2008 Finalists—Science and Environment Medal
This award will recognize a federal employee for a significant contribution to the nation in activities related to science and environment (including biomedicine, economics, energy, information technology, meteorology, resource conservation and space). This medal is accompanied by a $3,000 award.
Steven G. Chalk
Position: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Renewable Energy
Agency: Department of Energy
Location: Washington, D.C.
Residence: Bowie, Maryland
Achievement: Leading many of our federal government’s most significant efforts to expand the development and use of renewable energy
Richard Greene
Position: Director, Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition
Agency: U.S. Agency for International Development, Bureau of Global Health
Location: Washington, D.C.
Residence: Oakton, Virginia
Achievement: Designed and launched the President’s Malaria Initiative, which has provided potentially life-saving services to more than 25 million vulnerable people
Dr. Alexander E. MacDonald
Position: Director of Earth Systems Research Lab in Boulder, Colorado; Deputy Assistant Administrator for Laboratories and Cooperative Institutions
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Location: Boulder, Colorado; Silver Spring, Maryland
Residence: Boulder, Colorado
Achievement: Invented Science on a Sphere®, a teaching tool that displays environmental data on a globe-like screen and makes Earth-system science more exciting and accessible
Greg Neudecker
Position: Fish and Wildlife Biologist
Agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
Location: Ovando, Montana
Residence: Ovando, Montana
Achievement: Built a coalition of government officials, local landowners and conservation groups to develop and execute a plan to restore Montana’s Blackfoot River watershed, the setting of the 1992 film A River Runs Through It
The Service to America Medals are presented annually by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service to celebrate excellence in our federal civil service.
