Every year since the inception of the Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement by Dr. Alivisatos in 2011, the Berkeley Lab director has had the opportunity to personally recognize the experts who are making a world of difference in a broad range of categories. This year incoming Director Dr. Witherell will have the honor of recognizing a new group of accomplished professionals nominated by the Berkeley Lab community.
In anticipation of the new nominations the Safety Culture Work Group would like to foreground the outstanding contributions to Berkeley Lab’s safety culture of past recipients of the Director’s Award for Safety. In every instance, the key to success was dedication to safety and influence that transcends the immediate work group.
2015 - Scott Taylor, Advanced Light Source (ALS) Safety Manager. Scott was recognized for 25 years of involvement in – and critical support of – Environment, Safety, and Health (EHS) programs and initiatives; over the years his efforts extended to the Life Sciences Division, ALS, and the Work Planning and Control Program.
2014 - Wayne Lukens, Staff Scientist, Chemical Science Division. Wayne was recognized for the breadth and depth of his knowledge in a broad range of EHS Division hazard control programs, and for his expertise in launching Work Planning & Control. The cumulative impact of his dedication has contributed greatly to a more balanced, consistent, logical, and risk-based approach to safety that has fully enabled science.
2013 - Ron Zuckerman, Facility Director within the Molecular Foundry. Ron was recognized for cultivating a work environment in which safety and efficiency are intricately and synergistically woven together. He has led by example and design to inspire principal investigators to create similar work environments.
2012 - David Shuh, Senior Scientist, Chemical Sciences Division. David was recognized for a 7-year history of consistent effort in ensuring radiation protection safety and Department of Energy regulatory compliance. Among his achievements are providing leadership as chair of Berkeley Lab’s Radiation Safety Committee.
2012 - Jim Floyd, former ALS Division EHS Coordinator and current EHS Division Director. Jim was recognized for his low key but immensely effective ability to promote safety culture to a large and diverse ALS user group. He unfailingly demonstrated outstanding and successful leadership in creating accountability in the areas of safety with a Lab-wide reach – and does so to this day.
