Awards & Recognition

Senior Health Physicist [radiation protection scientist] Barbara L. Hamrick has been named to the 2010 Fellow Class of the Health Physics Society. This special honor recognizes Hamrick’s significant contributions to the profession of health physics.

Vice President of Environmental Programs Mitzi Miller has received the 2010 “Assessor Choice Award” from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). This award recognizes Miller’s “skills and contributions as an A2LA assessor.” Miller, a technical expert in the environmental field, has performed more than 100 laboratory assessments for A2LA since becoming an assessor in 1993.

Secretary and Executive Vice President William E. Kennedy, Jr., was re-elected as a Council member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP).  This will be the second term for Mr. Kennedy, who has been a Council member since 2004. The Council consists of 100 voting members who serve 6-year terms, and are selected based on their scientific expertise. Council members serve as individuals, not representatives of any particular organization. 

Senior professional Barbara L. Hamrick has been named Secretary-Elect of the Health Physics Society, a nonprofit scientific organization whose mission is to promote the practice of radiation safety. Hamrick is a Certified Health Physicist [radiation protection scientist] who has a Doctor of Law degree from Loyola Law School at Los Angeles.

The Missouri University of Science and Technology has selected Nuclear Engineer and Senior Health Physicist [radiation protection scientist] Ali A. Simpkins to serve as a member of its Nuclear Engineering Development Board. In this role, Simpkins will provide recommendations and guidance on issues related to the well-being and growth of the University’s nuclear engineering program.

The American Board of Health Physics has selected Senior Health Physicist [radiation protection scientist] Jackson R. Ellis to chair its Part One Examination Panel. The 12-member Panel prepares the annual Part One examination, an important and challenging initial qualifier for health physicists seeking certification in the field.  

Senior Health Physicists [radiation protection scientists] Donald N. Stewart and Mark R. Fishburn have been named officers of the Columbia Chapter of the Health Physics Society for the 2009–2010 year. Stewart was elected President-Elect of the Chapter. Fishburn, who was elected President-Elect last year, now assumes the role of Chapter President.

Senior Health Physicist [radiation protection scientist] Douglas G. Draper has been named to the 2009 Fellow Class of the Health Physics Society. This special honor recognizes Draper’s “significant . . . contributions to the profession of health physics.”

President and Chief Executive Officer Matthew P. Moeller, CHP, has been named to the 2009 Fellow Class of the Health Physics Society. This special honor recognizes Moeller’s “significant . . . contributions to the profession of health physics [radiation protection science].”

President and Chief Executive Officer Matthew P. Moeller, CHP, has been named Leader of the Year by the local Mid-Columbia Leadership Development Association, a chapter of the National Management Association. This is one of the Association’s most prestigious awards.

Senior professional Edward F. Maher will represent the United States Health Physics Society as a delegate to the 12th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), which started yesterday and will run through Friday, October 24, 2008, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded commemorative medallions to five Dade Moeller & Associates employees for their efforts on the Yucca Mountain Final Repository Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0250F-S1).

Judson L. Kenoyer, CHP, CIH, named President-Elect of the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the Health Physics Society. Kenoyer is a member of the company's Fairfax, Va., office, located near Washington, DC.

Stephen L. Bump, CHP, CIH, elected to the Executive Board of the Decommissioning Section of the Health Physics Society. Bump is Manager of Western Operations for Dade Moeller & Associates and has more than 31 years of nuclear facility experience, with more than 18 years as a manager and supervisor.

Raymond H. Johnson, Jr., CHP, elected to the office of Treasurer of the American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP). This achievement highlights the company's expertise in the field of radiation protection.

Tracy A. Ikenberry, CHP, named to the 2008 Fellow Class of the Health Physics Society. This special honor recognizes Ikenberry’s “significant . . . contributions to the profession of health physics.”

Richland-based employee Mark R. Fishburn, CHP, has been named Health Physicist of the Year by the Columbia Chapter of the Health Physics Society.

Founder and President Emeritus Dade W. Moeller, PhD, CHP, selected to give the 32nd Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) on April 14, 2008, in Bethesda, Md.