Professionals
of the Year Dinner
June 8,
2006
Von Braun
Center North Hall
Press
Release
The Huntsville Association of Technical Societies (HATS) honored 19
recipients at its annual Professionals Of the Year (POY) Awards Dinner
on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 6 p.m. at the Von Braun Center North Hall.
The 19 professionals were all nominated and selected by their HATS
Member organizations for their outstanding contributions to the mission
of their awarding organization. Each of the 2006 recipients engaged in
professional activities that resulted in broad social, technological, or
economical consequences to benefit the science and engineering
community. Each POY winner exhibited an extraordinary amount of
dedication, creativity, and leadership in their work.

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Left to Right:
Mrs. Sylvia Dean, Alabama Council for Technology (ACTE),
Mr. Stan Miller, Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Summit Working
Group (JIAMD), Mr. Woody Williams, HATS STEDTRAIN, Ms. Karmel Herring,
North Alabama National Society of Black Engineers (AE NSBE), SFC
Lawrence B. Scott, Association of the United States Army (AUSA), Mr.
Darren Brewer, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
(AFCEA), Mr. Darryl Walker, National Contract Management Association
(NCMA), Mr. Jim Pepper, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA),
Ms. Tara Ragan-Ward, Women in Defense (WID), Dr. Bill Craig, Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) also the 2006 Receipant
of the HATS Joseph C. Moquin Award, Mr. Joseph C. Moquin, Dr. Christian
Smart, Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis (SCEA), Mr. Ken Merwin,
Program Management Institute (PMI), Mr. Steve Humphrey, Huntsville
Aerospace Marketing Association (HAMA), Mr. Harry Craft, National Space
Club (NSC), Ms. Rhonda Barnes, System Safety Society (SSS), Mr. Elwood
L. "Woody" Bombara, Society of Reliability Engineers (SRE), Mr. Richard
O. Henrick, American Society for Quality (ASQ),
Not present:
Mr. Pete Cerny, Army Space and Missile Defense Association (ASMDA)
Mr. Bob Woods, Huntsville Association of Technical Societies (HATS)

Guest Speaker - Sheila McFerran, Executive Director of The Volunteer
Center of Madison County spoke on Volunteer Retention
2006 Joseph C. Moquin Award
2006 U.S. Presidental Awards
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