NEWSLETTER

March 19, 2011

Dear Member:

MEETING NOTES

The Section’s 36th annual meeting was held January 19-21, 2011 at the Holiday Inn San Diego Bayside, 4875 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA.  This was the first time our meeting was held at this hotel – members commented that the hotel was a good choice for our meeting. All present declared the meeting was a resounding success. The business meeting was held Wednesday, January 19 – the minutes are attached for your perusal.

President Bob Wheeler conducted the business meeting Wednesday afternoon. Bob opened the technical meeting Thursday morning, January 20, 2011 and after welcoming attendees and speakers, he introduced Hank Muranko, the Program Chairman who gave a brief overview of this year’s conference theme “Industrial Hygiene – Two Decades Into the 21st Century.” Howard Kusnetz, YPSW Past President, presided over the Thursday morning “Safety and Health Regulatory Trends” segment of the program.  Bob Glenn, YPSW President-Elect Nominee, presided over the Thursday  “Practice” segment of the program.  Thursday afternoon was open for leisure activities or small group discussions.  Dr Frank Renshaw, a YPSW Director, presided over the Friday morning first part of the “Practice” segment; Carolyn Phillips, a YPSW Director, presided over the remainder of the Friday morning “Practice” segment. Hank Muranko, YPSW President-Elect and Program Chairman presided over the Friday morning and early afternoon “Association Reports” segment; Bob Wheeler, YPSW President, presided over the remaining “Association Reports” segment. YPSW officers were installed with the passing of the gavel from Bob Wheeler to Hank Muranko. The meeting closed Friday evening with our banquet and entertainment by Ms Ruth Lopez-Yanez, playing the keyboard.  An “open mike” encouraged members to make comments.  A toast was proposed by Doug Davis to Pat Sterner, who was unable to attend, Pat told us she went off dialysis Aug 18, 2010 and told she was “terminal”- however she said she has never felt better than at the present – best wishes Pat for continued good health.

Hank provided the attached in-depth summary of the presentations which can also be found on the YPSW website.

Thanks to Chris Lazcz-Davis (The Environmental Quality Organization, LLC) and Terry Thedell (Sempra Energy Utilities) for providing audiovisual support for the meeting.

ABIH CERTIFICATION MAINTENANCE POINTS

We asked ABIH to review Hank’s program prior to the meeting and received ABIH approval of 1.5 CM points for full meeting attendance with 0.5 CM per half day. ABIH Approval Number: 10-4446, Nov 19, 2010.

WEBSITE

Peter Bellin established and maintains our website www.ypswaiha.org.  Peter keeps the site current by posting data as it is supplied to him - check out the 2011meeting data. The site is specifically for our YPSW members.  Thanks, Peter for providing this valuable service to the YPSW membership.

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CLAYTON AWARD

The recipient of the 2011 YPSW George and Florence Clayton Award, Bob Soule, was very appreciative of the Section's acknowledgement of his many years of notable achievements in the field of industrial hygiene.  Bob Wheeler, made the presentation and Bob’s gracious acceptance speech was greeted with a round of applause. Bob received our latest design of the Award (crystal pillars with a clock at the top and appropriately engraved). When received, acceptance photos will be posted on our website along with a short bio on Bob.

CHANGE OF YPSW OFFICERS

As a result of the election on January 19 the 2011 Executive Committee consists of:

President:                    Hank Muranko                                                Directors:

President-Elect:           Bob Glenn                                                       Anna Davis

Past-President:                        Bob Wheeler                                                   Carolyn Phillips

Secretary-Treasurer:    Douglas Davis                                                 Frank Renshaw

Sincere thanks to Howard Kusnetz, who served one year as President-Elect, another as President and the last year as Past-President, for his expert guidance and valuable contributions. A certificate signed by President Wheeler, was presented to Howard for his service.

2011 DUES PAYMENT

Please pay your 2011 dues promptly.  Your cooperation will enable us to prepare the 2011-2012 membership book for mailing in June along with information pertinent to the 2012 meeting.  Please check your current listing in the 2010-2011 membership book (including updates in subsequent newsletters) and make necessary changes on the dues form. Lifetime Members, please note your special form. If you are a lifetime member or paid your dues in advance we still need your completed form for file and verification of membership book information – if you are in either of these categories, you can send this info via email, fax or snail mail.

