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Award Recipients

1994 1996

Walker Lee Cisler Medal

Charles E. Till

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Neil E. Todreas

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Missouri-Rolla (First Place)
University of Maryland (Second Place)
Kansas State University (Third Place)
University of Texas at Austin (Fourth Place)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Honorable Mention)

Ray Goertz Award (RRSD)

Charles Divona

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Yousry Y. Azmy

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Eugene N. Cramer

Leadership Award

Dennis A. Bitz
Bruce D. Guilbeault
Mary Gerry White
Nancy P. Williams
Lloyd A. Wright

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Small Local Sections

Long Island (Best Overall, Best Meetings/Programs, Best Section Management)
Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Membership)
Northern Pennsylvania (Best Public Information)
Northeastern, Northern Pennsylvania, Oak Ridge/Knoxville, Virginia (Meritorious Finalists)

Large Local Sections

Idaho (Best Overall)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Jeffrey A. Favorite

Mishima Award

Ersel A. Evans

Nuclear Historic Landmark Award

Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBRII) Approved September
The Nuclear Training Center at Lynchburg
Virginia Approved September

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Kimberlee J. Kearfott

Presidential Citations

Guy A. Arlotto

Reactor Technology Award (Atomic Energy Society of Japan)

Richard D. Cheverton

Rockwell Lifetime Achievement Award (RPSD)

Norman M. Schaeffer

Seaborg Medal

Garman Harbottle

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Jean-Claude Leny

Special Award

J. Neil Rutger

Standards Service Award

Hugh K. Clark

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

Georgia Institute of Technology
B. L. Pilger, J. A. Mowrey, D. C. Norris, M. Dietsche, E. A. Hoffman, B. A. Abichedid, A. W. Anthony, M. S. Ayres, T. P. Belflower, J. D. Bohner, S. F. Caputlu, H. M. Coward, H. M. Diller, J. A. Favorite, P. T. Feir, J. S. Gustafson, N. L. Jenkins, T. L. Johnston, J. L. Martin, C. H. Nahass, D. M. Nichter, D. F. Parker, R. A. Sidwell, A. L. Turner, J. D. Wartell

Undergraduate

University of Tennessee
Nicholas Brown, Dave Gore, Wesley Hooper, Stephanie Newman, Scott Snowden

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Virgil E. Schrock

Edward Teller Award (FED)

E. Michael Campbell
Gennady A. Kirillov
Robert L. McCrory
George H. Miley

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

Andre Gauvenet

Utility Achievement Award (OPD)

Peach Bottom
Exelon Generating Company, LLC
Pilgrim
Entergy Nuclear Generation Company
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant
Carolina Power & Light Company

Utility Leadership Award (OPD)

Donald Hintz Entergy Operations

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Ely M. Gelbard

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Byron Lee, Jr.

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