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Kowetha Anna Davidson,
Ph.D., D.A.B.T., Toxicologist, UT-Battelle, LLC.,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
(chair)
Dr. Davidson has spent the last
twenty-seven years living in Oak Ridge and working
at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
She has a Ph.D. in zoology from the University
of Tennessee and is a Diplomat of the American
Board of Toxicology, Inc. Dr. Davidson conducts
human health hazard evaluations and chemical-specific
risk assessments. She currently serves on the
ORNL/ORAU Institutional Review Board and previously
served on the National Toxicology Program Board
of Scientific Counselors. In addition, Dr. Davidson facilitates and participates
in community dialogue and discussion groups addressing racial reconciliation,
hate crimes, and domestic violence. Dr. Davidson brings valuable technical
information, as well as provide a link to the African-American community to
the Subcommittee.
Peggy Mustain Adkins, Extension
4-H Specialist, The University of Tennessee Institute
of Agriculture, Maryville, TN
Ms. Adkins trains Tennessee’s 304 County Extension 4-H Agents and Tennessee’s
20,000 4-H volunteers in organization development, character development, curriculum
development, and salaried and volunteer staff development. She was on the University
of Georgia faculty for 13 years, has served on the faculty of the National
Youth Developer’s Institute, consulted to industry, has worked with 32
states as a curriculum development trainer or consultant, and has created and
taught three-year and two year faculty curriculum development certification
courses at Louisiana State University and the University of Tennessee.
Willard Donald Box, Oak
Ridge, TN
Mr. Box has lived in Oak Ridge for 50 years. For
10 years he was supervisor of the Troubleshooting
Group (K-25) at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion
plant, and for 32 years was employed by ORNL as
a Development Engineer in the Chemical Engineering
Division. Mr. Box was director of the Drop Test
Facility where large shipping casks are tested
for safety. He has received the Advanced Technology
Award for the International Inventors Club of America,
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Invention Award
and the Inventor of the Year Award in Robotics
from Martin Marietta Energy Systems.
Herman Cember, Ph.D., Lafayette,
IN
Dr. Cember is the author of “Introduction
to Health Physics,” the most widely-used
textbook in graduate level health physics programs.
He is a Certified Health Physicist, a Registered
Professional Engineer, and a Fellow in the American
Public Health Association and in the Health Physics
Society. His wide-ranging professional experience,
including his research on lung cancer from inhaled
radioactive aerosols, brings unique expertise to
the Subcommittee. Dr. Cember was recently appointed
as adjunct professor at the University of Illinois
at Champagne-Urbana in the Nuclear Engineering
Department to teach radiation dosimetry.
Robert Craig, Ph.D., Chief
Operating Officer, RAMSAFE Technology, Oak Ridge,
TN
Dr. Craig has lived and worked in the Oak Ridge area
for the past twenty-five years. He has a Ph.D.
in ecology and has worked as an environmental scientist,
manager, and corporate officer for environmental companies. He is a member
of the East Tennessee Economic Council, Chairman of the Oak Ridge Chamber of
Commerce for 2001, and interested in representing the economic development
advocates for Oak Ridge and East Tennessee. Dr. Craig is sensitive to public
concerns and has worked well with multiple constituencies in resolving different
health concerns. Dr. Craig brings a balanced approach to the health issues
and is a valuable contributing member of the Subcommittee.
Donald Anthony Creasia,
Ph.D., Knoxville, TN
Dr. Creasia is a retired
toxicologist with primary interest and experience
in inhalation toxicology. He has a Ph.D. in physiology from the University
of Tennessee and an M.S. in toxicology from Harvard University. From 1970-1977,
he was a Toxicologist at ORNL (lung cancer/air pollution) and from 1977-1983
was Director of the In Vitro Carcinogenesis program of the National Cancer
Institute, FCRF, in Frederick, MD. He worked from 1985 to 1998 at the U.S.
Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Ft. Detrick,
Maryland. From 1983 to 1985, he was a Fellow with the National Research Council
at the USAMRIID. He is well-versed in environmental hazards and toxic substances
related to environmental health issues. As a former resident of Oak Ridge,
Dr. Creasia is familiar with its history, operations, health concerns of the
residents, and the issues related to toxic waste cleanup. Dr. Creasia makes
a positive contribution to the activities of the Subcommittee.
