working to improve the health and well-being of older adults. Before retirement, Mr. Bynum worked for the Social Security Administration for 32 years. He worked with the UAB Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging as an employee, consultant, and as a volunteer. Mr. Bynum provided leadership for UAB Elderhostel programs for many years. He provided pre-retirement seminars for the City of Birmingham and several large corporations. He also served on the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging Community Advisory Committee.

UAB Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging Robert P. Bynum Award Winners

2005
Robert P. Bynum

2006
Colonel Stone Johnson

2007
Hyman M. "Herc" Levine, Jr.

2008
Steffen Waendelin
Thomas Alexander Symington Wilson, MD

2009
Herman D. Bolden
Emmie C. Bolden
Neldean Price
Elois Ramsey
Gertrude "Trudy" A. Tharpe, EdD

2010
Esther Schuster

2011
Anne McLeon Warren

New Horizons Award

The New Horizons Award was established in 2005 and is given annually to honor and to recognize a not-for-profit organization that is providing programs or activities that enhance the health or well-being of retired persons in Alabama. It is expected that organizations selected for this award will have a track record of service on behalf of older adults that is illustrated by the activities of New Horizons at UAB, an older adult community of learners, for which the award is named. (See link for a list of previous winners).

New Horizons at UAB is a membership group of men and women of retirement age who wish to keep their minds active through learning and fellowship. Launched in January 1989, it is sponsored by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for Aging and the Associate Provost for Academic Programs and Policy as a self-governing and member-directed program.

UAB Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging New Horizons Award Winners

2005
New Horizons at UAB

2006
Shepherd’s Center Southside
Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association

2007
The Joy Club at the Levite Jewish Community Center

2008
Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama
The Assistance League of Birmingham
Collat Jewish Family Services
Episcopal Place
Fairhaven Retirement Center
Hand-in-Paw
Lakeshore Foundation
The Seasoned Performers
Senior Talk Line (Crisis Center)
Saint Martin’s in the Pines

2009
Sister Jane Bishop
Honor Flight Birmingham
Jefferson County Council on Aging Meals on Wheels

2010
United Way of Central Alabama, Inc.

2011
Alabama AARP

Primary Contact Person:

Peter Bosworth, M.B.A.
Assistant to the Division Director
Department of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine
Community Health Services Building
201 CH19
Birmingham, Alabama
(tel) (205) 934-9261
(fax) (205) 934-7354

Leaders and Key Staff:

• Richard Allman, M.D.
• Peter Bosworth, M.B.A.

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