Please note additional information requested on the dues form – list your credentials, please, CIH, CSP, PE, etc. Also indicate on the membership form if you are an "AIHA Fellow", for listing in the membership book.  If you are not a Fellow and feel you are qualified, download the forms and instructions from the AIHA website and send completed forms to me for review by the YPSW Executive Committee and submission to AIHA.

MEMBERSHIP CHANGES and NEWS

Welcome New Members:

Renee Avilla – address and phone data will be provided in the new membership book in June

Cristina McLaughlin, FDA, 1108 Drake Street SW, Vienna, VA 22180, Phone: (301) 436-1978, Email: [email-masked]

Carrie Miller, 915 Laurel Blvd, Pottsville, PA 17901, Phone: (570) 622-3572

Membership Book Changes:

Doris and Emil Christofano, 726 Lovelille Rd Apt A-15, Hockessin DE 19707-1525 (no change in phone or Email)

Anna and Douglas Davis, Email: [email-masked] (Please use this Email for all YPSW business)

Judith Freyman, delete CIH,CSP,PE; Mercer, 2520 Venture Oaks Way Suite 250, Sacramento, CA 95833, Phone:(916) 286 5400, Fax: (916 251 7570), Direct: (916 286 5411), Email: [email-masked]

Herschel Hobson, 2108 Harrison, Beaumont, TX 77701 (no change in phone or Email)

Joseph Holtshouser, Email: jholtshouser@sbcglobal,net  (no change in phone or snail mail)

Jas and Mary Singh, Email: [email-masked]  (no change in phone or snail mail)

Judy Stockman, 15935 Sierra Pass Way, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745-6531 (no change in phone or Email)

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Member News

Hamid Arabzadeh  recently received an Orange County Engineering Council Outstanding Engineering Merit Award.  This prestigious award was presented to Hamid during the National Engineers Week Awards Banquet held February 21, 2011 at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort, Huntington Beach, CA.  Sincere congratulations Hamid from all of us.

MISCELLANEOUS

·        Sincere thanks to Stephen Davis and his company LaCroix Davis, LLC for paying for the banquet wine; this is a very generous gesture and helped the Section make a profit on the meeting.

·        Thanks to Hank Muranko for presenting an outstanding program and providing the excellent technical program write up for publication as an attachment to this newsletter.

·        Many thanks to Bill Krebs for all his work in obtaining the new YPSW badges.

Following the meeting, thank you letters were sent to each speaker; the required Roster of New Section Officers was submitted to AIHA.

Our deep appreciation to attendees for their acknowledgement and thanks in our handling of the logistic and administrative details for the meeting. Hank, thank you for your kind comments at the banquet.

The Holiday Inn San Diego Bayside was a great choice for our meeting.  The facilities and food were excellent.

Anna’s hotel contact personnel were very helpful, courteous and constantly checked with her to be certain all was proceeding as scheduled and to our satisfaction. We will keep this hotel on our list of sites for future meetings.  Note: Returning to a hotel and working with past contacts helps in negotiating lower prices.

The hospitality suite served our purposes very well and comments by participants assured us everyone was extremely pleased with the upgraded refreshments provided; let us know if you have any suggestions for additions to the fare we currently provide in the hospitality suite.

Messages were received from the following members who could not attend the Jan 2011 meeting:

Anna, unfortunately a conflict has arisen and I will need to be in Alabama. Therefore I need to cancel. Sorry.  Thanks, Robert Bacci

Happy New Year Anna. Hope you had an enjoyable holiday season. With regrets, I will miss the meeting this year due to pre-existing commitments. See you next year. Regards, Tom Hethmon

Anna and Doug Davis We are no longed traveling, and will not be coming.  We have been privileged to be able to come for many years, and wish you a fruitful meeting and a great time. Elsie and Howard Ayer

Dear Anna: Wish we could be there, but too much going on here.  Marsha and I wish you and Doug all the very best for the New Year.  Zack Mansdorf

Good morning, Anna and Doug, Alas, we won't be able to join you again this year.  Workload just won't permit it.  You all have a marvelous meeting and Happy New Year. Jim and Liz Rock

