The Alexander Beller Award, named in memory of our esteemed colleague to honor his unstinting commitment to psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic education, is presented to candidates or recent graduates (within five years) of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in recognition of a significant scholarly study in the general area of psychoanalytic theory. Original contributions, scholarly reviews that furnish an integration of theory in a specific area, and clinical papers with significant focus on theoretical issues are considered.
1981 Arnold Rothstein, M.D.
1982 Stanley Coen, M..D.
1984 Eugene Mahon, M.D.
1990 Lucy LaFarge, M.D.
1991 Elizabeth Auchincloss, M.D.
1992 Nathan Kravis, M.D.
1993 Arnold Wilson, Ph.D.
1994 George Makari, M.D.
1995 Susan Vaughan, M.D.; Craig Tomlinson, M.D.
1996 Deborah Cabaniss, M.D.
1997 Andrew Lotterman, M.D.
2000 Yoram Yovell, M,D
2001 Hilary Beattie, Ph.D.
2002 Grace Caroline Barron, M.D.
2003 Justin Richardson, M.D.
2005 Andreas Kraebber, M.D.
2009 Wendy Katz, Ph.D.
2010 John Burton, M.D.
2011 Susan Scheftel, Ph.D.
2012 Sandra Park, M.D.
2013 Emily Gastelum, M.D. and Aerin Hyun, M.D.
2014 Luke Hadge, Ph.D.
2015 Diana Moga, M.D.
2016 Jack Pula, M.D.
2017 Shabnam Bhojani, M.D.
2019 Timothy Rice, M.D.