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No. 03-070 May 28, 2003

 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HONORS EMPLOYEES 

 ON JUNE 12 IN ROCKVILLE, MD

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold its Twenty-Sixth Annual Awards

Ceremony on Thursday, June 12, at 2:00 p.m. on the Green of the White Flint Complex in

Rockville, Md.

 During the ceremony, NRC will acknowledge recipients of Presidential Executive Rank

Awards and the NRC’s Distinguished and Meritorious Service Awards. The following

individuals are award recipients for 2002:

Presidential Distinguished Executive Rank Award

John A. Zwolinski Director, Division of Licensing Project Management

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award

Charles E. Ader Deputy Director, Div. of Systems Analysis and Reg. Effectiveness

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

John F. Cordes, Jr. Solicitor, Office of the General Counsel and 

Director, Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication

Geoffrey E. Grant Director, Dvision of Reactor Projects, Region III

Joseph R. Gray Associate General Counsel for Licensing and Regulation

Office of the General Counsel
David C. Lee Deputy Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General

John J. Linehan Director, High Level Waste Business Prog. Integration Staff

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Irene P. Little Former Director , Office of Small Business and Civil Rights

Robert C. Pierson Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Loren R. Plisco Director, Division of Reactor Projects, Region II

Michael L. Springer Director, Office of Administration

Cheryl A. Trottier Chief, Radiation Protection, Environmental Risk, and Waste

Management Branch, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

NRC Distinguished Service Award

George J. Deegan Special Asistant to the Director

Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Karen L. Olive Senior Staff Assistant, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

NRC Honorary Meritorious Service Award

Donald F. Hassell Assistant General Counsel for Administration

Office of the General Counsel

Charles G. Tinkler, Jr. Senior Advisor for Severe Accident Research

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Annette Vietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission

NRC Meritorious Service Award for Equal Employment Opportunity Excellence

Sudhamay Basu Nuclear Engineer (Research Coordinator)

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Marsha Gamberoni Deputy Director, New Reactor Licensing Project Office

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
NRC Meritorious Service Award

Alexander Adams, Jr. Senior Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Betsy S. Barber Information Management Specialist, Office of Investigations

Greg Benoit Director, Div. of Resource Management and Administration

Region II

Thomas A. Bergman Senior Regional Coordinator/Program Engineer

Office of the Executive Director for Operations

William F. Burton Senior Project Manager

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

James L. Cameron Senior Radiation Specialist, Region III

Jacqueline D. Cook Senior Health Physicist, Region IV

Mark Stephen Delligatti Senior Project Manager

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Mel Holmberg Reactor Inspector, Region III

B.J. Holt Director, Div. of Resource Management and Administration

Region III

Rita Y. Hoskins Senior Program Assistant, Office of International Programs

Catherine E. Jaegers Correspondence Analyst

Office of the Executive Director for Operations

Betsy J. Keeling Senior Congressional Affairs Officer

Office of Congressional Affairs

David M. Kern Senior Resident Inspector, Beaver Valley Resident Office

Region I

Teresa Linton Information Services Librarian

Office of the Chief Information Officer

James C. Linville Chief, Electrical Branch, Region I

Wade T. Loo Senior Health Physicist, Region II
Cardelia Harvey-Maupin Senior Project Manager, Office of State and Tribal Programs

Beverly T. Michael Operator Licensing Assistant, Region II

Dawn D. Moss Human Resources Team Leader, Office of Human Resources

Robert L. O’Connell Project Manager

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

John Orban Senior Visual Information Specialist

Office of the Chief Information Officer

Vonna L. Ordaz Chief, Reactor Safeguards Policy Section

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response

Teresa A. Pourchot Chief, Payroll System Team

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Troy W. Pruett Chief, Plant Support Branch, Region IV

Frederick Markley Reinhart Chief, Licensing Section 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Alan M. Rubin Chief, Section B, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

A. Lynn Silvious Chief, Information Security Section

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response

N. King Stablein Chief, Projects and Engineering Section, 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

John Leon Szabo Senior Attorney, Office of the General Counsel

Dennis M. Tarner Senior Administrative Services Specialist

 Office of Administration

David J. Vito Senior Allegations Coordinator, Region I

Tanya X.G. Winfrey Administrative Assistant

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards/

Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste

Francis Young Senior Transportation Project Manager

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards