The James A. Hamilton Award is given annually to the author(s) of a management or healthcare book judged outstanding by ACHE's Book of the Year Committee. Nominations for the award are solicited from editors in the management publishing field. Created in 1958, the award is underwritten by the Alumni Association of the Graduate Program in Healthcare Administration of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in honor of the late James A. Hamilton, FACHE, the program's founder and course director between 1946 and 1966, and ACHE's 1939-1940 Chairman.

The 2008 winners have been selected: Kirk Jensen, MD, Thom A. Mayer, MD, Shari J. Welch, MD, and Carol Haraden, PhD (PDF).

View past James A. Hamilton Award winners.

For additional information, please contact Gerard J. Berish, CAE, regional director, Division of Regional Services, at (312) 424-9323 or gberish@ache.org.