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2012 SLOAN Public Service Award Winner - UrbanOmnibus, James McConnell - 2012 Sloan Public Service Award Winner, UrbanOmnibus, 2014

Whether it is a hurricane, a fire, a flood, a black out or a terrorist threat, the City turns to James McConnell, Assistant Commissioner for Strategic…

Tags: Awards, Cities, Data, GIS, James McConnell, NYC, Sloan Public Service

Al Ravenna, World Journal Tribune, Virginia Apgar - Public Heath Pioneer, Library of Congress, October 2nd, 1966

Dr. Virginia Apgar examining an infant with a stethoscope. Born in 1909, Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) defied social conventions at a young age. She was…

Tags: Apgar Score, Infant Care, Public Health, Virginia Apgar, Women

ASPA, National Public Service Award, ASPA, 2016

The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the National Academy of Public Administration proudly established the National Public…

Tags: ASPA, Awards, National Public Service, NPSA

Boston University, Lisa J. Messersmith, Ph.D. - U.S. Public Health Researcher, Boston University, 2011

An American public health researcher helped shape AIDS law in Vietnam: Lisa J. Messersmith, Ph.D. Messersmith moved to Vietnam in 1998 to serve as…

Tags: AIDS, AIDS Prevention, Health, Lisa J. Messersmith, Public Health, Vietnam

Centre for State & Local Government Excellence, Donald J. Borut - 2012 National Public Service Award Winner, Centre for State & Local Government Excellence, 2011

Donald J. Borut - Executive Director of the National League of Cities, manages the nation’s oldest and largest national organization representing…

Tags: Awards, Cities, Donald J. Borut, ICMA, Municipal, National Public Service

Charles Henry Alston 1907-1977, Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950) Pioneer in Blood Plasma Storage, National Archives, 1943

Here we have what rarely happens in history, a life which crowds into a handful of years significance so great, men will never forget it. By Dr.…

Tags: American Red Cross, Blood, Blood Plasma, Charles Richard Drew, Medicine, World War II

City College of New York, Ruth E. Stark, Ph.D. - 2012 Sloan Public Service Award Winner, City College of New York, None

Dr. Ruth Stark, distinguished professor of chemistry and acting dean of science at The City College of New York, is one of six extraordinary city…

Tags: Awards, Chemistry, Ruth E. Stark, Science, Sloan Public Service, Women

CNN, U.S. Ambassador John Christopher Stevens (1960-2012) A Man Who Built Bridges, CNN, 2012

Ambassador Christopher Stevens joined the United States Foreign Service in 1991. His early overseas assignments included: deputy principal officer and…

Tags: Ambassador, Benghazi, Christopher Stephens, Diplomacy, Libya, Middle East, U.S. Foreign Service

CSPAN, Patricia Dalton - 2012 National Public Service Award Winner, CSPAN, 2012

2012 National Public Service Award Winner: Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Government Accountability Office, assists the Comptroller General of the…

Tags: Accountability, Awards, GAO, National Public Service, Patricia Dalton, Watchdog

Frank S. Zolin, Frank Zolin - Department of Motor Vehicles Reformer, Met News, 2012

DMV Reformer of the '90s
Appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson, Mr. Zolin moved to Sacramento in 1991 to lead the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) after…

Tags: Computers, DMV, Driving, Frank Zolin, Reform