July 28, 2000

Nominations are now being accepted for the inaugural Nathaniel Bowditch Prize to be awarded each year by the MGH Board of Trustees. The $5,000 prize will be given to a person – clinician or nonclinician – who has made a significant contribution to improving quality of care at the hospital while reducing the cost of such care.

The award was established recently by Charles and Nancy Munger through the Alfred C. Munger Foundation to honor Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838), a pioneer in celestial navigation and an early supporter of the MGH (see "The Bowditch family and the MGH").

Nomination forms are available in the Main Lobby, the Blum Patient and Family Learning Center, the Bigelow 10 nursing office and the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization office on Bulfinch 2. All nominations should be submitted by Sept. 30 to Andrew Warshaw, MD, chairman of the Bowditch Prize Selection Committee, White 506. For more information about the prize, call Suzanne Williams at 726-8254.