project in the spirit of the ΑΩΑ mission Medical Student Service Leadership Project Awards—$9,000 over three years to support service leadership projects that benefit the medical school and/or its local community Helen H. Glaser Student Essay Awards—Monetary first, second and third place prizes and publication in The Pharos for medical student essays about medicine or health The Pharos Poetry Competition—Monetary first, second and third place prizes and publication in The Pharos for medical student poems about medicine or health Edward D. Harris Professionalism Award—A $10,000 award for institutions that represent best practices in medical professionalism Moser Award—A $4,500 writing prize for an essay, written by a physician, that celebrates the life of a physician, like Dr. Moser, who has enriched the world Administrative Recognition Award—Councilors can recognize the invaluable work performed by administrative personnel to keep the Chapter running smoothly with a framed certificate of recognition and $500 award Visiting Professorships—Each of the 130 medical school Chapters may host one visiting professor each year to conduct grand rounds and hold various special presentation during a one-day visit Volunteer Clinical Faculty Awards—Available to all 130 medical school Chapters to recognize clinical faculty in community practices devoted to teaching medical students and residents The Pharos Alpha Omega Alpha first published its medical humanities journal in January 1938, The Pharos, named after the Pharos lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Produced quarterly, with a print run of 50,000, and online readership of 35,000, The Pharos is sent quarterly to all active ΑΩΑ members, select medical libraries, institutions and associations, and contains articles, essays, and poetry. Notable members David H. Adams – Internationally recognized as a leader in the field of heart valve surgery and mitral valve repair James P. Bagian – NASA astronaut and physician William Bennett Bean – Internist and medical historian Alfred Blalock—Cardiac Surgeon (Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt) Otis R. Bowen – Governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981 and Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1985 to 1989 T. Berry Brazelton - Pediatrician and author Maurice Brodie - polio researcher Richard Carmona — 17th Surgeon General of the United States Ben Carson – Neurosurgeon and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Frank A. Chervenak Lawrence H. Cohn – Cardiac surgeon, researcher, and educator Charles Drew — American surgeon and medical researcher Gerald Edelman — Nobel Laureate Eric M. Genden – Otolaryngologist with the distinction