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GOLD AND SILVER AWARDS - 2001
GOLD
The Gold Medal
is the Commerce Department's highest honorary award. The Secretary awards
it for distinguished performance characterized by extraordinary, notable
or prestigious contributions that impact the Department and/or one operating
unit and which reflect favorably on the Department.
Leadership
Dr. Donald Scavia
Director and Senior Scientist
National Ocean Service
Honored for his pivotal role in achieving passage and implementation
of the harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998
Personal and Professional Excellence
Allan J. Coker
Criminal Investigator
National Marine Fisheries Service
Cythnia S. Fenyk
Attorney Advisor
Office of the Under Secretary
Honored for enforcement work in identifying, investigating and prosecuting
extensive and complex violations within the red snapper fishery
William G. Conner
Supervisory Physical Scientist
Carol Ann Manen
Physical Scientist
David John Chapman
Pacific Branch Manager
Norman F. Meade
Economist
Lisa M. Dipinto
Ecologist
John D. Cubit
Oceanographer
National Ocean Service
Katherine Ann Pease
Supervisory Attorney Advisor
Office of the Under Secretary
Mark Helvey
Natural Resource Specialist
National Marine Fisheries Service
Montrose Case Team members, recognized for the extraordinary personal
commitment needed to successfully address 50 years of DDT contamination
off the California coast
Scientific/Engineering Achievement
Robert W. Embley
Geophysicist
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Cited for pioneering research in exploring deep ocean volcanic ecosystems
leading to the establishment of the world's first deep seafloor observatory
Thomas A. Flagg
Supervisory Fishery Biologist
Deborah A. Frost
Research Fishery Biologist
William C. McAuley
Fishery Biologist
Michael R. Wastel
Biological Science Technician
National Marine Fisheries Service
The Redfish Lake Sockeye Salmon Captive Broodstock team, honored for
developing captive rearing broodstock technologies that prevented extinction
of the Pacific Northwest's most endangered salmon stock, Redfish Lake
sockeye salmon
Paul A. Jendrowski
Meteorologist
National Weather Service
Honored for developing and implementing the Areal Mean basin Estimated
Rainfall (AMBER) system to detect and diagnose flash flood potential
Radar Meteorology and Oceanography Division
Environmental Technology Laboratory
Recognized for the theoretical, experimental and engineering advances
leading to the development of a new technology - an autonomous, ground-based,
remote-sensing system to unambiguously detect in-flight icing conditions
in clouds
Administrative/Technical Support
Office of Satellite Operations
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
Recognized for launching, validating and activating three independent
weather satellites over one 12-month period
Public Service or Heroism
Scott A. Doyle
Supervisory Criminal Investigator
National Marine Fisheries Service
Recognized for investigative excellence for a two-year investigation
into the unlawful harvest of Striped Bass from the Hudson River and its
subsequent sale in interstate commerce
Mark H. Pickett
Manager, Environmental Products
NMFS Pacific Grove
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Honored for courage and heroism in saving the lives of two U.S. Geological
Survey employees after the capsizing of the Channel Islands NMS R/V Ballena
on November 4, 2000
SILVER
The Silver Medal is the Commerce Department's second highest honorary
award. The Secretary awards it for exceptional performance characterized
by noteworthy or superlative contributions which have a direct and lasting
impact within the Department.
Leadership
Mary C. Langlais
Supervisory Policy Analyst
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Cited for management practices in reshaping and achieving a more corporate
NOAA in three line offices - Office of Atmospheric Research, National
Marine Fisheries Service and National Ocean Service
Craig Nelson
Executive Director, Integrated programs Office
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Cited for leadership, creativity and technical acumen during his stewardship
of the tri-agency National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
System, resulting in dramatic improvements in the quality of short-term
warnings and forecasts
Kenneth Putkovich
Supervisory Electronic Engineer
Lawrence J. Krudwig
Meteorologist
Barry L. Reichenbaugh
Communications Specialist
John Sokich
Meteorologist
National Weather Service
George T. Wilcox
Constituent Affairs Specialist
Office of the Under Secretary
National Weather Service
Recognized for work in expanding the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter
network broadcasting weather warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard
information 24 hours a day
Michael P. Sissenwine
Science and research Director, Northeast region
National Marine Fisheries Service
Honored for negotiating a resolution to the long-standing adversarial
relationship between many new England commercial fishermen and NMFS's
scientific research arm
Lucia S. Tsaoussi
Physical Scientist
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Recognized for affecting a major change in the National Polar-orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellite System sensor suite, thereby reducing
the largest uncertainty in the science of understanding and predicting
global climate change
Personal and Professional Excellence
Tracy A. Dunn
Criminal Investigator
National Marine Fisheries Service
Recognized for assuring the success of the NOAA and South Carolina
Joint Project Agreement for cooperative reinforcement.
Patricia J. Mulligan
Physical Scientist
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
Recognizing for defining, coordinating and integrating the Department's
requirements for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental
Satellite System
Weather Forecast Office, Wichita, Kansas
National Weather Service
Honored for life-saving efforts during a devastating tornado that virtually
destroyed Parsons, a small southeast Kansas town on April 19, 2000
Radar Web Display Team
National Weather Service
Cited for designing, developing, testing and managing the nationwide
implementation of the National Weather Service's Radar Web Display Team
Erik C. Zobrist
Richard D. Hartman
Patrick R. Williams
Fishery Biologists
Rachel W. Sweeney
Ecologist
John D. Foret
Research Fishery Biologist
National Marine Fisheries Service
Cited for conceiving, developing, obtaining funding for, and implementing
nearly two dozen projects to restore over 20,000 acres and benefit more
than 155,000 acres of Louisiana coastal wetlands
Scientific/Engineering Achievement
James K. Farr
Environmental Scientist
National Ocean Service
Recognized for developing a fundamentally new approach for evaluating
reactive hazards associated with chemicals spilled in the environment
Felix Kogan
Physical Scientist
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
Honored for developing and implementing vegetation health products
from Advanced Very High resolution Radiometer data from NOAA polar orbiting
satellites
Customer Service
Weather Forecast Office, Missoula, Montana
National Weather Service
Honored for response efforts during the historic summer 2000 fire season
when over 1.1 million acres were consumed by wildfires and over 320 residences
and 550 total structures were lost
Public Service or Heroism
John M. Coyne
Meteorologist
National Weather Service
Honored for developing a nationally recognized computer software program
which formats warnings and forecast information for NOAA Weather Radio
broadcasts
Dennis W. Thaute
Enforcement Officer
National Marine Fisheries Service
Cited for transporting the Coast Guard-seized foreign drift net vessel
ARCTIC WIND from Adak to Seward, Alaska, a 1, 200-mile transit in challenging
waters during which he skillfully addressed two possibly life-threatening
situations
Weather Forecast Office, Birmingham, Alabama
Storm Prediction Center
National Weaher Service
Honored for providing numerous accurate and timely severe weather warnings
during an unusual winter tornado outbreak on December 16, 2000
Weather Forecast Office, Phoenix, Arizona
National Weather Service
Recognized for providing critical life-saving information up to two
days prior to the onset of devastating floods in October 2000
Weather Forecast Office, Tulsa, Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Honored for forecasting an unprecedented ice storm that struck eastern
Oklahoma and western Arkansas in December 2000 -- the forecasts and direct
coordination with the media and emergency managers gave the public a critical
72-hour heads-up
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