Science and Environment Medal Recipients
This medal recognizes 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) and is accompanied by a $3,000 award.
Neal S. Young—2012 Recipient
Position: Chief of the Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Achievement: Saves lives through cutting-edge research and treatments for patients with bone marrow failure diseases, including the rare and once deadly blood disorder known as aplastic anemia.
William A. Gahl—2011 Recipient
Position: Director, Undiagnosed Diseases Program
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Achievement: Brings together medical specialists to diagnose mysterious diseases for desperate and long suffering patients.
Jeffrey M. Baker—2010 Recipient
Position: Director, Office of Laboratory Operations, Golden Field Office
Agency: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Location: Golden, Colorado
Achievement: Led the design and construction of the world’s largest net-zero energy office building, demonstrating that buildings can be created to decrease energy consumption at no additional cost.
Steven G. Chalk—2008 Recipient
Position: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Renewable Energy
Agency: U.S. Department of Energy
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Leading many of our federal government’s most significant efforts to expand the development and use of renewable energy.
Frazer Lockhart and the Rocky Flats Cleanup Team—2007 Recipient
Position: Manager, Rocky Flats Project
Agency: U.S. Department of Energy
Location: Evergreen, Colorado
Achievement: Completed the first successful cleanup of a former nuclear weapons facility 60 years ahead of schedule and $30 billion under budget.
Dr. Norden E. Huang—2006 Recipient
Position: Chief Scientist for Oceanography
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Location: Greenbelt, Maryland
Achievement: Pioneering research to test and improve NASA spacecraft, earthquake-proof buildings, bridges, submarines, medicines and more.
Subhashree Madhavan and the Rembrandt Project Team—2005 Recipient
Position: Biomedical Informatics Specialist
Agency: National Cancer Institute Center for Bioinformatics, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Rockville, Maryland
Achievement: Created database that could lead to new cancer treatments and revolutionize the way cancer research is conducted.
Dr. Deborah Jin—2004 Recipient
Position: Physicist
Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Achievement: Created a new form of matter which could potentially unlock the key to superconductivity, a phenomenon with the potential to improve energy efficiency dramatically across a broad range of applications.
Earl Stockdale—2003 Recipient
Position: Deputy General Counsel of the Army, Civil Works and Environment
Agency: Department of the Army
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Earl Stockdale is the man behind the plan to restore the Florida Everglades—the world’s largest environmental restoration project. He was the linchpin in developing a multibillion dollar plan through which the Army Corps of Engineers, working with the State of Florida and other federal agencies, would protect this cherished ecosystem.
Donald Sweeney—2002 Recipient
Position: Senior Regional Economist
Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Achievement: Saved taxpayers $1.5 billion in unnecessary construction projects after refusing orders to improperly falsify data.
Environment Medal Recipient
This medal recognizes a federal employee for a significant contribution to the nation in activities related to national security (including defense, military affairs, and intelligence) and is accompanied by a $3,000 award.
This medal was added for 2009
T. Allan Comp—2009 Recipient
Position: Program Analyst
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Built a network of volunteers to revitalize communities in Appalachian coal country and the Western Hardrock mining region to repair decades of environmental degradation.
Science and Technology Medal Recipient
This medal recognizes a federal employee for a significant contribution to the nation in activities related to national security (including defense, military affairs, and intelligence) and is accompanied by a $3,000 award.
This medal was added for 2009
Patricia Guerry—2009 Recipient
Position: Chief, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Branch
Agency: U.S. Naval Medical Research Center
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland
Achievement: Created the Campylobacter vaccine to prevent the world’s top cause of food-borne intestinal illness.
The Service to America Medals are presented annually by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service to celebrate excellence in our federal civil service.
