Awards and Honors
Distinguished Friend Award. The University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences awarded IIa president Bonnie Carroll the Distinguished Friend Award. This was the first such award made by the school and honored Carroll for “her service, support, and guidance to the school over the years…”
Editor of Data Science Journal. John Rumble, IIa Technical Director, has been named editor-in-chief of Data Science Journal, a peer-reviewed journal of the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) of the International Council for Science (ICSU). The journal publishes papers on the management of data and databases in science and technology.
Military “Thanks” Coin. In December, Lorraine DiCecco was surprised to receive a special thanks from some of our service people in Iraq. The certificate and a special coin noted her “unselfish contributions” for the men and women serving in and around Iraq as she sets up and manages learning resource centers for their use. The coin “was flown high over skies of Iraq in gratitude and thanks for your support.”
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Staff Milestones
Service Anniversaries
Ten-Year Anniversary
January
Eva Butler, DOE Information Center
March
Gail Hodge, Pennsylvania
Five-Year Anniversary
October
Dorothee Bennett, Eglin AFB
Susanne Dupes, Corporate Office
Axel Ringe, DOE OSTI
January
Roy Cooper, Corporate Office
One-Year Anniversary
October
Sam Couchara, Pennsylvania
Robert Goodson, Eglin AFB
Elizabeth Luebchow, Kirtland AFB
Jeannine Ortiz, Kirtland AFB
Elaine Ross, Kirtland AFB
Farial Shahnaz, Corporate Office
December
Dale Moten, Edwards AFB
Jennifer Ogle, DOE OSTI
February
Julie Mettler, Kirtland AFB
March
Charles Samuels, Corporate Office
Joseph Weed, United Kingdom
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New Employees
October
- Stacey Lewis, base education clerk, Eglin CCSS
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Vanessa Marroquin, admin. assistant, Edwards AFB
-Peggy Hann-Miles, formal training clerk, Eglin CCSS
November
-Beth Burniston, admin. assistant, Edwards AFB
December
-Rebecca Blunk, library assistant, Barksdale AFB
-Melissa Keenan, QA specialist, Pennsylvania
-Hannah Williams, admin. support, Corporate Office
January
-Regina Burrell, admin. specialist, Washington, D.C.
-Bonnie Crosslin, real property tech, Arnold AFB
-Anthony Crowson, tech support, Arnold AFB
-Jamie Rasmussen, training specialist, Eglin CCSS
-J.R. Rodriguez, systems administrator, Eglin Library
February
-Susan Asplund, reference librarian, Cannon AFB
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Mary Britt, reference librarian, Moody AFB
-Elizabeth Heitman, biodiversity info. specialist, corporate office
-Rebecca Merseal, library assistant, Eglin Library
-Christiane Rhodes, library assistant, Barksdale AFB
March
-Julia Beach, information clerk, DOEIC
-Scott Gibson, information specialist, corporate office
-Paulette McBee, GIS tech. information specialist, corporate office
-Kathy McCrorey, archives technician, Arnold AFB
-Marcia Scrivener, library assistant, Langley AFB
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Family News
In January, Lance Vowell (DOE OSTI computer systems specialist) and wife Lori welcomed a new daughter into their family, Layla Ann.
Eglin Library’s reference librarian Claudene Schaetzle retired in March after five years as a reference librarian at the Eglin Base Library. “We will miss her sense of humor and her quick smile.”
Dorothee Bennett, Eglin Library’s tech service manager, is proud of her daughter Tina, who has set a new school swimming record and also son Jason, who is the proud new dad of a little boy.
Eglin library assistant Rebecca Merseal’s husband Aaron is currently stationed in Korea.
Eglin CCSS’s employee development clerk Ken Howard is a proud papa and grandpapa. Daughter Jessica was married in December to a military man and son Ken, Jr. produced the first grandchild in February, a granddaughter.
Edwards education assistant Erin Searles and husband Evan welcomed a new son, Griffen Tyler, in December.
Stephen Mandry, son of DOEIC’s JoAnn Mandry, won two awards in Tennessee’s Technology Students Association state conference: 1st in technical design and applications; 3rd in film technology movie making.
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