Dale A. Smith Memorial Award Winner

   Herb Cullis has been selected as the 2004 Dale A. Smith Memorial Award recipient.  He is being recognized for his primary role in the development of instrumentation for apheresis technology.  A medical technologist and dedicated member of AABB since 1967, Mr. Cullis is currently the president of American Fluoroseal Corp., in Gaithersburg, Md.  He will receive his award on Tues. Oct. 26, during the AABB gala. 

  First awarded in 2003, the Dale A. Smith Memorial Award, funded by Baxter Healthcare Corp., was created in honor of the corporation's longtime executive, Dale A. Smith, who was responsible for the establishment of the Fenwal division.  The award, presently annually, recognizes groundbreaking work in the application of technology to the practice of transfusion medicine.