United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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No. 96-69 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Thursday, May 16, 1996)

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HONORS EMPLOYEES

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission held its Nineteenth Annual

Awards Ceremony in Rockville, Maryland, today to honor a number

of employees for superior performance. The ceremony was hosted

by Chairman Shirley Ann Jackson who was joined by James M.

Taylor, Executive Director for Operations, to present individual

awards to employees.

Certificates for the 1995 Presidential Distinguished

Executive Rank Awards were presented to James L. Milhoan, Deputy

Executive Director for Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Regional

Operations and Research, Office of the Executive Director for

Operations (EDO); Carl J. Paperiello, Director, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS); and William T. Russell,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).

Certificates for Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank

Awards were presented to:

Elinor G. Adensam, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor

Projects III/IV, NRR;

Thomas J. Barchi, Assistant Inspector General for Audits,

Office of the Inspector General (IG);

Samuel J. Chilk, Director, Commission Decision Tracking

System Project, Office of the Secretary;

Stewart D. Ebneter, Regional Administrator, Region II in

Atlanta, Georgia;

Ellis W. Merschoff, Director, Division of Reactor Projects,

Region II;

Vandy L. Miller, Director, Office of Small Business and

Civil Rights;

Scott F. Newberry, Project Director, License Renewal and

Environmental Review Project Directorate, NRR;
Peter J. Rabideau, Director, Division of Budget and

Analysis, Office of the Controller;

Dennis K. Rathbun, Director, Office of Congressional

Affairs;

Carlton R. Stoiber, Director, Office of International

Programs; and

James M. Taylor, Executive Director for Operations.

An honorary recipient of the NRC's Distinguished Service

Award, the highest honor given by the agency, was Mr. Milhoan.

Thirty-six employees received the NRC's Meritorious Service

Award. It is the Commission's second highest honor and is given

for meritorious achievement or service of unusual value which

substantially contributes to the accomplishment of the agency's

mission and has agency-wide significance. All but honorary

recipients received a $3,000 check. Recipients of this award

were:

Honorary

W. William Brach, Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle

Safety and Safeguards (NMSS);

Administrative Excellence

Jeanne Cucura, Contract Specialist, Division of Contracts,

Office of Administration;

Roland M. Lickus, Regional State Liaison Officer, Office of

the Regional Administrator, Region III in Lisle, Illinois;

Mary M. Matheson, Senior Transportation Assistant, Travel

Services Section, Office of the Controller;

Theodore R. Stansbury, Jr., Chief, Distribution and Mail

Services Section, Office of Administration;

Mary L. Tenaglia, Program Assistant, Office of Commission

Appellate Adjudication;

Virginia K. Tolson, Resource Management Analyst, Division of

Resource Management, Region I in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania;

James Turdici, Special Assistant to the Chief Financial

Officer, EDO;

Engineering Excellence
Steven A. Arndt, Technical Training Advisor, Office for

Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data;

Sudhamay Basu, Research Engineer, Accident Evaluation

Branch, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES);

David E. Bessette, Senior Reactor Engineer, Reactor and

Plant Systems Branch, Division of Systems Technology, RES;

Edwin M. Hackett, Senior Materials Engineer, Materials and

Chemical Engineering Branch, NRR;

Larry L. Scholl, Reactor Engineer, Electrical Engineering

Branch, Region I;

Gene Y. Suh, Senior Reactor Systems Engineer, Inspection

Program Branch, NRR;

Equal Employment Opportunity Excellence

Maria E. Lopez-Otin, Federal Liaison Program Manager, Office

of State Programs;

Thomas E. Smith, Reference Librarian, Public Documents

Branch, Office of the Secretary;

Health Physicist Excellence

James P. Dwyer, Senior Health Physicist, Division of Nuclear

Materials Safety, Region I;

Patricia K. Holahan, Health Physicist, Medical, Academic and

Commercial Use Safety Branch, NMSS;

Investigating/Auditing Excellence

Matthew T. Alessandrino, Criminal Investigator, IG.

Virginia J. Van Cleave, Senior Special Agent, Region IV

field office in Walnut Creek, California, Office of

Investigations;

Legal Excellence

Marjorie S. Nordlinger, Senior Attorney (International),

Office of the General Counsel;

Management Excellence

Richard P. Correia, Section Chief, Quality Assurance and

Maintenance Branch, NRR;
Jacqueline F. Jackson, Chief, Employment and Staffing

Programs, Office of Personnel;

Mark S. Lesser, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch No.6 in

Region II;

George Pangburn, Section Leader, Operations Branch, Division

of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS;

John L. Pellet, Chief, Operations Branch, Division of

Reactor Safety, Region IV in Arlington, Texas;

James B. Schaeffer, Chief, Technology Infrastructure Branch,

Office of Information Resources Management;

Project Manager Excellence

James Randall Hall, Senior Project Manager, Division of

Reactor Projects III/IV, NRR;

Region-Based Inspector Excellence

Edward H. Girard, Reactor Inspector, Division of Reactor

Safety, Region II;

Linda Joy Smith, Reactor Inspector, Division of Reactor

Safety, Region IV;

Resident Inspector Excellence

Thomas R. Farnholtz, Resident Inspector, Summer Resident

Office in South Carolina, Division of Reactor Projects in Region

II;

Senior Resident Inspector Excellence

Christopher G. Miller, Senior Resident Inspector, Quad

Cities Resident Office in Illinois, Region III;

Scientific Excellence (Honorary)

Martin J. Steindler, member of the Advisory Committee on

Nuclear Waste;

Secretarial Excellence

Carol Jo Gordon, Secretary, Office of the Regional

Administrator in Region IV;

Noble S. Green, Jr., Secretary, License Renewal and

Environmental Review Project Directorate, NRR;

Support Staff Excellence
Patricia Janet Noonan, Licensing Assistant, Division of

Reactor Projects III/IV, NRR.

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