Named for William Williams Keen—Class of 1859 and one of Brown’s most distinguished and well-known alumni in the medical profession—this award recognizes outstanding contributions (lifetime or a single achievement) to medicine, encompassing research, education, leadership, or extraordinary contributions to patient care or public health.
2022 Recipient: Julianne Y. Ip ’75 MD’78 RES’81, P’18
Julianne Ip was the associate dean of medicine for the PLME from 1985 to 2021. Her time at Brown spanned, in total, 50 years, and the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), as it exists today, is largely due to her leadership.
Dean Ip′s greatest legacy lies in the careers of the PLME graduates she mentored and nurtured over her 36 year career as the associate dean of medicine.. Her vision for the program was "enrichment not acceleration," with a focus on the "L" in liberal medical education, was far ahead of its time. As Brown, Providence, and medicine itself changed, Dean Ip kept the PLME on the cutting edge, attracting some of the most unique candidates in the country to Brown for an eight-year journey.
She cared for students during their undergraduate years, from direct advising to program development and enrichment, and she created an environment that captured the spirit of the Open Curriculum and fostered development and growth. In recent years, she oversaw the development of a robust PLME curriculum, with courses on medical humanities and a senior seminar in scientific medicine. She grew the PLME′s international programs and personally oversaw the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and learning across borders. Her leadership was unparalleled, her advocacy for her students unmatched.
She dedicated 50 years of her life to learning, then teaching and leading at Brown. Her efforts have had a sustained, meaningful effect on all who went through the PLME, and her impact will be felt long after her retirement as her students continue to change the face of medicine.
Previous Recipients
- Mercedes Domenech, MD, PhD
- Adrian F. Gardner ’98 MD’03
- Levi C. Adams ADE’75 hon.
- Eli Y. Adashi ADE’06 hon.
- Stanley M. Aronson ADE’71 hon. DMS’07 hon., P’83 MD’87
- Frederick W. Barnes, Jr.
- John T. Barrett ’39, P’67, P’74, GP’03
- Elisha Bartlett 1826
- Irving A. Beck ’32
- Richard W. Besdine ADE’02 hon.
- Mark S. Blumenkranz ’72 MMSc’76 MD’75, P’05, P’08
- Judi D. Braman
- Brown Physicians, Inc.
- Hermon Bumpus 1912
- Alexander M. Burgess 1906, P’33
- Kenneth G. Burton 1927
- Anthony A. Caldamone ’72 MD’75 MMS’75
- Harold G. Calder 1902, P’36
- Charles C.J. Carpenter
- Charles V. Chapin 1876
- Marlene Cutitar ’83 MD’86 RES’92
- Ernest M. Daland 1912
- Ronald A. DeLellis ’62
- Richard H. Dollase ’62, P’86, GP’18
- Michael G. Ehrlich
- Allan D. Erickson
- John R. Evrard ADE’74, P’71
- Edward R. Feller PMD’03
- Edwin N. Forman ’56, P’92
- Marshall N. Fulton 1920
- Pierre M. Galletti ADE’68 hon.
- Milton Hamolsky ADE’64 hon.
- Arthur I. Holleb ’41
- W.W. Keen 1859
- Pardon R. Kenney ’72 MD’75 MMS’75 RES’80
- David C. Lewis ’57, P’84, P’87
- Governor Gina M. Raimondo
- Charles J. McDonald
- James McIlwain
- William Oh ADE’75 hon.
- Peter J. Panton ’79 MD’82, PMD’15, PMD’21
- Robert G. Petersdorf ’48
- Walter C. Quevedo, Jr. PhD’56
- Henry T. Randall
- Stephen R. Smith ADE’81 hon., P’01 MD’06
- Walter R. Thayer, Jr. ADE’66 hon.
- Sanford W. Udis ’41, P’72 MAT’73, P’75
- George W. Waterman 1915
- J. Walter Wilson 1918, PhD 1921, P’44
- Edward J. Wing ADE’99 hon.