Three NIAID Employees Lauded
Three NIAID employees recently received the 1997 Presidential
Meritorious Executive Rank Award. They are Dr. John Y. Killen
(l), director of the Division of AIDS; Dr. Malcolm A. Martin
(middle), chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology; and
Dr. Louis H. Miller, chief of the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases.
The award recognizes the highest achieving career executives
throughout the federal government. Killen was cited for his
"superb scientific and managerial leadership" of DAIDS. Martin
was singled out as the leader of 50 technical and professional staff
who make LMM "one of the most productive and highly respected
virology laboratories in the world." Miller was honored for his
research innovation and leadership of one of the major
laboratories working on parasitic diseases and tropical medicine.
Vice President Al Gore was the keynote speaker at the program
"Excellence in Public Service."
NIH Receives OPM Award
NIH received an honorable mention citation recently for the 1998
OPM Director's Award for Outstanding Work and Family
Programs. Steven Cohen, director of OPM's Office of Workforce
Relations, presented Corliss Taylor, director of NIH's Work and
Family Life Center, with a plaque for the agency's creation of an
environment that supports employees who are balancing the
increasing demands of their work and personal lives.