Nominations Invited for 2008 Honor Awards

The Council has asked the ABSA Awards Committee to seek nominations for the 2008 ABSA Honor Awards, to be presented at the 51th Annual Biological Safety Conference in Reno, NV, October 19 - 22, 2008. All ABSA members are encouraged to submit nominations for the awards, to be received no later than July 15, 2008.

The three honor awards for which nominations are being sought are Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award, the Everett Hanel, Jr. Presidential Award, and the John H. Richardson Special Recognition Award.

You are strongly encouraged to submit the completed nomination form(s) on-line. Alternatively, you may transmit the form(s) directly to the ABSA Office, who will then confirm receipt of the document.

Nomination form

2007 Awards Recipients

Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award

Joseph R. Songer

The American Biological Safety Association is pleased to present the 2007 Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award to Joseph R. Songer, in recognition of outstanding contributions to biological safety through service and leadership.

The Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award is given to a current ABSA member for outstanding contributions to biological safety accomplished through teaching, research, service, or leadership.

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Arnold G. Wedum Memorial Lecture Award

Nicoletta Previsani, WHO and W. Emmett Barkley, Ph. D.

The American Biological Safety Association is pleased to present the 2007 Arnold G. Wedum Memorial Lecture Award to Nicoletta Previsani and W. Emmett Barkley in recognition of outstanding work that provided greater knowledge in the field of biological safety.

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Everett Hanel, Jr. Presidential Award

Daniel F. Liberman, Ph.D., Novartis

The American Biological Safety Association was pleased to present the 2007 Everett Hanel, Jr. Presidential Award to Daniel F. Liberman, Ph.D. from Novartis.

The Everett Hanel, Jr. Presidential Award is given to a current ABSA member for outstanding contributions to ABSA by promoting the field of biological safety and fostering, by example, the high professional standards of the Association's membership.

Everett Hanel, Jr. was a member of Dr. Wedum's safety group at Fort Detrick from 1943-1972. Following his tenure there he became the Director of the Health & Safety group at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick. His efforts were central in the development and perpetuation of the Biological Safety Conference and the organization we know as ABSA. In 1983 Everett was chosen to be the first President of the American Biological Safety Association. In recognition of his significant contribution to this organization throughout his lifetime career in biosafety, the Everett Hanel, Jr. Presidential Award was established in 1993.

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Richard C. Knudsen Publication Award

Mark A. Czarneski, ClorDiSys, Inc

The American Biological Safety Association was pleased to present the 2006 Richard C. Knudsen Publication Award to Mark A. Czarneski of ClorDiSys, Inc.

The Richard C. Knudsen Publication Award shall be given, when merited, to the author(s) of an article judged to be of the greatest service to the Association membership, whether the authors are members or not of the Association. The article shall have been published in Applied Biosafety the year preceding the award.

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Eagelson Lecture Series Award

Jeffrey Leid, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University

The Eagelson Lecture Series Award recipient is selected in recognition of accomplishments that contribute to the awareness of biological hazards.

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Griffin Lecture Award

James R. Swearengen, DVM, AALAC International

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