Honors and Awards:

Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha Omega Alpha
Commendation Medal, United States Public Health Service, June 1984
Meritorious Service Medal, United States Public Health Service, May 1988
Unit Commendation Medal, December 1990
Unit Commendation Medal, April 1992
Surgeon General's Exemplary Service Medal, July 1992
Outstanding Unit Citation, January 1993
Unit Commendation Medal, February 1993
Excellence in Public Health Award, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials,
1994
1995 World Health Day Award, The American Association for World Health, April 1995
Alpha Omega Alpha Distinguished Visiting Professor, The University of Tennessee,
Memphis, TN, March 20, 1996
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, Special Recognition Award, 1996
Walter A. Orenstein, MD August 2012 10
Every Child by Two, Immunization Partners Award, 1996
Unit Commendation Medal, June 1997
Unit Commendation Medal, October 2000
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Distinguished Service Award, 2001
American Academy of Pediatrics Excellence in Public Service Award, 2003
Phillip R. Horne Award, National Immunization Conference, May 2004
Rotary International Award, May 2004
Jeryl Lynn Hilleman Lecture, National Immunization Conference, CDC Foundation, May
2004
Charles C. Shepard Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award, CDC, June 2004
Special Article: Walter A. Orenstein, MD – A Tribute from Grateful Pediatric & Public
Health Communities – Ped Inf Dis 2004; 23(9):803-805
The Distinguished Service Medal, Public Health Service, Department of Health and
Human Services, September 20, 2004
The Outstanding Unit Citation, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services, September 20, 2004
Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics – Outstanding Achievement
Award 2004 – October 2004
Special Recognition Award, 5th Immunization Registry Conference, presented by the
CDC/NIP on October 18, 2004
The Outstanding Unit Citation, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services, January 7, 2005
The Outstanding Unit Citation, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services, September 8, 2005
Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology Awards, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society,
May 1, 2006
Honorary Doctor of Science, Wake Forest University, May 15, 2006
2006 Townsend Harris Medal, City College of New York, October 26, 2006
The Outstanding Unit Citation, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services for exemplary performance of duty, awarded December 12, 2006
Elected to the Institute of Medicine, September 2006, inducted October 7, 2007
The Outstanding Unit Citation, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services for the 2003-2004 Influenza Response, awarded January 2007
The Dr. Charles Mérieux Award, 2007 Recipient, presented by the National Foundation
for Infectious Diseases, Washington DC, April 30, 2007
The 2008 Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Infectious Diseases, at Stony Brook University,
September 2008
Ronald McDonald House Charities Award of Excellence, Chicago, Illinois, October 2011