Anna, I regret that I will not make it this year. Jim Millette

Hi Anna, Happy New Year and best wishes for a year full of joy, prosperity, and good health to you and Doug.  Thanks for the update on the annual meeting.  Unfortunately, like the many past years, my schedule is covered up in litigation expert support responsibilities.  Consequently, it is doubtful that I will be able to attend our meeting.  I send all my sincere best wishes with hope that my work will bring me into contact with many of

you this year—perhaps the AIHce this year in Portland will provide us all an opportunity to gather together for cocktails or a meal?  I certainly hope so.  Take care, good health and much happiness to all.  Dave Dahlstrom

Hi Anna, I had thought I did send you a regrets note indicating that Robert Bacci would be attending for Nektar Therapeutics. In any case, I do regret not being able to attend this year. Please extend my best wishes to the entire group. Thanks.  Regards, Rich Hirsh

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Hi Anna & Doug:  Biggest news from me---Barbara Cohrssen and I finished the 6th Edition of Patty’s Industrial Hygiene and the four volumes are bound in a nice dark red color.  I remember the green and blue covers, but don’t know if this is the first red cover.  Some of the real old timers at the meeting may know.  A number of the YPSW members authored or co-authored chapters.  Please ask those in attendance to stand or at least raise their hands for a job well done.  A Happy New Year to all. Vern

Anna, I apologize for not replying sooner. I have any eye operation scheduled for the 19th and I won’t be able to attend this year.  My best to all our colleagues.  Joseph Holtshouser

Anna, Thanks for the reminder re YPSW.  Dolly and I will not be able to attend this year.  Besides getting older, not old, just older.  Dolly had her other knee replaced a couple of weeks ago and is doing fine, but we don't believe a 2000 mile trip is wise right now.  Please give our regards to everyone and the best for the new year.  Regards, John and Dolly Pendergrass

Dear Anna, I won't be able to attend this year.  Hope all have a great time. Bob Phalen

Dear Anna, Unfortunately, I will not be attending the YPSW meeting this year again.  I attended the CIHC Conference in San Diego last month which was well organized and highly informative.  It is rough to be out of the office for two conferences in back-to-back months.  I hope Frank Parker is mending well.  Sincerely, Denise Daggett,

Sorry YPSW folks, but I cannot attend because I am wrestling with business integration issues resulting from the acquisition of ORC Worldwide by Mercer, a Marsh & McLennan Company, on July 31, 2010.  My new contact information is listed below.  So far, it has been a bumpy ride.  Mercer, 2520 Venture Oaks Way Suite 250, Sacramento, CA 95833, Phone: (916 286 5400), Fax: (916 251 7570), Direct: (916) 286 5411, [email-masked] | www.mercer.com  Judi Freyman

Hello Anna and Doug.  Unfortunately I will not be able to attend this annual meeting in 2011.  My best to you and my thanks for being so organized and getting all the information out to us members in a timely manner.  Please give my regards to the attendees.  Stevan Pierce

Hi, Anna, Thanks for the reminder.  Regretfully, Charles and I have some family commitments that weekend and won't make it to warm San Diego.  I wish you a successful and fun meeting, as always.  Charles and I miss seeing you and Doug and the other YPSW members and hope that it works out for us to attend again soon.  Best regards, Alice Farrar

Regrets, please.  James Thornton

Hi Anna,  It's always good to hear from you.  I appreciate all of the e-mails and mailings that I receive about the Yuma Pacific section of AIHA. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the meeting this coming January.  I'm sure that it will be a great meeting and I'm looking forward to the year that I can make it back.  Please give my regards to everyone there and let them know that I will thinking about all of them during that time.  Take care!  Don Hart

Hi Anna, I will not be able to attend the meeting.  Evelyn Campbell

Greetings Anna & Doug, Unfortunately, we will be attending a wedding for good friend in Thailand this year and won't be able to attend the meeting this year.   I know that the meeting will be wonderful and I will miss seeing everyone.  Best Wishes and Happy Holidays!  Perry Logan

Anna and Doug - Thanks so much for your patience in awaiting my response concerning attendance to YPSW's 2011 Annual Meeting and the annual payment of my $5 dues.  Enjoy YPSW 2011!!  Best Regards, Ralph Allan

Hi Anna and Doug:  First, so sorry to hear about Doug’s bladder cancer coming back.  Our prayers and thoughts are with you kids.  Second, Carol and I will not be attending the conference this year.  We are going to visit my sister in Arizona and do a side trip to Sedona, etc.  We sure will miss the great program and greater people.  As usual, we thank you for your wonderful efforts re the newsletter and conference program.  All the best folks and take care.  Rick Fulwiler

