1940s - Beck

Aaron T. Beck, M.D. ’46, received the 2009 Award for Extraordinary Accomplishment in Medical Research from the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation in May. The $50,000 award is one of three given each year for basic or clinical research in cancer, cardiovascular disease, and neuropsychiatry. Beck, the University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is a member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences.