AACC Award Recipients, 2006 (The Clinical Chemist‪)‬

AACC Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Chemistry, Sponsored by Bayer HealthCare Diagnostics Division Helen M. Free, DSc, has spent her entire scientific career of more than 60 years at Bayer Healthcare Diagnostics Division (formerly Miles Laboratories) in Elkhart, Indiana, where she continues as a professional relations consultant in the diabetes care division. Her work has ranged from her start as a control chemist, to senior new products manager of microbiological test systems, to director of specialty test systems, to director of marketing services. In addition, she has taught management at Indiana University at South Bend for 20 years.