GEHA's Member of the Year:
Dr. Daryl Rowe,
Dr. P.H., M.P.H
Dr.
Daryl E. Rowe is originally from Ohio and moved to Georgia in 1981.
Currently, he is the Coordinator for Biosafety and an Adjunct Professor of
Environmental Health Science at the University of Georgia. He received his
Dr. PH at the University of Michigan in 1975, and an MPH from the
University of California at Berkeley in 1968. Daryl is has served as
president of the Georgia Environmental Health Association and as a board
member for the American Biological Safety Association and the American
Academy of Sanitarians. He is currently President of the Southeast
Biological Safety Association.
Dr.
Rowe has been involved with bioterrorism training and exercises, long
before the tragedy of September 11, 2001. He recently spearheaded the
making of a video because of all the discussion surrounding Environmental
Health as the "invisible profession." The video is being
distributed nationally and receiving much acclaim. Daryl lives in Athens
with his wife, Linda, and their son and grandchildren.
*see
picture of Dr. Rowe receiving his award*
Rowe
Environmental Health Award: Eva Virginia Daneke
Eva
recently graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in
Environmental Health Science, magna cum laude. Eva currently works for the
Georgia Environmental Protection Division analyzing and providing health
education for fish contamination and air toxics. Beginning in August 2003,
Eva will pursue a Ph.D. in Toxicology at the University of Georgia under
the direction of Dr. Jeffrey W. Fisher. She received a National Science
Foundation Fellowship, “The Science Behind Our Food” for part of her
graduate studies. Eva has lived in Duluth, Georgia for 21 years.
*read
about the award*
Irving Bell Golf
Scholarship Recipient: Nicole
Campbell
Nicole graduated from
the University of Georgia in May 2003 with a B.S. in Environmental
Science. At UGA, she was president of the Environmental Health Science
Club, and worked as the Recruitment Coordinator during the 2002 Summer
Orientation Resources Fair. During college, Nicole also had a part-time
management position in the evenings with United Parcel Service and
attended classes during the day! She did her internship with the
Environmental Safety Division at UGA with Dr. Daryl Rowe, where she
assisted in the University’s compliance with the Patriot Act. Nicole
currently works for the UGA Environmental Health Science Department as
Program Coordinator for Recruitment, and is still employed with UPS. She
is seeking full-time employment and would like to obtain an advanced
degree in the future.
*read
about the scholarship*
John J. Sheuring
Scholarship Recipient: Emmy
S. Myszka
Emmy
is currently at UGA studying Environmental Health Science and Spanish. She
will be studying abroad next Spring in South America and hopes to combine
Spanish and environmental health in her future career, either working in a
heavily-populated Spanish-speaking area of the United States or in Latin
America. Emmy grew up in the Midwest, and moved to Dunwoody, GA in 1995
with her parents and younger sister.
*read
about the scholarship*
Lifetime
Achievement Award: Henry Gilmer
Honorary Lifetime
Memberships:
Joe
Bridges
Don Bristol
Al Butts
John Councilman
Henry Gilmer
Jim Harden
Science Fair Winner:
Heather Mispagel
Heather is a senior at
Oconee County High School. Heather has been studying the characteristics
of microorganisms that survive in wastewater treatment ponds and are
discharged to the environment. Specifically, organisms that are antibiotic
resistant, which we know is an important health problem today when
physicians treat us for various conditions using antibiotics. She has
received many of the most prestigious awards at the science fair each year
and, again this year, will represent Georgia at the International Science
and Engineering Fair.
Georgia Public
Health Association (GPHA)
Environmentalist of the Year Award: Leslie
Freymann
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