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Awards and Certifications

Nalge Company Professional Training Fund Award

The Nalge Company Professional Training Fund Award was established in 1987 with the objective of assisting members to attend the Annual Conference and Trade Show who might not otherwise be able to do so. This year seven members received this award and could join us in Chicago. You may apply for this award if you have been a member for the past 12 months and are currently employed at a stockroom/laboratory related job or if you purchase lab supplies for either a university/college or corporate institution.
Don Goetzmann, (background), presented awards to Robert Allison, Judy Ochrymowycz, Susan McAfee, Joanne Brown, Kent Tolleson, Ellen Hanley, Patricia Baker

NAOSMM Seminar and Trade Show Attendance Award


Members who received the award this year are:Virgina Martin, Martha Lermond, Christopher Rodman, Howard Piltz, Phyllis Buzzanell, Karen Miller, Roy Nyman, Bob Barnette, Karen Steele, Cheryl Moore, and Tom Geissinger 		Eleven members attended the 22nd Annual Conference and Trade Show in Chicago with the help of the NAOSMM Seminar and Trade Show Award. President Paul Yedlick presented the award to the recipients at the Banquet on Thursday, July 27. This award is made possible by the support of our vendors and from revenue generated by the advertising in the NEWSLINE.

Outstanding Scientific Materials Manager Award for 1995

Every year members who have done an outstanding job as perceived by their supervisors may be nominated for this award. Congratulations to Heather Hall, this years' outstanding manager. Among her achievements this year, Heather changed the inventory control program and installed a chemical bar-code tracking system in the stockroom. This pilot program was abandoned by the Environmental Health and Safety Office on campus. The chemistry stockroom was given all the equipment and Heather put it to good use thus reducing waste and also tracking peroxide formers and other potentially hazardous compounds.
Keith Broderick presents award to Heather Hall.

President's Award Received by
Out-going President, Paul Yedlick

Certified Scientific Materials Managers


Jack Whitney
Sergio Vega
Ed Graham
Two members became certified for the first time and one member received permenant certification. Lamar Houston presented Jack Whitney and Sergio Vega certification. And Ed Graham, who was the first member to ever receive certification, received permanent certification.
Jack Whitney was educated at the Missouri School of Mines and Linn-Benton Community College in Oregon. He has been employed at Oregon State University for the past twenty-five years. Jack climbed through the ladder of success at OSU, holding three different positions. He joined NAOSMM in 1985 and has attended all but one of the conferences. He was the host of the conference in Portland, Oregon in 1991. Jack works very diligently putting together the NAOSMM Directory for us.
Sergio Vega has been a member of NAOSMM since 1982, serving in positions of Program Chairman for the conferences in Boston and Las Vagas in 1986 and 1987, President for 1987-1989, Site Selection Chair, and Host for this Chicago Conference. Sergio Vega has been employed with Abbott Laboratories for twenty-five years. He currently holds the position of Manager, Building, and Environmental Services supervising eleven employees. In 1982, Sergio completed his MBA at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.
Ed Graham becomes the first member to receive permanent standing as a CSMM. Ed is Purchasing/Materials Manager at Emory University in Atlanta, Georga. Ed became a member of NAOSMM in 1987 shortly after receiving his position at Emory. Ed has served as chair of the Awards Committee from 1990-1995, served on the Hospitality Committee, and is currently serving on our board as Vice-President.