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Outstanding Alumni - Award Winners
During the 35th SPAC reunion, held March 1999, the Space Physics & Astronomy department presented four "Outstanding Alumni" awards. For the 40th, 45th and 50th reunions, we added more winners plus three new categories: Outstanding Undergraduate and Outstanding Staff Members (regular and research staff). An award for MS Alumnus was added for the 60th.
60th JFK ANNIVERSARY REUNION | ||
1960s | Art Few | Arthur Few Bio |
1970s | David Young | David Young BIO |
1980s | Anthea Coster | Anthea Coster CV |
1990s | Mila Mitra Paul Scowen |
Mila Mitra Profile Paul Scowen CV |
2000s | Josef Koller | Aerospace Corp BIO |
2010s | Roman Gomez | Roman Gomez CV |
2020s | Alison Farrish | Allison Farrish BIO |
MS Alumnus | Carol Waters | Carol Waters CV |
Undergraduate | Katie Garcia-Sage | Katie Garcia-Sage CV |
Research Staff | Al Heath Tamara Ledley |
Joe Chambliss cmments on Al Heath Michael Stewart comments on Al Heath Tamara Ledley CV |
Support Staff | Bryan Bales Bill Lewis |
Bryan Bales resume Bill Lewis letter to Dessler |
50th REUNION | |
1960s | Paul Cloutier |
1970s | Tom Hill (with special awards to Rich Behnke and Hasio-Hua Kuo Burke for their support of research) |
1980s | Greg Byrne and Duane Pontius |
1990s | Shannon Walker |
2000s | Mark Mulrooney |
2010s | Chris Olsen |
Undergraduate | Niescja Turner |
Research Staff | Stan Sazykin & John McGarity |
Support Staff | Wayne Smith |
Special Founders Award |
Alex Dessler |
45th REUNION | |
1960s | David Cummings, USRA |
1970s | Richard Vondrak, GSFC |
1980s | Eileen Stansberry, JSC |
1990s | Gang Lu, NOAA HAO |
2000s | Takao Doi, Japanese Astronaut |
Undergraduate | Jay Anderson, Space Telescope Science Lab |
Research Staff | Del Oehme |
Support Staff | Norma Cowley and Maria Byrne |
40th REUNION | |
1960s | C. Rick Chappell, Vanderbilt |
1970s | Jerry Fishman, MSFC |
1980s | Frank Toffoletto, Rice |
1990s | Dana Crider, GSFC |
2000s | Andrew Urquhart, Raytheon |
Undergraduate | Rick Feinberg, Publisher, Sky and Telescope Magazine |
Research Staff | Bob Spiro |
Support Staff | Umbe Cantu, former Dept. Secretary (now RSI Administrator and Physics & Astronomy Administrator) |
35th REUNION | |
1960s | James Burch, Southwest Research Institute |
1970s | Stan Woosley, UC Santa Cruz |
1980s | J. Jeff Hester, Arizona State University |
1990s | Wei Peng, (then at: CHASE Manhattan Bank) Now at: Natixis Capital Markets |