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Award Recipients

1992 1994

Walker Lee Cisler Medal

Alfred Amorosi

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Karl O. Ott

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (First Place)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Second Place)
Texas A&M University (Third Place)
University of Florida (Honorable Mention)

Ray Goertz Award (RRSD)

Gerald A. Eisert

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Robert D. Bromm

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Mitchel E. Cunningham
Thomas M. Sutton

Leadership Award

Andre Gauvenet
Harry Hollingshaus
Thomas H. Row
Jack Scarborough

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Small Local Sections

Louisiana (Meritorious)
Michigan (Best Membership)
Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Meetings and Programs, Best Public Information and Education)
Long Island and Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Section Management)
Eastern Washington, Central Illinois, Northern Pennsylvania, Southeast Florida (Meritorious Finalists)

Large Local Sections

Washington DC (Best Membership)
Eastern Carolinas (Meritorious, Best Meetings and Programs, Best Public Information and Education)
Idaho (Best Section Management)

International Local Sections

France (Meritorious, All Categories)

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Leo B. Holland (Martin Marietta Energy Systems)
Louis F. Storz (Toledo Edison)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Susana Valenti

Mishima Award

A. Burtron Johnson, Jr.
K. Linga Murty

Nuclear Historic Landmark Award

Pajarito Canyon Site
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station 1
Waste Calcining Facility

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Vicki M. Bier

Presidential Citations

Paul Dozine
Herbert E. Hungerford
John W. Landis
Thomas F. Plunkett

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Allen Brodsky
Shiori Ishino

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

W. Kenneth Davis

Standards Service Award

Joseph T. Thomas

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

Ohio State University
Laurian Dinca, Geoffrey Golub, Brian Kelley, Daryl Lacy, David Lewis, Greg Phillips

University of Tennessee
M. Dunn, S. Goluoglu, R. Metcalf, A. Wilkinson

Undergraduate

North Carolina State University
Meredith Nahm, Crystal Buchanan

University of Tennessee
Patrick Brantley, Anthony Carey, Jeff Jeanguenat, Chris Jones, Stead Kiger, Michelle Woodall

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Herbert S. Isbin

Edward Teller Award (FED)

Robert Dautray
John D. Lindl
Sadao Nakai

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

Cordell Reed

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Jules Horowitz

Walter H. Zinn Medal

John J. Taylor

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