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CHARLOTTE,
N.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
today announced awards honoring 18 individuals and groups from across
the nation for accomplishments in promoting highway safety. The awards
were presented at the 23rd Annual Lifesavers conference by NHTSA
Administrator Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D., who delivered today’s luncheon
speech.
“The
work of saving lives on our highways cannot be done only from
Washington. It is accomplished because of scientists, educators,
engineers, enforcers, health care practitioners, and thoughtful citizens
who care enough about the daily tragedies on our roadways to do
something about it,” Dr. Runge said.
More than 1,800 participants are attending this year’s three-day
Lifesavers conference, which features 85 workshops and 115 exhibitors.
The meeting focuses on common-sense solutions to critical highway safety
issues and is considered the leading event of its kind in the United
States. Topics being covered include child passenger safety, occupant
protection, and new vehicle safety technology.
The
18 individuals and organizations given highway safety awards are:
•Robert Bass, M.D., Director, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical
Services Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, for leadership, vision, and
tireless efforts to improve and enhance emergency medical services
across the United States.
•William G. Carlisle, City Councilman Emeritus, Anacortes, Washington,
for dedication to the safety and well-being of the residents of
Washington State and for elevating highway safety issues at the local
and state levels.
•Gary Wright, Ames Alexander and Ted Melnik of The Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte, North Carolina, for journalistic excellence focusing on
impaired driving, a major public health and safety issue that affects
everyone who drives or rides on the nation’s roadways.
•Vera Fullaway, Training Coordinator, CPS Team COLORADO, for more than
10 years of state, regional and national motor vehicle injury prevention
work, and commitment to the safe transportation of children.
•Michele Grant, Occupational Health Specialist, Maine Department of
Labor, Augusta, Maine, for success in making the Network of Employers
for Traffic Safety a core element of Maine’s occupational safety and
health program to protect all workers.
•Joel D. Hand, Highway Safety Resource Prosecutor, Indiana Prosecuting
Attorney’s Council, Indianapolis, Indiana, for leadership in impaired
driving prosecution, education, and training in the Great Lakes Region
and the nation.
•Raymond Handy, Sr., 2003-2004 Lt. Governor, Missouri-Arkansas
District of Kiwanis International, Kansas City, Missouri, for his
dedication and that of his fellow Kiwanians to the promotion of the
“Buckle Up Kids in Cars” program to save young lives.
•John Hood, Tennessee State Representative, Nashville, Tennessee, for
outstanding legislative leadership and commitment to passage of the
primary safety belt law in Tennessee.
•John Kaizuka, East Hawaii Health Educator, State Department of
Health, Hilo, Hawaii, for initiative, dedication, and effective
leadership in implementing child passenger safety and other traffic
safety programs in Hawaii and the Pacific Rim.
•Major League Baseball, New York, New York, for exemplary and
exceptional leadership in developing and implementing the
“Responsibility Has Its Rewards” campaign at America’s ball
fields, to improve roadway safety and save lives nationwide.
•Nancy Mathews, Ed.D., Executive Director, Campus-Community Coalition
for Change, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for
tireless efforts to reduce underage and high-risk drinking through years
of educating youth and community leaders, and developing positive
environmental changes to cultural norms, policies, and practices.
•John E. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S., President, Meharry Medical College,
Nashville, Tennessee, for outstanding leadership, commitment, and
contributions to closing the gap in safety belt use in underserved
populations.
•J.D. Meadows, West Virginia Law Enforcement Liaison, Beckley, West
Virginia, for exceptional efforts in traffic safety to make West
Virginia a safer place to live and travel.
•Recording Artists, Actors, and Athletes Against Drunk Driving, Studio
City, California, for extraordinary vision and determination to address
underage drinking and impaired driving, through ingenuity in creating
highly successful national partnerships.
•Michael Scagnelli, Chief of Transportation, New York City Police
Department, New York, New York, for leadership and innovation in
ensuring the safety of New York City’s residents by reducing motor
vehicle deaths and injuries.
•Michael R. Williams, Tennessee State Senator, Nashville, Tennessee,
for outstanding legislative leadership and commitment to passage of a
primary safety belt law in Tennessee.
Source:
NHTSA 05-05
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