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Dec 16, 2002
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NOAA Awards Ceremony


David Cormany, NMFS

For leadership in minimizing the complexities of intergovernmental and tribal authorities for successful management of the northern fur seal population.

John Halas, NOS
For personal and professional excellence in helping the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protect America's only living barrier coral reef ecosystem.

Nicolle Hill, NMFS
For developing procedures that significantly accelerate and improve the processing of Freedom of Information Act requests by the Department of Commerce.

Andrea Hrusovsky, NOS
For extraordinary performance in an aviation emergency to prevent the loss of life and equipment.

Lawrence James, NESDIS
In recognition of exemplary vision, effectiveness, and extraordinary success in creating a Master Facilities Plan for the NOAA Fairbanks CDA Station.

Peter D. Jiron, NWS
For outstanding financial management of the $50 million National Weather Service program to support the Compact of Free Association Treaty.

Roger Johnson, NOS
For professional excellence in developing a geographic information systems application leading to streamlined cartographic data processing.

Stanton Lum, OFA
For outstanding achievement in the establishment and continuous improvement of NOAA's Human Resources information technology and website -- hr.noaa.gov.

Michael Mohr, NMFS
For theoretical and methodological contributions which significantly advance the scientific basis for management of Pacific Coast salmon resources.

David Rackley, NMFS
For exemplifying professionalism in managing NOAA's responsibilities related to the Oregon Inlet Stabilization Project in North Carolina.

Paul Rago, NMFS
For innovative research involving the use of commercial fishing vessels and fishermen's knowledge in the development of joint data collection programs.

David Reid, OAR
For leadership in organizing and building a major science program focusing on the introduction of nonindigenous species into the Great Lakes.

Rogelio Reyes, NOS
For professional excellence in maintaining the United States Coast Pilot.

Andrew Robertson, NOS
For leadership in the design, development, and conduct of NOAA's National Status and Trends Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Program.

Rita Rosson, OAR
For two decades of outstanding editorial and publishing services to NOAA's Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory.

Lucia S. Tsaoussi, OAR
For leadership in the development of the Climate Change Research Initiative.

Michael Van Woert, NESDIS
For scientific achievement in building the science program at the National Ice Center and improving algorithms for their operational sea ice analysis.

Angelo Wade, NESDIS
For leadership in ensuring the highest integrity of environmental data from NOAA's Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite system.

Sarah Bibb, NMFS
Lauren Smoker, OGC For exemplary administration of the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program and promotion of sustainable fisheries and commerce.

Barry Gallagher, NOS
Jack Riley, NOS

For developing software that greatly reduces data processing time and simplifies the correlation of disparate hydrographic data collected by Office of Coast Survey.

Mary Hoagland, OFA
Dee Nelson, OFA

For developing, marketing, implementing significant improvements, and saving an estimated $1.9 million while amplifying personnel productivity.

Leslie Schaeffer, NMFS
Steven Stone, NMFS

For improving customer service to the scientific community by designing an innovative web-based application that streamlines salmon research permits.

John Terrill, NMFS
Daniel Morris, NMFS

For development and implementation of the fishing capacity reduction program for the Northeast multispecies fishery.

Edward Carlson, NOS
Mengchang Chin, NOS
Shepherd Cofer, NOS
Cindra Craig, NOS
David Doyle, NOS
Mark Eckl, NOS
Cynthia Fowler, NOS
Erik Hund, NOS
Darcee Killpack, NOS
Jason Woolard, NOS

For modernizing the spatial reference frame of Western Pacific U.S. Territorial Islands.

Donald Haines, OMAO
Maurice Hickson, NOS
Gretchen Imahori, NOS
Michael Riddle, NOS
David Sinson, NOS
Stephen Verry, NOS

For leadership and customer service in directing the nation's hydrographic surveying operations.

Kristie Balovich, NMFS
Karen L. Brock, NMFS
Thomas Fletcher, NMFS

For implementing the Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Program using innovative web-enabled submission forms and credit card payment options.

