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Award Recipients

1995 1997

Walker Lee Cisler Medal

John I. Sackett

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Edward W. Larsen

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Florida (First Place)
University of Missouri-Rolla (Second Place)
Pennsylvania State University (Third Place)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Honorable Mention)

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Douglas C. Crawford

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Bobby R. Seidel

Leadership Award

Alan J. Blotcky
Donald J. Dudziak
Craig F. Grochmal
Robert Hess
Gail H. Marcus
Kyle Turner

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Small Local Sections

Long Island (Best Overall, Best Section Management)
Chicago (Best Public Communication)
Washington DC (Best Membership, Best Meetings and Programs)

International Local Sections

Japan (Best Meetings and Programs, Best Section Management)

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Michael D. Mulheim

Mishima Award

Ronald B. Adamson

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Colette Lewiner

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Bill Hogan

Presidential Citations

Edward D. Fuller
Stanley S. Hatcher
Masao Hori
Paul P.H. Wilson

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Amares Chatt

Seaborg Medal

H. Peter Planchon

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

John W. Landis

Special Award

Bernard L. Cohen

Standards Service Award

Tawfik M. Raby

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

Ohio State
Brent Albertson, Clark Barton, Angela Brown, Weibo Chen, Michael Perry, Michael Reed, Michael Smith, Robert Winters

Undergraduate

University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Paul Cataldo, Mark Natale

Honorable Mention - Graduate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joseph Burns, Michael Folkert, Matthew Githens, Melissa Lambeth, Feng Li, Caroline Shin

Honorable Mention - Undergraduate

Pennsylvania State
Jen Furl, David Knepper, Paula Knepper, Chris Murray, Justin Watson

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Theofanis G. Theofanous (Theo)

Technical Accomplishment Award (FED)

Weston M. Stacey, Jr.

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

Herbert S. Isbin

Utility Achievement Award (OPD)

South Texas Project
STP Nuclear Operating Company
Vogtle
Southern Nuclear Operating Company

Utility Leadership Award (OPD)

Buzz Carns Wolf Creek

Alvin M. Weinberg Medal

Alvin Weinberg

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Pierre J. Benoist

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Bernard L. Cohen

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