Medicine, and the National Leadership Coalition on Health Care (now the National Coalition on Health Care). Mark Foley has said that a meeting with Rogers when Foley was three years old inspired him to go into politics. After suffering from lung cancer and undergoing an operation, Rogers died of the disease in Washington D.C. on October 13, 2008, at a rehabilitation hospital. Awards and honors Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences (1982). National Health Lawyers Association Health Policy Award (1991) Albert Lasker Public Service Award (1993) American Pharmaceutical Association Hugo H, Schaefer Award (1994) AlliedSignal Achievement Award in Aging (1994) Distinguished Leadership Award from the University of Florida Health Sciences Center (1994) National Osteoporosis Foundation Leadership Award (1995) Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement (1996) National Cancer Institute "Year 2000" Award Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy from Research!America. (2005) In June 2001, by an act of Congress, the main plaza at the National Institutes of Health was named in his honor. Recently, Research!America established the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research, which honors Rogers' dedication to the health care policy and advocacy. References External links Rogers's Biographical Directory of the United States Congress entry Friends of the National Library of Medicine where Paul G. Rogers is Chairman of the Board of Directors 1921 births 2008 deaths People from Ocilla, Georgia Methodists from Florida Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Deaths from cancer in Washington, D.C. Deaths from lung cancer People from West Palm Beach, Florida University of Florida alumni United States Army officers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida George Washington University Law School alumni 20th-century American politicians Fredric G. Levin College of Law alumni United States Army personnel of World War II