Peter Burns, NMFS
Harold Mears, NMFS
Thomas Meyer, NMFS
Robert Ross, Jr., NMFS

For creating a collaborative regime among Federal and state authorities, with industry and stakeholder consultation, to manage lobster stocks.

Nicholas Anderson, NMFS
Kenneth Beal, NMFS
David Gouveia, NMFS
Paul Jones, NMFS
Debra Ketchopulos, OGC
Marguerite Matera, OGC
Bradley McHale, NMFS
Mark Murray Brown, NMFS
Laurie Panunzio, NMFS
Richard Pearson, NMFS
Kathi Rodrigues, NMFS
Roland Tanner, NMFS

In recognition of the NMFS/NERO Diversity team efforts to build a program to increase the diversity of minorities in the workplace.

Mary Colligan, NMFS
Teri Frady, NMFS
Patricia Gerrior, NMFS
Dana Hartley, NMFS
John Kenney, Jr., NMFS
Teresa Rowles, NMFS
Janet Whaley, NMFS

For personal and professional efforts to conserve Right Whales through
unprecedented advances in veterinary medicine and conservation biology.

David Elliott, NOS
Mark McMann, NOS
Robert Ramsey, NOS

For customer service in completion of quick response surveys during September 2001 in Gulf of Mexico port areas.

Maureen Ballard, NWS
Dennis Cain, NWS
Michael Gerber, NWS
Michael Hudson, NWS
Ronald Jones, NWS
Mark Mutchler, NWS
Matthew Strahan, NWS
David Zaff, NWS

For designing and implementing a Corporate Web Image which significantly improved access to National Weather Service information on the World Wide Web.

David Bernhart, NMFS
Prescott Brownell, NMFS
Jennifer Lee, NMFS

For significant contributions to the recovery of the endangered shortnose sturgeon in the southeastern United States.

Sherie Buretta, OFA
Richard Davies, OFA
Gary Jelinek, OFA
Eric Kasahara, OFA
Ron Kreigsman, OFA
Gregory Price, OFA
Louie Swalby, OFA
Erh-Yen To, OFA

For increasing efficiency, amplifying productivity, and saving an estimated $859,000.00 in developing information technology systems.

Sallie M. Ahlert, NWS
Gregory L. Dalyai,
NWS
Jeffery S. Engel,
NWS
Christopher J. Hunt,
NWS
Michael H. Jain, OAR
Paul D. Krenek,
NWS
Charles L. Maples,
NWS
John R. Reed,
NWS
Robert E. Saffle,
NWS
James G. Schofield ,
NWS
For designing, developing, testing and deploying the NEXRAD Open Radar Product Generator.

Mark DeMaria, NESDIS
Michael W. Knowles, OFA
Kirk Liang, NESDIS
Debra Molenar, NESDIS
Janice Sessing, NESDIS

For successful implementation of a critical satellite receiving station in Central America as part of the Hurricane Mitch Reconstruction Project.

Leonard J. Arkenau, NOS
Daniel M. Black, NOS
Hollis A. Church, NOS
Marc Higgins, NOS
Sean Matthew D. Legeer, NOS
Jimmy Nerantzis, NOS
Nicholas E. Perugini, NOS

For developing and implementing a radical improvement in navigation information provided to the public.

Robert C. Babson, OGC
Douglas DeMaster, NMFS
Thomas Eagle, NMFS
Roderick Hobbs, NMFS
Barbara Mahoney, NMFS
Thomas J. Meyer, OGC
P. Michael Payne, NMFS
David Rugh, NMFS
Kim Shelden, NMFS
Bradley Smith, NMFS

For the conservation and recovery of Cook Inlet beluga whales and the maintenance of a sustainable Alaska Native subsistence harvest in accordance with Executive Order 13175.

