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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 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.
The following rules govern the granting of this award:
- It shall be awarded at the discretion of the Division's Executive Committee but not more frequently than once each calendar year.
- It shall be awarded to a member of the Institute. There is no age limit. The award shall be for outstanding contributions and achievements to promote Safety, Loss Prevention and Health in chemical engineering activities.
- Nominations are to be submitted by members of the Division to the Chairman of the Division by December 31st of each year.
- The award will consist of an appropriate framed certificate and will be presented at a Division event.
The Safetyand Health Division of AIChE is proud to announce that the 2008 Norton H. Walton/Russell L. Miller Award recipient is: Sam Mannan
Norton H. Walton/ Russell L. Miller Award - Sam Mannan
The award recognizes an individual’s outstanding chemical engineering
contributions and achievements in the fields of loss prevention, safety
and health. The award was presented to Dr. M. Sam Mannan, professor
of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. Dr. Mannan serves
as director of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, and is an
internationally recognized expert on process safety and risk assessment.
A professional engineer and certified safety professional, he is a member
of AIChE, the American Society of Safety Engineers, the International
Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration and the National Fire Protection
Association. In addition to his many professional honors and
achievements, Mannan has served as a consultant to numerous entities
in both the academic and private sectors and has testified before the U.S.
Congress on multiple occasions, lending his expertise on matters of
national security as it relates to chemical safety and infrastructure.
PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE
Norton H. Walton/Russell L. Miller Award
1987 |
Walter
B. Howard |
1988 |
Eugene
S. DeHaven |
1990 |
Stanley
S. Grossel |
1991 |
William
J. Bradford |
1993 |
T.
A. Ventrone |
1994 |
Gui
LeGendre |
1998 |
Robert
Ormsby |
1999 |
Richard
F. Schwab |
2000 |
John
A. Davenport |
2001 |
Joseph F. Louvar |
| 2002 |
Daniel
Crowl |
| 2003 |
Laurence Britton |
| 2004 |
Henry
Febo |
| 2005 |
Gary
J. Powers |
| 2006 |
Dennis C. Hendershot |
| 2007 |
No recipient |
| 2008 |
John F. Murphy |
| 2009 |
Sam Mannan |
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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