Government Chemist Honored for Developing Method to Trace Explosives

· Administration: Army Maj. Wilson Ariza , assistant product manager for the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care System; Laura Williams Cheever , deputy associate administrator and chief medical officer, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration; and Catherine L. Cordova , acquisition manager, officer of the deputy director for Ballistic Missile Defense System integration, Missile Defense Agency.

· Applied Science and Mathematics: Bradley K. Alpert , computer scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Yoshihiro Ohno , group leader, optical technology division, physics laboratory, NIST; Reardon; Air Force Maj. Paul A. Roelle , commander, Detachment 11, 7th Weather Squadron; and Christopher S. Tripp , senior nuclear process engineer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

· Science: David M. Anderson , supervisory physical scientist, National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Edward S. Buckler , research geneticist, U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service; and Carl J. Williams , chief, atomic physics division, physics laboratory, NIST.

"This year's Flemming award recipients reflect the type of women and men who provide the leadership our country needs in these challenging times," Kathryn Newcomer , director of GWU's School of Public Policy and Administration, said in a written statement. "I hope those considering careers in public service will look to these award winners as examples of successful professionals who have found rewarding careers inside of government."

The awards are presented by GWU and the Arthur S. Flemming Awards Commission in cooperation with the National Academy of Public Administration and are sponsored by BearingPoint Inc., Sapient Corp. and Science Applications International Corp.

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