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The Division recognizes significant contributions to the field of loss prevention and safety by bestowing the Norton H. Walton/Russell L. Miller and the William H. Doyle Awards.

Norton H. Walton/Russell L. Miller Award

The Norton H. Walton / Russell L. Miller Award is sponsored by the Safety and Health Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).  The award recognizes outstanding achievements in and contributions to chemical engineering in the areas of loss prevention, safety, and health.  Its objectives are to encourage the continuation of such contributions and to enhance the visibility, recognition, and value of the Division within AIChE.

The following rules govern the granting of this award:

• The award is granted at the discretion of the Executive Committee of the Division, but not more than once each calendar year.
• The award is presented at the Division’s Annual Dinner Meeting, held during the AIChE Spring National Meeting.
• The award consists of a commemorative plaque, complimentary full registration for the AIChE Spring meeting and the Division dinner, and a monetary award.
• Nominees must be members of the Institute, but need not be members of the Division.

The Safetyand Health Division of AIChE is proud to announce that the 2011 Norton H. Walton/Russell L. Miller Award recipient is:

Raymond A. “Randy” Freeman

The Norton H. Walton/Russell L. Miller Award in Safety/Loss Prevention is given by the Safety and Health Division of AIChE in recognition of outstanding chemical engineering contributions and achievements in the Loss Prevention, Safety and Health fields. Its objective is to encourage the continuation of such contributions and enhance the visibility, recognition and value of the Division within AIChE.
The Safety and Health Division is pleased to announce the election of Randy Freeman as the 2011 Walton-Miller award winner.  Randy is a former Monsanto employee, who after his retirement has remained professionally active as a consultant and process safety expert. A graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla, Randy is a Fellow of AIChE, a Fellow of CCPS, and a member of Rolla’s Academy of Chemical Engineering.
Randy has served on the Chemical Engineering Technology Operating  Council (CTOC) of AIChE, a sub-committee of the AIChE Board of Directors (1999-2000), and as a long-time member of the Safety and Health Division, has chaired or co-chaired numerous sessions and symposia, including the 2003 Process Plant Safety Symposium.  He served as the Safety and Health Division chair in 1999, and has more than 20 technical publications where he was the sole or primary author.
In addition to his service to AIChE, Randy has served the International Society of Automation (ISA) S84 Committee for the development of standards and methods for Safety Instrumented Systems for the past 16 years, and was awarded their Certificate of Appreciation for work on the S84 Committee In the Development of S84.01 – 1996, “Application of Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industries.”  He has also served as Chairman of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 7- 8 Hazardous Substance Research Center Science Advisory Committee (1992 -1994).

PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE
Norton H. Walton/Russell L. Miller Award

Please consider nominating a qualified candidate for 2009. Further information about the award can be found: Download Nomination Form (>Adobe PDF 9kB)

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