October 3, 2002

NSLS Annual Awards Ceremony and Picnic

On Friday, September 21, the NSLS had its annual Awards Ceremony and Picnic. This year, the festivities were highlighted by a pig roast instead of the traditional barbeque, an excellent suggestion by Boyzie Singh. The picnic was coordinated by Laura Miller and executed by a number of NSLS staff members, including Charlie Nielson, Boyzie Singh, Bob Best, Joe Greco, Paul Humpert, Jim Lacy, Phil Marino, Jim Newburgh, and Tom Seda.

This year, Service Awards were given to 20 NSLS staff members: Charlie Nielson (35 years); John Smith (30 years); Wayne Rambo, Malry Tardd, Peter DeToll, Bob Kiss, Bob Malone (25 years); George Jahnes, Norm Cernyar, Randy Church, Li Hua Yu, Tony Kuczewski, Al Borelli (20 years); Michael Santana, Ron Beauman, Joe Greco, Andrew Mingino, Yoong Koh, Roger Hubbard, Jr., Tom Seda (10 years).

Spotlight Awards were presented to NSLS staff members for the completion of extraordinary accomplishments that were of significant benefit to the Department, Division, or Laboratory. This year’s Spotlight Award winners were: (1) Bob Best, Patrick Moylan, Leonard Santangelo and Michael Schwarz for the reduction in Mini-Myte solenoid valve replacements which decreased machine and beamline downtime, (2) Michael Caruso for the timely design, assembly, and testing of a new joint system for a failed critical vacuum joint, (3) Ken Koebel for leading the NSLS Budget Group during the time period between Budget Group heads, (4) Michael Lehecka for designing and constructing a low-profile multi-axis alignment platform for magnet positioning, and (5) Corinne Messana for coordinating an important NSLS conference.

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