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Award Recipients

1985 1987

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Gene L. Woodruff

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Florida (First Place)
University of Lowell (Second Place)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Third Place)
Oregon State University (Third Place)
University of Washington (Honorable Mention)

Ray Goertz Award (RRSD)

Demetruis G. Jelatis

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Kord S. Smith

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

John W. McKlveen

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Idaho (Best Overall, Large)
Trinity (Best Overall, Small)
Richland (Exhibit, Membership, Public Information and Education)
Virginia (Membership, Public Information and Education, Section Management)
Central Pennsylvania (Membership, Public Information and Education)
Eastern Carolinas (Membership, Meetings and Programs, Public Information and Education)
Chicago (Meetings and Programs)
Connecticut (Meetings and Programs, Public Information and Education, Section Management)
Delaware Valley (Meetings and Programs)
Oak Ridge (Public Information and Education)
Northeastern New York (Section Management)

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Richard J. Cashwell (University of Wisconsin)
Harold W. Keiser (Pennsylvania Power & Light Company)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Yousry Youssef Azmy

Nuclear Historic Landmark Award

Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor
Materials Testing Reactor
NRX (National Research Experimental) Reactor
Peach Bottom High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR)
SPERT I-IV
Enrico Fermi Unit 1 Atomic Power Plant
NRU Reactor
Solomon A. Berson Laboratory
Raleigh Research Reactor
SEFOR
S1W Prototype
Shippingport Atomic Power Station
West Milton Sphere

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Donald J. Grove

Presidential Citations

Ernest G. Silver

Rockwell Lifetime Achievement Award (RPSD)

Theodore Rockwell

Seaborg Medal

Robert Avery

Special Award

Glen J. Schoessow
Alfred C. Tollison, Jr.
James D. Vandergrift

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Lowell
Bryon R. Frank, Barbara Y. Hubbard, Raheel J. Rae, Michael P. Rubin, Michael A. Trembly, Charles H. Robinson

Undergraduate

North Carolina State University
Scott Bowman, Todd Wilson, Bill Dogget, Bill Clark, Mark Pinkston, Pete Marsico

Honorable Mention - Graduate

Iowa State University
Scott State, Craig Amundson, Mike Winter

Honorable Mention - Undergraduate

University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Amanda F. Renshaw, Riza C. Berkan, W.C. Jordan, Carlos March-Leuba, Daniele Ugolini, Roger L. Macklin

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Long Sun Tong

Technical Accomplishment Award (FED)

RTNS-II Team; led by C.M. Logan, M.W. Guinan, and D.G. Doran

Theos J. ("Tommy") Thompson Award For Reactor Safety (NISD)

Pierre Y. Tanguy

Walter H. Zinn Medal

William Cahil

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