Julie Bremser, left, of Detonator Technology (DX-1), receives a plaque from Acting Deputy Laboratory Director Carolyn Mangeng at the Distinguished Performance Awards ceremony Tuesday at the Los Alamos Research Park. Bremser's team was recognized for the Highly Enriched Uranium Transparency Implementation Program.
The Laboratory has selected its 2003 Distinguished Performance Award winners. The annual award, which recognizes individuals, small and large teams for job performance above and beyond what is normally expected, includes five individuals, six small teams and 12 large teams.
Read more about the 2003 Distinguished Performance Award recipients in this week's issue of the Los Alamos NewsLetter.
Individuals or small teams who receive Distinguished Performance awards must have made an outstanding and unique contribution that had a positive impact on the Laboratory's programmatic efforts or status in the scientific community, required unusual creativity or dedication of the individual or team and resulted from a level of performance substantially beyond what normally would be expected.
Large teams must have performed scientific, engineering, technical, administrative and/or management activities at a level far above normal job assignments; completed a project that brought distinction to the Laboratory by resolving a problem that has broad impact and/or resulted in the Lab becoming the recognized expert in the field; worked on a project that involved original and innovative thinking, approaches and results; and exhibited (by each member of the team) an exemplary level of skill, teamwork and dedication well beyond normal exceptions that resulted in the successful completion of the project.
To read the list of 2003 Distinguished Performers, click here.
The Distinguished Performance Awards ceremony also recognized several Laboratory teams and individuals responsible for improvements to Laboratory business processes, including the Purchase Card Transition Team and and the Wall-to-Wall Property Inventory Team. Laboratory and University of California representatives celebrated the achievements after the awards ceremony. Shown from left to right are: Jim Hirahara, executive director of business and finance, UC Office of the President; Jay Johnson, Laboratory Chief Financial Officer (CFO); Anne Broome, vice president for financial management, UCOP; and Rich Marquez, associate director for administration (ADA). Photos by James E. Rickman, Public Affairs