The BMES Distinguished Achievement Award (formerly the BMES BME International Award) is to be awarded each year by the Biomedical Engineering Society to a company, charitable foundation, or nonacademic institution that has made great contributions to the field of biomedical engineering and to recognize and honor such organizations.

The president, CEO, or founder of the recognized organization is expected to deliver a plenary lecture at the BMES Annual Fall Meeting and to publish the text of the lecture in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering. An important purpose of the lecture is to offer a vision of the challenges and opportunities in biomedical engineering.

The award will consist of $1,000, a plaque, the registration fee for the meeting, and $1,000 travel expenses.

Conditions:

1. It is the expressed desire of the Lee family that this award be used mostly to recognize biomedical engineers from nonacademic institutions.

2. The contributions of the awardee do not need to precede the award date by any specific period of time.

3. The Awards Committee will screen the nominations, critically evaluate the Nominee's records, and submit a rank ordered list of the top nominees to the BMES President. The President will select the awardee.

Please submit a letter describing the nominee's contribution to biomedical engineering by June 1 to: Awards Chair, BMES, 8401 Corporate Drive, Suite 140, Landover, MD 20785-2224, Tel· 301-459-1999 · fax 301-459-2444