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Click on one of the following for more information on these ACHE awards:

Gold Medal Award
The Gold Medal Award is the highest honor bestowed by the American College of Healthcare Executives on outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions to the healthcare profession.

Lifetime Service Award
The Lifetime Service Award was created to recognize Life Fellows and Retired Fellows who have made significant contributions to the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award
The Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year was established to recognize early careerists for outstanding achievements in the field of healthcare management.

Honorary Fellowship
Honorary Fellowship is a special category of membership in the American College of Healthcare Executives. It recognizes distinguished leaders who do not typically join ACHE but whose accomplishments have had a beneficial influence on the profession of healthcare management and/or some aspect of public health.

James A. Hamilton Award
The James A. Hamilton Award for book of the year was established to identify books of exceptional merit in the field of healthcare or general management.

Dean Conley Award
The Dean Conley Award was established to recognize outstanding articles on an administrative theme published in one of the major magazines or journals serving the healthcare management field.

Edgar C. Hayhow Award
The Edgar C. Hayhow Award was created to recognize outstanding articles published in the Journal of Healthcare Management, ACHE's official journal.

Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition in Healthcare Management
The Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition was developed to stimulate student writing about important issues and developments in healthcare management.

Health Management Research Award
This $25,000 award is granted annually to a faculty member affiliated with ACHE for research on a topic that enhances managerial effectiveness and career opportunities.

Chapter Management and Awards Program
The purpose of the ACHE Chapter Management and Awards Program is to ensure the consistent delivery of quality services to ACHE affiliates by ACHE chapters. The awards and recognition system is designed to acknowledge superior chapter performance based on objectively measured results.

ACHE Recognition Program
The ACHE Recognition Program celebrates affiliates’ commitment to the healthcare management profession. Recognition is bestowed at three levels, based on a range of specific volunteer activities that demonstrate leadership and contributions to furthering professional excellence. All active ACHE affiliates are eligible to be recognized.

Higher Education Network Award
The ACHE Higher Education Network Award Program recognizes college and university healthcare management programs that have been effective in advancing students to Member or Fellow status during the past year.

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Charter Fellows and Honorary Charter Fellows
Charter Fellows were the founding members of ACHE; Honorary Charter Fellows were people honored by the founders in the early years of ACHE.

Executive of the Year Award
The Executive of the Year Award was presented annually to an outstanding administrator outside the hospital field. The award was discontinued in 1975.