HONORS
1976 Fellow of the American School Health Association
1977 Honorary Member of the Texas Pediatric Society
1981 Distinguished Service Award, American School Health Association
1982 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to visit Australia. Host Institution: Department of Community
Health, University of Melbourne
1983 Distinguished Service Award, Texas School Health Association
1985 Alumni Fellow Award, The Pennsylvania State University
1985 School Health Award, The University of Texas Medical Branch
1985 American School Health Association Research Council Award
1986 Outstanding Researcher Award, School of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Texas
Medical Branch
1988 Simons-Morton, B., O'Hara, N., Simons-Morton, D., and Parcel, G.: Children and fitness: A public
health perspective. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sports 57:295-303, 1988. Received the
AAHPERD Research Consortium 1987 Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sports Writing
Award.
1990 American School Health Association “William A. Howe Award” for outstanding contributions and
distinguished service in school health
1996 John P. McGovern Professorship in Health Promotion, The University of Texas Houston Health
Science Center at Houston
1999 Texas Society for Public Health Education “Dorothy Huskey Award”
2003 School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation “Patty Distinguished Alumni Award,” Indiana
University
2005 M. David Low Chair in Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2005 American Public Health Association, Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section
“Distinguished Career Award”