Since 1981, at our Banquet, which is usually held on Saturday evening, a speaker has been chosen to present a subject of great general interest to all meeting attendees. In 2008, this lecture was endowed by a generous gift from the DuPonts “…in appreciation of their involvement in the Association with its fellowship and broad science not seen in subspecialty organizations.” The inaugural lecture, entitled “Love, Death, and Commitment: Twenty-three Years of HIV and Genocide Prevention in Africa,” was delivered in 2009 by Susan Allen, MD, MPH, Director, Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.
Herbert (Bert) L. DuPont, MD, began his academic career as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer with the US Centers for Disease Control assigned to the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. After several years on the Maryland faculty, he moved to the University of Texas Medical School at Houston as the school's founding director of its program in infectious diseases and microbiology. At the time of the creation of the lectureship, he was a world-renowned authority to traveler's diarrhea and infectious gastroenteritis; Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas School of Public Health; Chief of Internal Medicine, St Luke's Episcopal Hospital; and Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine. Dr DuPont was elected to the ACCA in 1985, served as the Recorder from 2000 to 2005, as President from 2006 to 2007, and as a Council member from 2000 to 2009.
Margaret (Peggy) W. DuPont, MA, worked side-by-side with Bert throughout much of his astonishingly productive career as Research Associate at the University of Texas School of Public Health. In this capacity, she provided administrative oversight for myriad international clinical trials they conducted as husband and wife, and also supervised a popular summer research elective in Mexico that provided academic international education for more than 200 students beginning in 1980.
| BANQUET SPEAKERS | |
| 1981 | Samuel Proctor. The Cultural History of Northern Florida from Antiquity to Modern Times* |
| 1982 | Clara Tanner. Arts and Crafts of Various Native Americans in the Southwest* |
| 1983 | James Warren. Description of a Dinner Party that Included Hippocrates, Sanctorius Sanctorius, Stephen Hales, Joseph Warren, Florence Nightingale, and William Osler |
| 1984 | A. McGehee Harvey. The Centennial History of the ACCA |
| 1985 | Nicholas Christy. [Subject not given, but it was said that his talk was “…witty, urbane, and highly entertaining.”] |
| 1986 | Kenneth Crispell. The Impact of Illness on the Vigor and Effectiveness of American Presidents |
| 1987 | Sherman Mellinkoff. The Historical and Cultural Association of the Color Yellow |
| 1988 | Doing it their way. Anne Davis and Walter Wichern. An Island Turned Into a Sociologic Exercise for Disadvantaged Youth The Robert Masons. Mountain Climbing The James Allens. Restoration of an Historic House |
| 1989 | Samuel Thier. If You Need a Friend in Washington |
| 1990 | Wallace Westfeldt. Political Journalism – Politics and the Press* |
| 1991 | John Stone. The Humanity of Being a Physician |
| 1992 | Kenneth Heilman. The Associative Process in the Cerebral Cortex* |
| 1993 | Arthur Wilcox. Charleston and The Civil War* |
| 1994 | Daniel Federman. Post-prandial Peregrinations — Around the World in 80 Bytes |
| 1995 | Three speakers: Lois Rochester. Summary of the Spouses' Survey Parksie Muholland. Gardening Virginia Calkins. Mother, Physician, Wife and Friend |
| 1996 | William O'Neal. A Trip to Jupiter* |
| 1997 | Was to be Oscar Thorup, but he became ill during the meeting and had to go home |
| 1998 | Laurence Earley. Some Really Wild Scenes |
| 1999 | Richard Johns. Old Men and the Sea |
| 2000 | Gerald Mandell. Ponds and Polys |
| 2001 | Richard Ross. The California House Call (wife ill, and presented in 2002) |
| 2002 | Richard Ross. The California House Call |
| 2003 | Richard B. Alley. Weird Weather: A Historical View of Our Future and Possible Health Impacts* |
| 2004 | Jeremiah A. Barondess. How to Live a Long Life |
| 2005 | Scott E. Parazynski. Extreme High Altitude Medicine* |
| 2006 | Peter McCandless. Revolutionary Fever: Disease and War in the Lower South, 1780–1781* |
| 2007 | Robert L. DuPont. Drugs, Aesculapius and Tomorrow's Practice of Medicine* |
| 2008 | Donald A. Gurnett, Van Allen, R.J. Carver. The Search for Life in the Solar System and Beyond* |
| BERT AND PEGGY DUPONT LECTURES | |
| 2009 | Susan Allen. Love, Death, and Commitment: Twenty-three Years of HIV and Genocide Prevention in Africa or Passionate/Unhinged* |
| 2010 | Julie Gerberding. Global Health Threats: Reducing Risk and Raising Resilience* |
| 2011 | Billy Collins. The Weather Within* |
| 2012 | Gina Kolata. Discovering Science Stories* |
| 2013 | James A. W. Rembert. Prelude to War, a Gentlemen's Affair: The Story Behind the Battle of Fort Sumter, April 1861* |
*Given by a non-member