trachtenberg school of public policy and public administration
60th Anniversary of Arthur S Flemming Awards
By Anna Zimbrick (MPA 2010) with information from the 60th Annual Flemming Awards program
Since 1948, the Arthur S Flemming Awards have recognized the U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission for his successful work as an
exemplary public service of federal employees The awards are attorney on the federal government’s litigation team, in which he
held each year in honor of Dr Flemming, a remarkable public helped establish the importance of contractor compliance with
servant whose career included serving as the president of three government requirements
universities; Secretary of the U S Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare; Chairman of the U S Commission on Aging; and Dr. Chris Hostetler received the Award for his remarkable work
Chairman of the U S Commission on Civil Rights as a senior research scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center in
atmospheric sciences For her significant research achievements
The Sixtieth Annual Flemming Awards, held on July 1, 2009 at The relating to sustainable food processing to promote healthful-
George Washington University, honored a remarkable group of ness and safety of specialty crops, Dr. Tara H. McHugh of the U S
public servants for their accomplishments in the areas of mana- Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, received
gerial or legal achievement; applied science, engineering and the Flemming Award Dr. Sae Woo Nam was recognized for his
mathematics; or basic science leadership and innovation as a research physicist and Project
Leader of Quantum Information in the area of single photonics in
the Optoelectrics Division of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology Dr. Jaques Reifman of the U S Army Medical
Research and Materiel Command was recognized for his
outstanding achievements and leadership as the director of
two research organizations dedicated to using computational
biology to develop biomedical countermeasures for potential
conflicts Ron Szymanski was honored for his work at the U S
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2009 Flemming Awardees with GW President Steven Knapp (far right).
microscopy techniques
John Bielec of the U S Government Accountability Office (GAO)
received the Award for his remarkable legal achievement as a liti- Jenna Dorn, President and CEO of the National Academy of
gation attorney in which he established considerable precedents Public Administration, gave the keynote address, and representa-
and was credited with saving GAO millions of tax dollars and con- tives from the sponsors of the Awards—Geico, FMS, and GEHA—
tributing to the continued transparency of the GAO by ensuring were present
public access to its work Michelle Burgess of the Naval Warfare
Center (U S Navy) was recognized for her excellent leadership The Sixty-first Flemming Awards will be held on June 16, 2010.
in administration, science, and technical management while on For more information on the Awards, to attend, or to nominate a
temporary assignment to the Naval Operations Strategic Studies federal employee, please visit www.gwu.edu/flemming or email
Group The Flemming Awards honored Daniel Fruchter of the Anna Zimbrick (flemming@gwu.edu).
The Trachtenberg School is proud to recognize alumni appointed to posts in the Obama administration, including:
Frank DiGiammarino (MPA 1995), Deputy Coordinator for Robert Kramer (PhD 1997, MPA 1988), Director of the
Recovery Implementation for the Troubled Asset Relief Employment and Training Administration Innovation University
Program; principal deputy to Ed DeSeve, Special Advisor to
the President for Recovery Implementation
Nancy Potok (PhD 2009), Deputy Undersecretary of the
Economic and Statistics Administration at the Department
of Commerce
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