OAR Awardees Announced for NOAA Administrator's Award, Technology Transfer Award
Vice Admmiral Lautenbacher recently announced the 2008 recipients of NOAA’s Administrator’s and Technology Transfer Awards. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on October 22nd in Silver Spring, Maryland. Congratulations to each winner for outstanding service!
NOAA ADMINISTRATOR'S AWARD RECIPIENTS
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary
Randall Dole (OAR), A. R. Ravishankara
(OAR), Hiram "Chip" Levy
(OAR), Thomas Karl (NESDIS), Krisa Arzayus (OAR), Lisa Vaughan (OAR), Nancy
Beller-Simms (OAR)
For outstanding leadership in and dedication to developing
U.S. CCSP Synthesis & Assessment Products integrating climate research
for decision support.
Arun Kumar (NWS), Martin Hoerling
(OAR), Chad McNutt (USEC), Pedro Restrepo (NWS), Graham Feingold (OAR), Patricia
Quinn (OAR), David Fahey (OAR), John Daniel (OAR), Stephen Montzka (OAR),
V. Ramaswamy (OAR), Brian D. Keller (NOS), Isaac M. Held (OAR), Alice Gilliland
(OAR), M. Daniel Schwarzkopf (OAR), Larry W. Horowitz (OAR), Stephen K. Gill
(NOS), Christopher D. Miller (OAR), David H. Levinson (NESDIS), David M.
Anderson (NESDIS), David R. Easterling (NESDIS), Eileen Shea (NESDIS), Glenn
Tallia (OGC)
For outstanding dedication to developing U.S. CCSP Synthesis & Assessment
Products integrating climate research for decision support.
Harold E. Brooks
(OAR), Roger Pulwarty (OAR), Ronald J. Stouffer (OAR), Thomas C. Peterson,
(NESDIS), Thomas L. Delworth (OAR), Robert S. Webb (OAR), Douglas Marcy (NOS),
Robb Wright (NOS), Neil Christerson (OAR), Adrienne Sutton (USEC), Thomas
Knutson (OAR), Kent Laborde (USEC)
For outstanding leadership in and dedication
to developing U.S. CCSP Synthesis & Assessment Products integrating climate
research for decision support.
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
LCDR Alan C. Hilton
For planning
and leading the operational, engineering, and logistical support to carry
out a successful Atmospheric Chemistry cruise aboard the R/V Knorr. July
18, 2008
NOAA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AWARD RECIPIENTS
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Kurt Hondl
For team leadership
during the development of the Warning Decision Support System - Integrated
Information and for fostering its adopted use in the private sector.
Christian
Meinig and Scott Stalin
For the invention of DART® tsunami technology,
which allows NOAA to produce accurate tsunami forecasts and, through a patent
and license, generated new U.S. jobs.
John A. McGinley, John R. Smart,
Linda S. Wharton, Daniel M. Birkenheuer
In recognition of the LAPS technology
transfer to support development and implementation of the Precision Airdrop
System that improves airdrop activities worldwide.
July 24, 2008