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Acceptance of this award carries several responsibilities. The recipient must make appropriate acknowledgment to the many to whom he is indebted. It has also become traditional that he comment on some interest or feature of concern to the society. Each of these responsibilities poses difficulties which most of you can appreciate.
Initially I must express my indebtedness to the membership for giving me the recognition implied in the granting of the Howland Award. I have always considered it one of the highest formal honors that could come to those of us in academic pediatrics. If one is at all objective, it is patently apparent that at most points in time no one stands out with clarity as the natural recipient of such designation. Without undue humility, I can recognize that such is the case today. There are a number of others who deserve this honor at this time more than I do. I trust that in this year, as in the oncoming ones when this award shall be assigned, the choice of a recipient is appreciated as being at best an arbitrary one and that the recognition is in large part to all those who have given the best of themselves to their roles in academic pediatrics. It is on this basis that I accept this honor.
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Nelson, W. Acceptance of the Howland Award. Pediatr Res 6, 848–851 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197211000-00007
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