Max C. Brewer, for outstanding contribu-
tions to geology and geophysics and their
applications to environmentally sound
engineering design practices and for sound
management of logistical operations in the
permafrost environment of the Arctic.
T. John Conomos, for exceptional
achievements in estuarine research and
management of water programs in the
nine-State USGS Western Region.

Avery A. Drake, Jr., for significant contri-
butions toward a better understanding of
the geology of the Appalachian Mountain
chain.

• William W. Dudley, Jr., for exceptional contributions in the interdisciplinary fields of ground-water hydrology and engineering geology.

contributions to the development of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program and the Global Change Research Program. Hirsch was also awarded the Presidential Rank of Merit for serving as Acting Director of the USGS during a period of transition, for career-long efforts to apply basic hydrologic research to realworld problems, and for consistently developing successful program contributions in both the scientific and the policy

arenas.

Irwin H. Kantrowitz, for outstanding contributions to the management of bureau water-resources programs, particularly in Florida, and for significant contributions to the Regional Aquifer Systems Analysis Program.

Vance C. Kennedy, for significant research in the field of solute transport in stream water and bed sediments and in acid rain geochemistry and as a leader in the development of acid rain programs and policies.

Janis C. Nash, for significant contributions to bureau human resources management programs.

Richard W. Paulson, for exceptional contributions in the field of real-time hydrologic data-collection systems development and the management of National Water Summary activities.

James R. Plasker, for outstanding achievements as an engineer, cartographer, and manager of the USGS National Mapping Program. His innovative approaches to technical and management issues have led to production agreements with other Federal agencies.

Hedy J. Rossmeissl, for outstanding scientific and management contributions to the USGS National Mapping Program, particularly the development and testing of the Spatial Data Transfer Standard, and for advancing the acceptance and promulgation of the standard as a Federal Information Processing Standard.

John H. Stewart, for outstanding contributions to understanding the geology of western North America. His studies have provided important clues for developing mineral assessments of undiscovered mineral deposits.

Ralph J. Thompson, for outstanding ser

vice and contributions to the scientific data

management, processing, and information systems activities of the USGS.

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Meritorious Service Award

The Meritorious Service Award is the

Tsecond highest award granted by the

Department of the Interior and is given for significant contributions to the earth sciences and to management and administration of USGS scientific programs. Recipients in 1994

were:

Rex V. Allen, Donald E. Anders, Dudley J.
Andrews, Emil D. Attanasi, Roy A. Bailey,
John A. Barron, Richard J. Blakeley, David
M. Boore, Roger D. Borcherdt, Eurybiades
Busenberg, Norma J. Campbell, Wallace H.
Campbell, Philip J. Carpenter, Michael A.
Domaratz, Wendell A. Duffield, Thomas D.
Fouch, Marvin O. Fretwell, Donald L.
Gautier, Judith A. Gunnells (posthumous),
Carl E. Hedge, Flora A. Heggem, Thomas G.
Hildenbrand, C. Judy Huffman, James R.
Jancaitis, Joan L. Johnson, Donald G.
Jorgensen, John R. Keith, Yousif K. Kharaka,
Hugh H. Kieffer, William J. Kockelman
(posthumous), Gerald F. Lindholm,
Thomas L. Loesch, Baerbel K. Lucchitta,
Richard B. McCammon, Bonnie A.
McGregor, Edward J. McFaul, John S.
McLean, Cornelius M. Molenaar, Donald G.
Moore, Charles W. Naeser, Charles E.
Ogrosky, Robert N. Oldale, Paul P. Orkild,
Robert C. Pearson, John K. Peterson, Ernest
L. Ray (retired), Bruce L. Reed, Charles L.
Rice, Dale E. Robertson, David H. Root,
Keven S. Roth, Robert O. Rye, Andrei M.
Sarna-Wojcicki, David H. Scott, John F. Slack,
Robin U. Spriggs, William D. Stanley,
Elaine M. Stout, William J. Strahle, Wayne R.
Thatcher, Ted G. Theodore, Tracy L. Vallier,
James N. VanDriel, Bruce R. Wardlaw,
Florence R. Weber, Barbara L. Whitford,
Paul L. Williams, Kathryn C. Wortman,
Thomas L. Wright, Sherman S.C. Wu,
Jeffrey C. Wynn.

materially aid the accomplishment of the USGS mission. Recipients in 1994 were:

David P. Adam, Lee W. Aggers,
Karl W. Ahlstrom, Tau Rho Alpha,
William C. Andrle, Janet N. Arneson,
Brian F. Atwater, Robert A. Ayuso,
Colleen A. Babcock, Stanley Baldys III,
Brian S. Bennett, Darleen K. Berry,
Russell D. Berry, Julio L. Betancourt,
Elisabeth M. Brouwers, David P. Brown,
Alex P. Cardinell, Thomas J. Casadevall,
Paul R. Celluzzi, Michael J. Chambers,
Robert G. Clark, Harold S. Cogle III,
Thomas H. Cooper, John E. Cotton,
Harry R. Covington, David P. Dee, Ronald E.
DeMatteo, Allan D. Druliner, Stephenson D.
Ellen, Keith H. Elliott, Michael R. Elliott,
Sherman R. Ellis, Stephen J. Field,
Michael A. Fisher, Carolyn Gail Folger,
Marta J.K. Flohr, Douglas W. Franz,
David Frishman, Ronald G. Garrett, Karl W.
Gatson, Eric L. Geist, William C. Good,
David L. Govoni, Gregory N. Green, Thomas
P. Grover, David E. Hair, John R. Hebron,
Henry E. Herlong, Debra K. Higley,
Richard A. Hollway, Anton L. Inderbitzen,
Ronald V. James, Francis J. Jelinek, Evan C.
Jenkins, David A. John, Margaret F. Johnson,
Robert L. Johnson, Robert F. Johnstone,
Diane N. Jones, Michael T. Jones, Gail E.
Kalen, Kenneth R. Kauffman, Carol Kendall,
Mary C. Kilpatrick, Randolph L. Kirk,
Randolph A. Koski, Thomas R. Loveland,
Brent H. Lowell, Jean Louise Marlowe,
George T. Mason, Jr., Jill McCarthy,
Robert G. McCausland, Alfred S. McEwen,
Benjamin F. McPherson, Robert J. Miller,
John A. Moody, Edward N. Moser, Jerry M.
Motooka, Vivian S. Olcott, Robert J. Omang,
Kenneth J. Osborn, William S. Parks,
Jocelyn A. Peterson, Lawrence R. Pettinger,
M. Jeanne Placanica, James E. Poole,
Earl Reaves, George O. Riddle, Donald O.
Rosenberry, Jane D. Rothenbuehler, Roger P.
Rumenik, Kenneth A. Salts, Robin A.
Schmutzler, Robert B. Scott III, William B.
Scott, Marvin G. Sherrill, Jeffrey D. Simley,
Floyd L. Snow, Louis T. Steyaert, Jeffrey D.
Stoner, Thomas A. Stum, Lindsay A. Swain,
James W. Terry, John E. Terry, Jr., Charles H.
Tibbals, Alfred Travnicek, John Van Brahana,
George Van Trump, Jr., Robert F. Wakelee,
Robert H. Webb, J. Shelley Welch,
Judith C. Wheeler, Joe D. Wildman,
John H. Wittmann, David M. Wood,
Robin D. Worcester, David L. Wright,
Chester T. Wrucke, Ross A. Yeoman,
Robert S. Zech.