Vellaccio presents Dever the award. A Peace Corps alumnus and pediatrician, Dever has dedicated his professional life to improving medical care in the South Pacific. He was director of the Pacific Basin Medical Officers Training Program, which educated and trained 70 indigenous Micronesians and American Samoans as physicians, who now form the backbone of the public health and healthcare service infrastructure in the Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau and American Samoa.