Memorial Funds

Gifts made in memory of individual medical physicists, honoring their contributions to the field while supporting AAPM's education and research mission.

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Memorial Funds

Philip Heintz Memorial Fund

Honors Dr. Heintz, an AAPM Fellow, researcher, and educator who built the University of New Mexico's medical physics MS program. He chaired several task groups and taught medical physicists, residents and allied health staff.

William R. Hendee Memorial Fund

Honors Dr. William “Bill” Hendee, a physicist and educator who built graduate and postdoctoral programs at the University of Colorado and later served as Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Jack S. Krohmer Memorial Fund

Honors Dr. Krohmer, a charter member, 1974 AAPM president, and pioneer who founded the AAPM Placement Service and championed training programs. He served on the American Board of Radiology’s Board of Trustees from 1972 to 1993.

Lech Papiez Memorial Fund

Honors Dr. Papiez, a mathematician, researcher, and AAPM member for more than 20 years. He spent his career in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Indiana University School of Medicine, where his work on radiation treatment for early-stage lung cancer saved many lives.

George W. Sherouse Memorial Fund

Honors Dr. Sherouse, developer of the first graphical 3D treatment planning system (GRATIS), remembered for openness, ethics, and mentorship. He pioneered virtual simulation, founded one of the first community-based medical physics residency programs,