Evening star., 1950-02-15
SO Commerce Aides
Receive Medals for
Outstanding Service

Gold and silver medals for out
standing public service were
awarded to 86 Commerce De-
partment employees yesterday by
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer
in annual ceremonies at the De-
partmental Auditorium.
Another % employees were cited
for 40 or more years of service In
the department. They will re-
ceive bronze lapel pins.
The medal awards were insti-
tuted last year as part of the de-
partment's program to give fuller
recognition to individual en-
ployes for exceptional service.
One gold medal was awarded
posthumously to j. c. Capt, di-
rector of the Census Bureau from
1941 to last year. Mrs. Capt, his
widow. received the medal. Mr..
Capt was cited for stimulating,
progressive leadership and untir-
ing efforts"
Bureau Chiefs HonOred.
Three other bureau chiefs also
received gold medals. They are:
Leo Otis Colbert, for "outstand-
ing service" as director of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey since
1888; Francis w. Reichelderfer,
for outstanding leadership" as
director of the Weather Bureau
since 1888, and Thomas H. Mac
Donald, for Outstanding leader
ship as Commissioner of Public
Roads in the planning and con-
struction of a vast network of
highways"
Other gold medal recipients
were:
Charles j. Hubbard, Weather
Bureau, establishing meteorologi-
Cal stations in the Far North un-
der hazardous conditions; George
Wythe, Office of International
Trade. promotion of the foreign
commerce of the United States:
Emil E. Schnellbacher, Office of
international Trade, promotion
and protection of the foreign COM
merce of the United States; H.
Walker Percy, Civil Aeronautics
Administration. establishment of
the International Civil Aviation
Organization.
Also, Lloyd H. Simson, Civil
Aeronautics Administration, con-
tributions to world aviation tele-
communications; John H. Geisse,
Civil Aeronautics Administration,
development of the wind
landing gear; Joseph S. Bright,
Bureau of Public Roads, contruc-
tion of the Alaska highway: Her.
bert S. Fairbanks, Bureau of Pub
lie roads, contributions to national
highway development; Lawrence
I. Hewes, Bureau of Public Roads,
contributions to the national
highway program; Edwin w.
James, Bureau of Public Roads,
development of the Inter-Amer-
lean highway.
Also. Leon E. Truesdell, Cen
sus Bureau, contribution to the
census statistics of population and
to long-term improvement of the
professional staff, techniques and
publications: Frederick D. Ros-
sini, Bureau of Standards, leader
ship in the fields of thermochem-
istry and hydrocarbons; Deane
B. Judd, Bureau of Standards,
colorimetry and color vision ac-
tiVities, and Harold E. McComb,
Coast and Geordetic Survey, de-
sign and development of highly
specialized instruments and
equipment in geomagnetism.
Silver Medals Given.
Recipients of the silver medal
awards and the agencies where
they are employed follow:
Inez A. Applebee, Dorothy P.
Armstrong, c. e. Batschalet, An
thony A. Berlinsky, Max A. Ber-
shad, Joseph F. DAILY, Calvert L.
Dedrick, william T. Fay, Eliza
beth T. Gardiner, Alice v. Hagan.
Robert H. Holley, William H. Hur-
witz, Caroline A. Hunt, Bruce L..
Jenkinson, John j. Lennon, Ru-
dolph M. Micoly, BENJAMIN j.
Topping, James A. Thomas. all
of the Census Bureau.
Raymond Archibald, Joseph
Barnett, Edward II. Holmes, Carr
F. lizard, Frank H. Jackson, Olav
K. Normann. William r. Pryor.
all of the Bureau of Public Roads.
Donald B. Brooks, Johanna
Busse, Raymond L. Driscou, Fran
cisco w. Dunmore, Raleigh Gil
christ, Joseph r. Harris, James I.
Hoffman. Horace S. Isbell, Sarah
Ann Jones. George B. Kefover.
George j. Kramer, Jesse L. Math-
usa, Chauncey G. Peters, Frank A.
Peters. Francis P. Phelps, G. A. E.
Rheinbold, Charlotte M. Sitterly,
Edgar Reynolds Smith, Harold A,
Thomas, Leroy w. Tilton, all of
the Bureau of Standards.
Ollie K. Carson, E. Forest Crit
elbow. A. Darcy Harvey. Michael
j. Lucanish, Katherine Smith,
Ralph S. White, all of the Civil
Aeronautics Administration.
John A. Copeland and Jerome
Namias, Weather Bureau; Nor
man F. Braaten, John j. Braund,
Lindsay P. Disney, Robert E. Geb-
hardt, William L. Goode, Thomas
j. Hickey, Elmer c. Mckay,
Frank Neumann, Douglas L. Park
hurst, Howard S. Rappleye. all
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Vivian S. Moore and Anthony
j. Poirer. Office of International
Trade; Reba IL. Osborne and K.
Celeste Stokes, Office of Business
Economics, and Everett c. Holt,
Office of Domestic Commerce.
Recipients of bronze lapel pins
employed in Washington are:
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