Volpe Center Highlights - Fall 2005
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Mr. Eric Peterson, Deputy Administrator of RITA, presents the Exceptional Service Award to Dr. James Hallock, Chief of the Volpe Center's Aviation Safety Division.
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Exceptional Service Award. Dr. James Hallock, Chief of the Volpe Center's Aviation Safety Division, recently received an Exceptional Service Award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for his service on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) following the Columbia Space Shuttle accident of February 1, 2003. CAIB released a six-volume final report in October 2003. In addition to playing a major role in determining the physical causes of the accident, Dr. Hallock provided numerous background briefings to the press on the science involved with the accident and participated in many of the press conferences dealing with the investigation. He was also one of the final technical editors of the report. He briefed the families of the Columbia astronauts as well as the entire astronaut corps before the report was released to the public. He testified with Admiral Gehman, CAIB chairman, before Congress. In addition, he has given presentations on the accident investigation and lessons learned to the Secretary of Energy and his senior staff; the Commander of the Electronics Systems Command at Hanscom Air Force Base and his senior staff; and a number of other government, academic, and professional organizations. Mr. Eric Peterson, Deputy Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (the Volpe Center's parent agency), presented the award to Dr. Hallock on behalf of NASA.
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