Karen Galloway, Secretary,
Operational Safety Services Division, UT-Battelle,
LLC., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,
TN
Ms. Galloway was born and raised in an area
downstream from the Oak Ridge Reservation. Based
on the Iodine-131 dose reconstruction by the State
of Tennessee, Ms. Galloway meets the criteria of
the high-risk group, a female infant living in
the Bradbury/Jones Road area in the early 1950's.
She has worked as a secretary for the past twenty-four
years at ORNL and has been involved in technical
and scientific document preparation and dissemination.
She has extensive experience in working with committees
and local community groups. Ms. Galloway represents
the affected community, and the information she provides to the Subcommittee
is invaluable.
George Gartseff, MPH, Oak
Ridge, TN
Mr. Gartseff and his familiy are 12-year
residents of Oak Ridge. He holds a B.S. in Biological
Sciences from Auburn University and a Master of
Public Health degree from the University of Alabama
School of Public Health. Mr. Gartseff has consulted
to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department
of Defense, the Department of Energy, and for various
industrial clients. He currently provides independent
business-to-business consulting services within
the technical contracting community.
Jeffery Paul Hill, Environmental
Safety & Health Representative, Atomic Trades
and Labor Council, UT-Battelle, LLC., Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Mr. Hill is
a life-time resident of the area surrounding
Oak Ridge Reservation. He has worked at ORNL
as a millwright for the last twenty-five years.
He has been an active member in the Carpenter's
Union and the Atomic Trades and Labor Council
his entire career, and for the last ten years,
served as the Environmental, Safety, and Health
Representative. As an avid sportsman, Mr. Hill
used the river and reservoir downstream from
the ORR to swim and fish for most of his life
and currently lives along the Tennessee River.
As the only labor representative of affected
workers, Mr. Hill is a vital contributing member
of the Subcommittee.
David Harris Johnson, Knoxville,
TN
Mr. Johnson is a community health advocate
who collaborates with grassroot organizations to
develop programs for youth and elderly clients.
He also serves as the SouthEast Tennessee Coordinator
for the Tennessee Minority Health and Community
Development Coalition, Inc., a group that addresses
health and welfare concerns of minorities. He is
a life-long resident of eastern Tennessee and grew
up there during the early 1950's when the Oak Ridge
Reservation had its largest hazardous materials
releases. Mr. Johnson is a community leader with
extensive experience working with diverse groups
and grassroots organizations to bridge communities
and health advocate resources for a common goal.
Mr. Johnson brings valuable community health concerns
to the Subcommittee.
Susan Arnold Kaplan, President/CEO,
KapLine Enterprises, Inc. (KEI); Founder and Executive Director,
Institute for Technology, Social, and Policy Awareness,
Inc. (ITSPA), Knoxville, TN
KEI is a consulting firm specializing in technical, business,
and community communications and analysis. In addition to
founding KEI, Ms. Kaplan founded ITSPA, a non-profit organization
whose mission is to prevent community deterioration, worker
displacement, and damage to the environment due to the development
and use of technology and funding cuts to technology programs.
Ms. Kaplan is President of the Karns High School Foundation.
In that capacity she coordinates all activities of the foundation
including fund-raising and dispersing of funds for academic
programs at the school. She has lived on the Clinch River
across from the ORR since 1987. She is a member of the Citizens
Advisory Panel (CAP) for the ORR Local Oversight Committee
and chairs the CAP's Economic Transition and Work Force
Issues Subcommittee. As a former ORNL worker with a degree
in chemical engineering, she is most concerned with health
effects of workers and exposures to hazardous materials.
Her knowledge of the ORR and contaminants of concern combined
with her dedication to serve makes Ms. Kaplan a valuable
member of the Subcommittee.
James Frederick Lewis,
Oak Ridge, TN
Mr. Lewis grew up in the east Tennessee
area and has spent the last twenty years in the
Oak Ridge area. He is a retired mechanical engineer
from TVA with more than twenty-seven years of experience
in nuclear, fossil, and hydroelectric power production
quality engineering inspection and procurement.