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Doug and Anna:  For obvious reasons, Cecelia and I will not be attending the next YPSW meeting.
As some know, Cecelia developed her third cancer this year, one of a salivary gland.  The cancer was properly removed and the ENT surgeon got all of it.  However, the margin between healthy tissue and cancer was found by the pathologist to be only 0.1 mm.  We seriously considered radiation as a precaution but decided that she was having enough trouble recovering from the operation (5 hours on the table) and didn't need any more.  She agreed with omitting the radiation.  Full recovery from the operation took several months as it is.  Her personality is now normal; she is the favorite at her nursing home, Linden Grove, Mukwonago and gets along very well albeit hampered by the stroke she had over two years ago and by her dementia that may be Alzheimer's disease.  She has no short-term memory but her long-term memory is close to being intact.  I'm doing very well and see my wife twice a day.  After breakfast I hie myself to Linden Grove (in the same building where I live) and push her wheelchair to my room and then to our Activities room where we join Linden Ridge residents in exercising for 40 minutes.  Well, I exercise; Cec mostly watches but she enjoys being with the more-or-less mentally normal residents of the Ridge.  I get her back to the Grove for her lunch at 11:00 (ours is an hour later).  After lunch she takes a nap.  Her supper is 45 minutes before ours and after I eat I get down to the Grove to find her waiting or in bed.  We're getting along very well and wish we could join the rest of you for the annual meeting.  Have a good one!  Jack Peterson

Dear Anna and Doug:  Due to business needs I have had to cancel my trip to attend this year’s Yuma Pacific – Southwest Section meeting.  I was looking forward to the meeting but business demands have resulted in an unavoidable change in my schedule.  I know it will be a great meeting and I will miss seeing my friends and colleagues.  Hope everyone has a safe trip and see you next year.  Tom Selders

All: My regrets for having to miss the meeting this year. I have to be in NY on business; I would much rather be in sunny San Diego with all of you. Best wishes for a great get-together. Kyle Dotson

A final reminder – please return your dues forms (and checks, if applicable) remember to list your credentials, CIH, CSP, PE, Fellow, etc., for inclusion in the new membership book.

I’ll start a six-week regimen of BCG instillations for my bladder cancer on March 30.

Thanks to all YPSW members for "keeping the faith" and making YPSW a continuing success.  Member input and cooperation keeps “Your Section” alive and flourishing.  Pictures you may have taken at the meeting will be appreciated for the album and posting on our website; information about your travels or any other subject that would be of interest to your fellow members is always welcome for publication in the newsletter.

Have an enjoyable summer. Anna and I look forward to seeing you at the 2012 meeting.

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Douglas J. Davis

Secretary-Treasurer

Enclosures:

Annual Financial Statement

2011 Business Meeting Minutes

2011 Technical Meeting Summary

2011 Dues Notice

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YUMA PACIFIC – SOUTHWEST SECTION

January 19, 2011

Business Meeting

Point Loma Room, Holiday Inn Bayside, San Diego

YPSW Section, AIHA

4 P.M.

MINUTES

President Bob Wheeler called the business meeting to order at 4:00 P.M. on January 19, 2011 at The Holiday Inn Bayside, 4875 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA.

The agenda was distributed to those individuals present.  A count of members established that a quorum (20%) was indeed present.

The minutes of the 2010 business meeting were printed on the back of the agenda and, therefore, not read aloud.  A motion to approve the minutes was made, seconded and unanimously carried by the membership.

Secretary-Treasurer reported: Financial Status:  The savings account as of December 31, 2010 was $10,586.23; as of today, the checking account balance is $7018.73 (combined total $17,604.96.)  Some attendees indicated they would register and pay “at the door.” All hotel expenses for room setup, some audio visual equipment, breaks, lunches, banquet, banquet entertainment, hospitality room supplies, reproduction costs, etc., (approximately $8,000.00 to $10,000.00) remain to be paid at the conclusion of the meeting.  The $500.00 hotel good faith deposit will be applied.  Costs continued to increase throughout the year for administrative supplies, document reproduction and postage. The section award was purchased in Orange County, utilizing a new design –crystal pillars with a clock at the top -  appropriately engraved, and the price was excellent.  If the new design is well liked by the members, we will purchase several more for future years. A full report of expenses will be itemized in the annual Financial Statement included with the current membership newsletter published after the meeting.

