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For Release: July 13, 2000
Pamelia Caswell
Media Relations
(216)433-5795/2901
p.caswell@grc.nasa.gov
Agency Awards Ceremony At NASA Glenn
NASA Glenn Research Center Director Donald J. Campbell presented the
agency's highest medals to over 200 employees of NASA Glenn Research
Center and its onsite contractors. General John R. Dailey, director
of the National Air and space Museum and former associate deputy
administrator of NASA, was the keynote speaker at the July 13, 2000,
event. Employees and others were honored for their outstanding
contributions toward achieving the goals of NASA and Glenn through
their excellence in science, engineering and service. Among the
recipients of this year’s awards is former congressman Louis
Stokes.
Outstanding Leadership Medal
Joseph D. Gaby, Brecksville, for outstanding efforts enabling the
Glenn Research Center to be recognized within NASA and the aerospace
community as the leader in propellant systems technology.
Jack A. Salzman, Medina, for outstanding contributions in leading the
microgravity research program to achieve a preeminent stature and
record unparalleled accomplishments in the disciplines of fluids,
combustion, and acceleration measurement.
Exceptional Achievement Medal
Paul W. Angel, Avon Lake, for outstanding technical and programmatic
achievements in the development and application of advanced
high-temperature materials for NASA’s High-Performance Aircraft
Program.
Chun-Hua (Kathy) Chuang, Brecksville, for outstanding contributions to
the development of high-temperature polymeric materials for aerospace
applications.
Alberta J. Drabik, Strongsville, for significant contributions made to
the Agency and Center staffing programs with an emphasis on minority
employment and the Welfare-to-Work Initiative.
Frances I. Hurwitz, Shaker Heights, for exceptional scientific and
leadership contributions that have had major impacts on several NASA
and Department of Defense national ceramics programs.
Karen Langenwalter, Lakewood, for exceptional achievement in the
development and successful implementation of an innovative approach
to providing information technology (IT) services that now serve as a
model for the Agency.
Lori A. Manthey, Hinckley, for outstanding contributions to advocating
aeronautics technology developed at the NASA Glenn Research Center.
Exceptional Service Medal
Paul A. Bartolotta, Medina, for contributions to high-temperature
structures and advanced materials research for aerospace
applications.
Dennis C. Conrad, North Ridgeville, for continuous and dedicated
service to the Agency and the Glenn Research Center’s human
resources development (HRD) community and to the development and
training of its employees.
Carl J. Daniele, Strongsville, for significant contributions in
aeronautical simulation development and in the management of flight,
ground, and verification software for space station, microgravity
experiments, and expendable launch vehicles.
Sunil Dutta, Westlake, for sustained significant achievements in
fostering research and development grant awards with historically
black colleges and universities and high-tech research and
development contracts with small disadvantaged businesses.
William F. Ford, North Olmsted, for continued outstanding leadership,
customer focus, and significant contributions to the computational
sciences and computer services that support the Center’s
programs.
Carol A. Ginty, North Olmsted, for exceptional service and dedication
to managing aeropropulsion materials and structures projects and to
maintaining NASA excellence and advancement in materials and
structures technology development.
Dexter Johnson, Berea, for the development of power-saving magnetic
bearing controls for magnetic suspension systems, the development of
a magnetic suspension and excitation system for the Dynamic Spin Rig,
and contributions to the NASA Administrator’s Fellowship
Program.
Robert F. Lawrence, Fairlawn, for outstanding leadership in
implementing equal opportunity programs that impact students and the
community.
Ajay K. Misra, Strongsville, for exceptional efforts in providing
technical and project management leadership that have significantly
contributed to developing the next-generation of advanced
high-temperature engine materials for the U.S. aerospace industry.
Sandra T. Reehorst, Strongsville, for outstanding contributions to
NASA’s mission to develop the power system for the
International Space Station and to transfer power technologies to the
industrial sector.
Richard B. Rogers, Bedford, for pioneering work in and contributions
to the Microgravity Fluid Physics Program at NASA Glenn Research
Center in the area of morphology and rheology of colloids.
John E. Rohde, Brunswick, for outstanding service and contribution to
air-breathing propulsion project management, maintaining NASA
leadership in propulsion technology development.
Kurt R. Sacksteder, Hinckley, for exceptional contributions to the
Microgravity Combustion Science Program.
Noel B. Sargent, Medina, for exceptional engineering contributions and
leadership skills that have enabled NASA missions, shaped NASA
policies, and molded the career of numerous engineers.
Robin H. Strohacker, Amherst, for excellence in procurement policy
support to the Glenn Research Center and to NASA.
Pete Vrotsos, Brecksville, for continued outstanding leadership and
contributions to NASA’s microgravity measurement and analysis
programs and Space Communications Program.
Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal
Daniel L. Ng, Shaker Heights, for exceptional and innovative
development and application of multiwavelength pyrometry for remote
thermal measurement of aeropropulsion systems.
Vincent K. Rawlin, Wellington, for outstanding contributions to
technology development in electrostatic ion propulsion systems for
near-Earth and planetary mission applications that maintained the
Glenn Research Center’s role as the world leader in electric
propulsion.
Equal Employment Opportunity Medal
Priscilla A. Mobley, Cleveland, for continuing leadership in promoting
diversity at the Glenn Research Center and helping youths to pursue
careers in science and engineering.
Distinguished Public Service Medal
Louis B. Stokes, Cleveland, for unwavering dedication to NASA and
congressional leadership in promoting the vast potential of
aeronautics and space for civilian, military, and commercial
purposes.
Public Service Medal
James S. T’ien, Highland Heights, for extraordinary service to
NASA in spacecraft fire safety, microgravity combustion science, and
mentoring.
Group Achievement Awards
Twenty-eight members of the Advanced Communications Technology
Satellite (ACTS) Flight Operations Team for outstanding teamwork and
professional technical abilities that enabled the success of the ACTS
Project flight and ground station operations.
Six members of the Code Parallelization Team for the National
Combustion Code for achieving a major Government Performance Review
Act milestone for the High-Performance Computing and Communications
Program by reducing turbine engine combustion analysis time by a
factor of 320:1.
Fourteen members of the Oil-Free Turbomachinery Research Team for
research on foil bearing and rotordynamic design technology that laid
the technical foundation for a new class of high-speed,
high-temperature, oil-free turbomachinery propulsion systems.
Sixteen members of the Space Act Agreement Partnering Team for
implementing improvements in the Space Act Agreement process that
have resulted in reduced cycle time and improved decisionmaking.
Seven members of the President’s Council for Year 2000
Conversion for the successful assessment, renovation, validation, and
certification of the systems, facilities, and infrastructure at the
Glenn Research Center and Plum Brook Station in preparation for the
year 2000 (Y2K).
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