2005 Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipients

Distinguished Alumnus Award for Loyalty
Dr. Roy Witherington, MCG Professor Emeritus of Surgery (Urology), earned his medical degree with honors from MCG in 1953 and completed an MCG urology residency in 1960. He served on the faculty from 1960 until his retirement in 1997. He also had a full-time urology practice in Augusta from 1961-72 and served as president of the Georgia Urological Association from 1967-68.

He is a past president of the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association, Inc., the Medical Research Foundation of Georgia and the Rinker-Witherington Urologic Society. He received the American Urological Association’s 1997 Gold Cane Award and the American Medical Association’s 1997 Physician’s Recognition Award.

Distinguished Alumnus Award for Professional Achievement
Dr. John R. Woodard, who earned his medical degree from MCG in 1957 and completed a pediatric urology fellowship in New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, retired in 1999 after serving as director of pediatric urology at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and as chief of urology at Egleston Children’s Hospital at Emory. He also held faculty appointments at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., and the University of West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.

He is a past president of the Georgia Urological Society and the Society for Pediatric Urology. He was named Teacher of the Year by Emory urology students in 1992 and received the American Academy of Pediatrics Urology Medal in 2000.

For more information
Contact Director of Alumni Relations
Scott Henson, shenson@mcg.edu, at 706-721-4416