Required reports submitted by Secretary-Treasurer and accepted throughout the year 2010:

Local Section Officers to AIHA

Annual Group Exemption to AIHA

New IRS postcard filing requirement established for non-profits with annual revenues less than $25,000; YPSW tax reporting year is February 1- January 31 annually.

Meeting Planning Highlights: The Executive Committee met at the AIHce and via telephone conferences. Anna Davis contacted several hotels for the 2011 meeting in San Diego and Orange County.  When she negotiated the lowest room price with The Holiday Inn Bayside, San Diego, a good faith deposit of $500.00 was made.  Anna has already contacted hotels in Orange County and reports 2012 prices are in the area of $200.00 per night, plus taxes, but she will negotiate..

Candidates were nominated for the section award

Anna read a letter from Ed and Grace Baier thanking YPSW for the card sent in Jan 2010.

Program:  President Elect Hank Muranko developed an outstanding program and arranged an excellent slate of speakers.  Prior to the meeting we provided ABIH a copy of the program and secured approval for Certification Maintenance points for attendance at the meeting – 0.5 per half day of attendance.

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Hank provided Secretary Davis with the complete names and addresses of speakers; routine confirmation letters were sent to each speaker along with preliminary program and hotel information.

Chris Laszcz-Davis and Terry Thedell provided the needed audiovisual equipment for the meeting.  Thank you, Chris and Terry

Conference Details: Program Chairman Hank Muranko presented an overview of the program for the next two days.

Election of Officers was next on the agenda with the offices of President-Elect and one Director to be filled. The Executive Committee’s nomination of Robert Glenn for President-Elect was presented and nominations opened to the floor.  No additional nominations were forthcoming; a motion for approval of the nominated slate was made with unanimous approval by acclamation.  2011 Officers are as follows:

President                     Henry Muranko

President Elect            Robert Glenn

Past President             Robert Wheeler

Secretary-Treasurer     Douglas Davis

Director                       Anna Davis

Director                       Carolyn Phillips

Director                       Frank Renshaw

Proposed site for 2012 annual meeting:

Orange County, CA –meeting will beheld as usual 18-20 Jan 20, during the MLK week.

Doug and Anna will negotiate as usual for the best rates, etc., for several venues.

Bill Krebs worked with vendors and we purchased 100 new YPSW custom badges for meeting attendees. Our thanks to Bill for all his work.

Members unable to attend the meeting sent regrets; their notes were made available for reading in the meeting room and hospitality suite.   Cards for several YPSW “shut-in” members were made available in the meeting room for attendees to sign – Anna will mail the cards at the conclusion of the meeting.

All agenda items were approved, seconded and unanimously carried by the membership.

President Wheeler asked for adjournment if there were no further items for discussion.  Motion was made, seconded and carried.  Adjournment at 4:20 PM.

Recorded by:  _____________________________

Douglas J. Davis

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT

February 1, 2010 to January 31, 2011

YUMA PACIFIC SOUTHWEST SECTION, AIHA

Checking Account Balance February 1, 2010                                                                      $ 625.71

INCOME:

Dues:   Life Membership                                     $300.00

Annual Membership                                   185.00                           485.00

1110.71

Transfer from Savings Account to Checking Jun 26, 2010                                                   1000.00

$2110.71

CONFERENCE FINANCES

Income

2011 Registrations                       $8680.00

2011 Registration Refunds              (480.00)

Total Conference Income                                                 $8200.02

Expenses (2011):

Hotel Expenses                         $6180.48*

Hospitality Room Supplies           560.19

Entertainment – Keyboardist          375.00

Total Conference Expenses:                                             $7115.67

Income from meeting                                                                                            1084.33

3195.04

EXPENSES

Postal Expenses                       $238.12

New Permanent YPSW Badges    753.05

Printing                                      868.57

Envelopes                                    97.86

File Boxes/Photo Printing              69.35

Exec Comm Lunch at AIHce           70.54

Award for Bob Soule                     74.34

Total Expenses:                            2171.83

Checking Account Balance                   $1,023.21                                                   1023.21

