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The Southern California American Industrial Hygiene Association (SCAIHA) honors several individuals annually for Academics, Leadership, and Technical Achievements in the field of Industrial Hygiene. The Scholarship Awards (Graduate and Undergraduate) are given out during the May meeting and presentation; and the Lawrence R. Birkner Leadership Award and Ruth McIntyre-Birkner Technical Achievement Award are presented during the March meeting and presentation.

If you would like to make a nomination for one these awards, please contact the Executive Board.

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About Lawrence R. Birkner and Ruth K. McIntyre-Birkner

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Lawrence R. Birkner Leadership Award

The Lawrence R. Birkner Leadership Award is intended to recognize a member of the SCAIHA for displaying outstanding leadership in the field of industrial Hygiene.

  • 1996 – Richard M. Warner

  • 1997 – Marjorie A. Drucker

  • 1998 – Dennis Kelly

  • 1999 – Howard Spielman

  • 2000 – Jackie Luca

  • 2001 – John Howard, Anthony J. Luca

  • 2002 – Peter Bellin

  • 2003 – Joe Kukla, James Unmack

  • 2005 – Mark Katchen

Ruth McIntyre-Birkner Technical Achievement Award

The Ruth McIntyre-Birkner Technical Achievement Award is intended to recognize a member of the SCAIHA for technical contributions to the field of industrial hygiene.

  • 1996 – William C. Hinds

  • 1997 – Jeanne M. Spivey

  • 1999 – John R. Froines

  • 2002 – Shane Que Hee


Scholarship Award Winners

The Southern California Section recognizes academic excellence by offering scholarship awards annually. Typically, one award is presented to an outstanding undergraduate student entering the industrial hygiene field and the other award is for an outstanding graduate student studying industrial hyg iene.

Year
Undergraduate
Graduate

1982

Barbara Dresselhaus – CSUN

 

1983

Peter Monod de Froideville – CSU San Bernardino

 

1984

Linda J. Brill-Schafer – CSUN

Elaine C. Reichlin – CSUN

1985

Robert Stulac – CSUN

Stephen Riedman – CSUN

1986

Susan Harmon – CSUN

Nola Engle – UCLA

1987

Eric Rowsey – CSUN

Peter Bellin – UCLA

1988

Bryan E. Bauer – CSUN

Dagmar E. Basus - CSUN

1989

Suzanne L. Hall – UC Irvine

Katherine S. Mc Gue – CSUN

1990

Eldon Heaston – CSU San Bernardino

David Langley – CSUN

1991

Babak Tamji – CSUN

Robin Levinson – UCLA

1992

Roger Kintz – CSUN

Phillip Mitchell – CSUN
Ti Lin Kuo – UCLA

1993

Jeff Westervelt – CSUN

Suzanne Bilodeau – UCLA

1994

Ofra Tessler – CSUN

Rania Sabty – UCLA

1995

Ralph Jones – CSUN

Aaron Davenport – UCLA

1996

Sara Weiss – CSUN

Bart Ashley – UCLA

1997

Mark M. Duda – CSUN

Kyle B. Johnson – CSUN

1998

Kristin Quinones – CSUN

Charissa Jones – UCLA

1999

Karyn Wallace – CSUN

Gerald Pineda – UCLA

2000

Jody Bancroft – CSUN

Peng Cheng Sung – UCLA

2001

Marinela Arce – CSUN

Guadalupe Chapa – UCLA

2002

Elaine Del Castillo – CSUN

Bob Phalen – UCLA

2003

Rosanna Aspacio – CSUN

Alev Brown – UCLA

2005

Nha Trang Nguyen – CSUN

Erica L. Blyther – CSUN