Mr. Lewis supervised and brought to closure more
than 600 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant welding-related
employee health concerns to the satisfaction of
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on their first
review. He is actively involved in community outreach
and specifically concerned with adverse health
effects from OR to minority constituents. As a
community health organizer and respected minority
leader, Mr. Lewis is an asset to the Subcommittee.
Anthony P. Malinauskas,
Ph.D., Kingston, TN
Dr. Malinauskas joined the
staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in
1962; he held several positions at ORNL, including Director of Nuclear Regulatory
Commission Programs, Director of the Office of Environmental Technology Programs,
and until his retirement in 1998, Director of Environmental Programs Development.
Dr. Malinauskas has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from M.I.T. His work in support
of analyses of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island Power Station merited
him the E.O. Lawrence Award from the Department of Energy and a Special Award
for Advancements in Nuclear Technology from the American Nuclear Society. He
was also a key participant in analyses of the Chernobyl Reactor accident in
Russia and in studies of the effects of terrorist attacks on spent reactor
fuel shipments in the United States.
Lowell Peter Malmquist,
D.V.M., Kingston, TN
Dr. Malmquist is a retired veterinarian who has lived and practiced in Roane
County for more than twenty-five years. He lives on the Clinch River downstream
from the ORR and is extremely concerned with the possible adverse health effects
and contamination. Dr. Malmquist currently serves as Chairman of the Roane
County Health Board and was a member of the Roane County Commission. He is
highly regarded in the community and is knowledgeable as to the historical
problems generated by the operations of the ORR and how it has affected Roane
County and its citizens. With his veterinary medicine background, Dr. Malmquist
is an added value to the proceedings of the Subcommittee.
LC Manley, Oak Ridge, TN
Mr. Manley lives in the Scarboro community, a predominantly
African-American neighborhood less than a mile
from the Oak Ridge Reservation. He retired from
the ORNL after thirty years as a laboratory technician.
He is actively involved in working with his community
to learn more about the health conditions in
Scarboro. Most recently, Mr. Manley served as
a member of the Scarboro Advisory Committee for
the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
to look into environmental health issues affecting
their community. Mr. Manley, in his community
outreach programs dedicated to improving the
quality of life for minority residents in the
Scarboro community, is a vital asset to the Subcommittee.
Donna Mims Mosby, Executive Director, Scarboro Day Care Center,
Oak Ridge, TN
Ms. Mosby is currently the Executive Director of the Scarboro Day Care Center
located in close proximity to the Y-12 Plant of the Oak Ridge Reservation.
For the past fifteen years, she has been involved in community activities.
Throughout the city she has networked and built rapport with parents regarding
environmental, health and other issues surrounding the community. Ms. Mosby
is committed to the health and well-being of children in the community. It
is of utmost importance for the predominantly African-American community
that Ms. Mosby represents them with the Subcommittee on minority-related
public health activities.
Barbara Ellen Sonnenburg,
Ten Mile, TN
Ms. Sonnenburg is a current representative of the
Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee,
which represents the interests of local governments
in Department of Energy's environmental management
and operation of the Oak Ridge Reservation. She
has been concerned for many years about the environmental
issues and health problems of workers, former workers,
and other city residents. Ms. Sonnenburg has a
demonstrated involvement in public policy work
relating to environmental health effects and is
able to represent the interest of communities downstream
from the site. As a respected community leader,
Ms. Sonnenburg is a valuable member of the Subcommittee.
Charles Aultman Washington,
Oak Ridge, TN Mr. Washington is a former cold war worker as a
research chemist who distinguished himself as a
prolific inventor and contributor to the Department
of Energy's weapon complex. As vice president of
the local chapter of the NAACP and president of
the local chapter for the National Organization
for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists
and Chemical Engineers, he has always been an important
advocate for the public health of minorities. Mr.
Washington has numerous patents on inventions from
Y-12 classified processes. He has been a member
of the ORR Environmental Management Site Specific
Advisory Board, and has an excellent working relationship
with community members. As a technical and scientific
expert, Mr. Washington is a vital asset to the
Subcommittee.
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