Society Awards and Honors
2010 Awards
Bill Bair Receives Health Physics Society Top Honor
Battelle retiree Bill Bair (1994) has received the Robley D. Evans Commemorative Medal from the Health Physics Society. The society's highest award, the Evans Medal is not awarded every year. Bill is the ninth to receive the medal since its inception in 1997, and the first researcher from a national laboratory.
The award presentation read in part, "Dr. William J. Bair, the 2010 recipient of the Robley D. Evans Commemorative Medal, has been a pioneer and mentor in the field of radiation biology and health physics all of his professional life: he is now in his seventh decade of service and leadership in the toxicology of and protection from internally-incorporated radioactive materials."
"It was quite an honor to be nominated by the local HPS chapter," Bill says. "PNNL deserves credit for providing me the opportunity to do everything that led to this award. Credit also is due the many staff members who supported me through the years."
Bill retired in 1994 as the manager of the Life Sciences Center following a 29 year career with Battelle and ten years with General Electric Hanford Laboratories. (announced 11/1/2010)