present her with the insignia of Member of the Order of Canada for her role against thalidomide. Legacy and awards 1962 • President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service 1963 • Gold Key Award from University of Chicago, Medical and Biological Sciences Alumni Association 1994 • Chosen as the namesake for Frances Kelsey Secondary School which opened in 1995. 2000 • Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame 2001 • Named a Virtual Mentor for the American Medical Association 2006 • Foremother Award from the National Center for Health Research 2010 • Recipient of the first Dr. Frances O. Kelsey Award for Excellence and Courage in Protecting Public Health given out by the FDA 2012 • Honorary doctor of science degree from Vancouver Island University 2015 • Named to the Order of Canada See also European Medicines Agency References Further reading . . . This was drawn from oral history interviews conducted in 1974, 1991, and 1992; presentation, Founder's Day, St. Margaret's School, Duncan, B. C., 1987; and presentation, groundbreaking, Frances Kelsey School, Mill Bay, B. C., 1993. . . Library of Congress catalog entry. . . . . . 1914 births 2015 deaths American civil servants American centenarians American pharmacologists Canadian centenarians Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian pharmacologists Women pharmacologists 20th-century Canadian physicians 20th-century American physicians Canadian women physicians Food and Drug Administration people McGill University Faculty of Science alumni Members of the Order of Canada People from the Cowichan Valley Regional District University of Chicago alumni University of Chicago faculty University of South Dakota faculty Victoria College, British Columbia alumni 20th-century American women physicians Women centenarians Members of the Society of Woman Geographers Recipients of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service American women academics 20th-century Canadian women scientists 21st-century American women