Michael Brown, NMFS
Glenn Campbell, NMFS
Robert Hewitt, NMFS
William Karp, NMFS
Heather Kenney, NMFS
Martin Loefflad, NMFS
Alison Vijgen, NMFS

For scientific and technical achievement in advancing fisheries management in Alaska by implementing an electronic observer data reporting system.

Thomas D. Bethem, NWS
Kathryn J. Bosley, NWS
Michael J. Connolly, Jr., NWS
James C. Dixon, NWS
Michael J. Evans, NWS
Geoff W. French, NWS
Thomas N. Mero, NWS
James J. Sprenke, NWS

For scientific and engineering achievement by establishing and building the Physical Oceanographic RealTime System Program over the past decade.

Eric Berkowitz, OMAO
Thomas R. Carroll, NWS
Barry Choy, OMAO
Gregory Glover, OMAO
David Tennesen, OMAO

For acquisition of critical airborne-derived hydrologic data essential for snow melt flood warnings and water supply forecasts for our nation.

Timothy Barker, NWS
Jason Burks, NWS
James Campbell, NWS
Joel Cline, NWS
Larry Dunn, NWS
Delain Edman, NWS
Randall Graham, NWS
Thomas Niziol, NWS
Kevin Schrab, NWS
Marilu Trainor, NWS
Jeffrey Walker, NWS
Randall Weatherly, NWS

For organizing and leading the National Weather Service team in creating
the first public/private/academic partnership to provide weather support
to the 2002 Olympics.

Kevin Brown, NWS
John Coyne, NWS
David Glotfelty, NWS
Alan Jarvi, NWS
Christopher Liscinsky, NWS
Joel Nathan, NWS
Mark A. Rose, NWS
Timothy Troutman, NWS

For implementing improved software to increase the lead time for
life-saving weather information disseminated to the public via NOAA
Weather Radio.

Automated Surface Observing System Operations Monitoring Center Team
For outstanding contributions to the testing, monitoring, and commissioning of 882 NWS and FAA Automated Surface Observing Systems.

Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center
For providing critical forecasts to the citizens of Louisiana during the flooding of June 6-11, 2001, from Tropical Storm Allison.

Northwest River Forecast Center - Portland, Oregon
For implementation of the National Weather Service River Forecast System across the Pacific Northwest Columbia River Basin.

Significant River Flood Outlook Team
For implementation of a new, user-requested, national significant river flood outlook.

WFO Austin/San Antonio, Texas
For providing superior services during devastating flooding and an outbreak of tornadoes on November 15, 2001.

WFO Billings, Montana
For outstanding work in providing life-saving warnings and enhanced public service during the prolonged severe weather episode of the summer of 2001.

WFO Birmingham, Alabama
WFO Jackson, Mississippi
WFO Memphis, Tennessee

For providing superior warning services during an unprecedented tornado outbreak on November 24, 2001.

WFO Buffalo, New York
For forecasting a record, lake-effect snowstorm in December 2001 and for providing services that enabled customers to take life-saving precautions.

WFO Duluth, Minnesota
For providing excellent warning services on June 18, 2001, during the Burnett/Washburn County, Wisconsin tornado.

WFO Lake Charles, Louisiana
For providing public and emergency management awareness of flood dangers prior to and during heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001.

WFO Norman, Oklahoma
WFO Pleasant Hill, Missouri

For accurately forecasting the ice storm of January 2002 and subsequent reporting that enabled officials and citizens to take necessary precautions.

WFO Phoenix, Arizona
For developing a partnership with the private sector to collect critical data that improves weather forecasts and results in wide-ranging economic benefits.

WFO Salt Lake City, Utah
For efforts supporting a first-time partnership between the NWS, private sector, and academia for weather forecasting services during the 2002 Olympics.

WFO State College, Pennsylvania
For customer service to the emergency management community following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

WFO Sterling, Virginia
For timely and accurate forecasts and warnings for the September 24, 2001 tornado that allowed officials and citizens to take actions that saved lives.


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