Dr. Binder-Macleod was recently notified of his selection for the APTA’s Golden Pen Award for 2004.  According to the APTA website, the purpose of this award is “To recognize a member who has demonstrated superior writing skills in one or more articles published in Physical Therapy, and who has collaborated with or encouraged others to make similar contributions to Physical Therapy.”  This award was established in 1964 to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the Physical Therapy Journal.
  
Dr. Binder-Macleod will receive this award at the APTA’s Honors and Award Ceremony at Annual Conference in Chicago this July.

Dr. Lynn Snyder-Mackler Chosen for Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy

Like Dr. Binder-Macleod, Dr. Snyder-Mackler will also be honored for the second straight year with an award at the APTA Annual Conference.  She is the recipient of the 2004 Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy.  The APTA website describes the purpose of this award as: “to acknowledge an individual who has made significant contributions to physical therapy through excellence in research as exemplified by the professional and research career of Marian Williams.”  The award was established in honor of Marian Williams in 1963 to recognize researchers who have contributed sustained and outstanding basic, clinical, and/or educational research in the field of physical therapy.
 
Dr. Snyder-Mackler will formally be honored with this award at the Honors and Awards Ceremony at Annual Conference in Chicago.