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2004 Gold and Silver Medal Recipients
Gold Medals
Lindy Johnson
Leadership
NOAA Management and Administration
For exceptional leadership in the negotiation of a precedent-setting treaty for the control of invasive species in ships’ ballast water.
Casey Oravetz
Personal and Professional Excellence
National Marine Fisheries Service
For detecting, investigating, and apprehending the U.S. and foreign conspirators of a multi-million dollar international fisheries smuggling scheme.
Richard Reynolds
Scientific/Engineering Achievement
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
For distinguished achievement in innovative techniques leading to optimal use of observing systems related to sea surface temperatures.
Correigh Greene; William Reichert; Casimir Rice; Frank Sommers; Andrew Hall (Corps); William Mowitt (Corps)
Heroism
National Marine Fisheries Service
For quick and professional response in providing life-saving assistance to a pilot after his plane crashed into the water on May 8, 2003.
Kerry Griffin; Thomas Bigford; Jane Hannuksela (USEC); Steven Kokkinakis (USEC); Christopher Libeau (NOS); Lawrence Settle (NOS); Garry Mayer; Ramona Schreiber (USEC)
Leadership
National Marine Fisheries Service
For successfully resolving long-standing navigation, safety, and resource protection concerns at Oregon Inlet.
Darryl Onton; Benjamin Peterson
Customer Service
National Weather Service
For exceptional forecasts and communication on July 15, 2003, which were responsible for saving the lives of 200 firefighters on the Kinishba Fire.
Helen Wood (NESDIS); Ingrid Guch (NESDIS); Susan Harris; Sharon Leduc (NESDIS); Linda Moodie; Carla Sullivan; Kelly Turner (NESDIS); Gregory Withee (NESDIS); D. Brent Smith (NESDIS); Richard Ohlemacher (NESDIS)
Leadership
NOAA Management and Administration
For organization of the landmark July 2003 Earth Observation Summit and leadership in development of a global Earth observation system.
Vincent Wood; James Purpura (NWS)
Customer Service
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
For the development and implementation of a program for warning deaf and hard-of-hearing Oklahomans of NWS severe weather warnings through pagers.
Pacific Marine Environmental Lab (OAR); National Data Buoy Center (NWS)
Scientific/Engineering Achievement
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
In recognition of the creation and use of innovative technology to reduce tsunami false alarms.
Storm Prediction Center; WFO Memphis, TN; WFO Norman, OK; WFO Pleasant Hill, MO; WFO Springfield, MO; WFO Paducah, KY
Customer Service
National Weather Service
For providing life saving services during a record outbreak of tornadoes during the period May 4-10, 2003.
WFO Sterling, VA; WFO Wakefield, VA; WFO Newport, NC; Tropical Prediction Center, Miami, FL
Customer Service
National Weather Service
For outstanding customer service, while enduring personal hardships, before, during, and after Hurricane Isabel.
Silver Medals
Roger Griffis
Leadership
National Ocean Service
For outstanding leadership in developing the Local Action Strategy framework to translate national coral reef policy into measurable local initiatives.
Phillip Levin
Scientific/Engineering Achievement
National Marine Fisheries Service
For uniquely blending ecology and fisheries science to provide new tools for management and for inspiring other scientists to follow this example.
Laurence Miller
Scientific/Engineering Achievement
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
For resolving major scientific controversies regarding the rate and causes of 20th century global sea level rise.
Joseph Albert; Becky Renko
Personal and Professional Excellence
National Marine Fisheries Service
For developing regulations and a unique VMS program allowing fishing in areas that would otherwise almost certainly be closed to fishing.
James Churnside; William Pichel
Organizational Development
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
For the development of a technique to detect ghostnets in the open ocean using satellites and aircraft.
Cynthia Fowler; Michael Rink; Gregory Fromm; Ronald Travis
Scientific/Engineering Achievement
National Ocean Service
For the sustained effort to automate 14,000 historic shoreline maps and make them Internet accessible and useful in GIS for NOAA customers.
James Hoff; Frank Csulak; Sharon Shutler (USEC); Eric English; Thomas Brosnan; Lisa Pelstring; Carol Ann Manen; Robert McNamara (USEC); Robert Ricker; Norman Meade; John Collins (NMFS)
Leadership
National Ocean Service
For exceptional leadership, scientific innovation and cooperative partnership in coastal restoration during the Chalk Point oil spill assessment.
Thomas Ryerson; Michael Trainer; Fred Fehsenfeld; David Parrish; Paul Goldan; William Kuster; James Roberts; James Meagher; Robert Banta; Raul Alvarez; Lisa Darby
Scientific/Engineering Achievement
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
For the discovery of a major factor that causes poor air quality in the Houston area, enabling Texas-state decisions that will save jobs and money.
Barbara Schroeder; Therese Conant
Leadership
National Marine Fisheries Service
For developing and leading a successful national and international program for marine turtle recovery and conservation.
WFO LA/Oxnard, CA; WFO San Diego, CA
Customer Service
National Weather Service
For excellent weather support to firefighting personnel during the Southern California Wildfires of October and November 2003.
WFO Sioux Falls, SD
Customer Service
National Weather Service
For providing life-saving, severe weather warnings during the record one-day tornado outbreak of June 24, 2003, across eastern South Dakota.
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