Robert W. Emery
American artistic gymnast and surgeon
Dr. Robert Emery is a former collegiate gymnast. He competed for Penn State University and earned the Nissen Award (the "Heisman" of NCAA men's gymnastics) in 1969. In 1998, Emery funded an ongoing endowment for the Nissen Award, which is now renamed the Nissen-Emery Award.[1]
Emery is currently a heart surgeon. He was named outstanding science alumni of Penn State for 1996 and an Alumni Fellow in 2003. He is a founding member and past president of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery.[2]
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Nissen-Emery Award
- 1966: James Curzi
- 1967: Steve Cohen
- 1968: Dave Thor
- 1969: Robert Emery
- 1970: Pete Difurio
- 1971: Brent Simmons
- 1972: Tom Lindner
- 1973: John Crosby Jr.
- 1974: Steve Hug
- 1975: Jay Whelan
- 1976: Gene Whelan
- 1977: Peter Kormann
- 1978: Tim LaFleur
- 1979: Kurt Thomas
- 1980: Mario McCutcheon
- 1981: Bart Conner
- 1982: Jim Hartung
- 1983: Peter Vidmar
- 1984: Roy Palassou
- 1985: Matt Arnot
- 1986: Wes Suter
- 1987: Spider Maxwell
- 1988: Tom Schlesinger
- 1989: David Zeddies
- 1990: Mike Racanelli
- 1991: Jarrod Hanks
- 1992: Scott Keswick
- 1993: John Roethlisberger
- 1994: Kip Simons
- 1995: Josh Stein
- 1996: Darren Elg
- 1997: Blaine Wilson
- 1998: Dan Fink
- 1999: Todd Bishop
- 2000: Jeff LaVallee
- 2001: Jamie Natalie
- 2002: Justin Toman
- 2003: Daniel Furney
- 2004: Dan Gill
- 2005: Guillermo Alvarez
- 2006: Justin Spring
- 2007: Matt Cohen
- 2008: Jonathan Horton
- 2009: Casey Sandy
- 2010: Luke Stannard
- 2011: Steven Legendre
- 2012: Paul Ruggeri
- 2013: Eddie Penev
- 2014: Sam Mikulak
- 2015: Ellis Mannon
- 2016: Jesse Glenn
- 2017: Akash Modi
- 2018: Sean Melton
- 2019: Yul Moldauer
- 2020: Stephen Nedoroscik
- 2021: Shane Wiskus
- 2022: Brody Malone
- 2023: Paul Juda
- 2024: Colt Walker
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