established the to honor major contributions to pathogenesis, vaccine discovery, vaccine development, and/or control of vaccine-preventable diseases. The annual award was presented from 2008 to 2018. The first laureate was Dr. Stanley Plotkin. In 2016, a documentary film titled Hilleman: A Perilous Quest to Save the World's Children, chronicling Hilleman's life and career, was released by Medical History Pictures, Inc. In 2016, Montana State University dedicated a series of scholarships in memory of its alumnus Hilleman, called the Hilleman Scholars Program, for incoming students who "commit to work at their education beyond ordinary expectations and help future scholars that come after them". References External links Hilleman – A Perilous Quest to Save the World's Children (a documentary about his life) American microbiologists National Medal of Science laureates People from Miles City, Montana Vaccinologists 1919 births 2005 deaths Montana State University alumni University of Chicago alumni United States Army Medical Corps officers Members of the National Academy of Medicine Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Mumps Measles University of Pennsylvania faculty Members of the American Philosophical Society