Savings Account (Dec 31, 2019          $10,586.23

Net Worth                                           $11,609.44      on January 31, 2011

*Recap Hotel Expenses:

2088.00            Continental Breakfast, AM/PM breaks and lunch for 40 attendees on Jan 20

2035.80            Continental Breakfast, AM/PM breaks and lunch for 39 attendees on Jan 21

1409.40                Banquet entrees for 40 attendees on Jan 21

287.19           Audio Visual Rental from Hotel

360.18           Wine for banquet Jan 21 (Reimbursed by Steve Davis)

Meeting Room and Hospitality Room Rental (Jan 19-21) Complimentary

Pending Expenses: Reproduction, postage, envelopes, labels, etc for Mar 2011 membership letter; dues requests;

cards signed by attendees and postage to send to members.

SUMMARY OF JANUARY 19-21, 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Yuma Pacific SouthWest Section, AIHA

(Provided by Hank Muranko, Program Chairman)

President Bob Wheeler welcomed attendees to the 36th Annual Meeting and Conference of the YPSW Section.  The conference theme was “Industrial Hygiene – Two Decades into the 21st Century”.  The Conference speakers covered a broad range of subjects related to the practice of industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, environmental impacts, legislative and regulatory activities, federal agency collaborations, new technology challenges, and the implications of global trends for occupational health professionals.  Senior leadership or staff including those from AIHA, ACGIH, ABIH, IOHA, AIHF and AIH made presentations on the status and plans going-forward for their respective organizations.  This year’s Program Chair was Vice President, Hank Muranko, CIH.  Many of the speaker’s presentations and abstracts will be available on the YPSW’s website.  http://ypswaiha.org/

Speakers and their topics follows:

Thursday, Jan 20, Morning Session

Aaron Trippler, Director, AIHA Government Affairs Department.  Regulatory and Legislative trends.

Frank Hearl, Chief of Staff, NIOSH.  Program review, including activities on the Gulf Coast.

Tom Carle, San Diego Area Director, Region IX, OSHA. Program review.

Marc Kolanz, CIH, Vice President, Environmental Health and Safety and David Deubner, MD, Vice President Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Brush Wellman, Inc.  Protecting Beryllium Workers – A Tale of Two Centuries.

Friday, Jan 21, Morning Session

Susan Ripple, CIH, Industrial Hygiene Manager, Dow Chemical Co.  GHS and Control Banding.

Robbie Ettinger, MS, Associate, Geosyntec. Challenges to Evaluating the Vapor Intrusion Pathway for Occupational Environments.

Larry Gibbs, CIH, Associate Vice-Provost for Environmental Health and Safety, Stanford University.  Nanomaterials in Academic Research Environments.

Chris Laszcz-Davis, CIH, Principal, The Environmental Quality Organization, LLC.  OELs: A New Day?

Frank Hearl, PE, Chief of Staff, NIOSH and Cristina Ford McLaughlin, Sr. Economist, FDA.  Using Risk Assessment and Economic Analysis to Reduce Disease and Injury Burden.

Roy Rando, ScD, CIH, Professor,Tulane University.  Tulane’s Distance Learning Program.  Presentation via Internet from New Orleans.

Friday, Jan 21, Afternoon Session.

Lynn O’Donnell, CIH, Executive Director, American Board of Industrial Hygiene.  ABIH Update.  Also, Lynn and Chris Laszcz-Davis presented the update for the International Occupational Health Association.

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Gayla McCluskey, CIH, Principal, Global Environmental Helath Services, Inc.; President, Academy of Industrial Hygiene.  Academy Update.

Lisa Brosseau, ScD, CIH, Professor, University of Minnesota; Chair, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.  ACGIH Update.

Michael Brandt, Dr PH, CIH, Technical Chief of Staff and Senior Executive Advisor, Los Alamos National Laboratory; President, American Industrial Hygiene Association and Peter O’Neil, CAE, Executive Director, American Industrial Hygiene Association.  AIHA and You: Input for the Future. Also, Peter presented an update on the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation.

This year’s George & Florence Clayton Award was presented to Robert D. Soule, CIH, CSP.  As part of his acceptance, Bob presented three short reminiscences during his time of employment with George and Florence Clayton in the 1970s.

The Banquet entertainment this year was provided by Mrs. Ruth Lopez-Yanez an accomplished pianist and keyboard artist.

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