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Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Sheldon Landsberger

Distinguished Public Service Award

Edward McGaffigan, Jr.

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Wisconsin - Madison (Best Section)
University of Michigan (Honorable Mention)
Penn State University (Honorable Mention)
University of Missouri-Rolla (Honorable Mention)

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Bradley T. Rearden

George C. Laurence Pioneering Award (NISD)

David Okrent

Leadership Award

John W. Landis

W. Bennett Lewis Award (DESD)

Wolf Haefele

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Small Local Sections

Washington, DC (Best Overall)

Large Local Sections

Idaho (Best Meetings and Programs)
Idaho (Best Section Management)
Savannah River (Best Public Information and Education, Best Membership)

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory (NETL) at the University of Texas at Austin

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Libai Xu

Mishima Award

Steven J. Zinkle

Nuclear Historic Landmark Award

Japan Research Reactor No. 3 (JRR-3)

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Monica C. Regalbuto

Gerald C. Pomraning Memorial Award (MCD)

Forrest B. Brown

Presidential Citations

Carol L. Berrigan
Center for Energy Workforce Development
Garry A. Harris
Kathryn A. McCarthy
William F. Naughton
Jaime Pahissa-Campa
Luis A. Reyes
ANS Student Sections Committee
ANS Young Members Group

Reactor Technology Award (Atomic Energy Society of Japan)

Denwood F. Ross, Jr.

Seaborg Medal

Saed Mirzadeh

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Edward McGaffigan, Jr.

Standards Service Award

William L. Whittemore posthumously

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

Penn State University
Michael J. Meholic, Daniel J. Skilone

University of Tennessee
William A. Casino, Kirk Sorensen, Christopher Whitener

Undergraduate

University of Florida
Jacob D. DeWitte, Timothy J. Goede, Christopher M. Perfetti, Thomas J. Plower, Michael B. Wayson

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jennifer T. Choy, Leslie C. Dewan, Jennifer D. Lobo, Yuri A. Podpaly, Bao H. Truong

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Jong H. Kim

Edward Teller Award (FED)

Kunioki Mima
Brian R. Thomas

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

Dana A. Powers

Samuel Untermyer II Award

William T. Sha

Utility Achievement Award (OPD)

LaSalle County Station
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Utility Leadership Award (OPD)

Marilyn C. Kray NuStart

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W. David Pointer

Young Members Advancement Award

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division

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Leonard J. Koch

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