Twenty-two Lincoln Laboratory employees receive
2012 MIT Excellence Awards

Two individuals and a 20-person team from MIT Lincoln Laboratory are among the recipients of 2012 MIT Excellence Awards. At a ceremony held on February 28 in the Kresge Auditorium on the MIT campus, the 2012 awardees were honored for varied efforts that contribute to fulfilling the Institute's mission and that enhance the MIT community.

The following individuals are the Laboratory's 2012 honorees:
  • Michael Crones received an Unsung Hero Award for his leadership in the Information Services Department, handling contingency planning, resource forecasting, budgeting, strategy, and client services.
  • Sam Stambler received an Unsung Hero Award for his creative, dedicated work in the development of the Airborne Countermeasures Test System and for his support to a collaborative effort between the Laboratory and MIT's Department of Aeronautics in which students designed, fabricated, and tested a small unmanned aerial vehicle.
  • The 60th Anniversary Planning Team received a Bringing Out the Best Award for planning and managing the celebratory events and commemorative print materials, which a nominator noted "brought our community together in a tribute to the culture and accomplishments of the Laboratory." The team members are Leslie Weiner Alger, Michele Andriolo, Gerald Augeri, Ellen Beachy, Mark Bury, Heather Clark, Richard Gabriele, Pascale Gouker, David Granchelli, Alan Grometstein, Christopher Johnson, William Keicher, Alicia LaDuke, Kenneth Roth, Dorothy Ryan, Karen Springford, Derek Varga, Cynthia Wallace, Dennis Weron, and Roslyn Wesley.
Michael Crones honored at MIT Excellence Ceremony Sam Stambler honored at MIT Excellence Awards ceremony
Unsung Hero Award recipients are pictured at the 11th annual MIT Excellence Awards ceremony with, left to right, Dr. Eric Evans, Director, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Israel Ruiz, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, MIT; Dr. L. Rafael Reif, Provost, MIT; Dr. Alison Alden, Vice President for Human Resources, MIT; and Chris Colombo, Dean for Student Life, MIT. Michael Crones is third from the left in the left-hand photograph, and Sam Stambler is third from left in the right-hand photograph. Photographs by Graham Gordon Ramsay.
60th anniversary planning team at MIT excllence awards ceremony  

The Lincoln Laboratory 60th Anniversary Planning Team was honored with a 2012 MIT Excellence Award. The team includes the following members: back row, left to right, David Granchelli, William Keicher, Christopher Johnson, and Karen Springford; 3rd row back, left to right, Pascale Gouker, Heather Clark, Alicia LaDuke, Dorothy Ryan, Alan Grometstein, Lesley Alger, and Richard Gabriele; 2nd row back, left to right, Michele Andriolo, Gerald Augeri, Derek Varga, Cynthia Wallace, Ellen Beachy, and Mark Bury. Roslyn Wesley of the team is in the front row with ,left to right, Dr. Eric Evans, Director, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Israel Ruiz, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, MIT; Dr. L. Rafael Reif, Provost, MIT; Dr. Alison Alden, Vice President for Human Resources, MIT; and Chris Colombo, Dean for Student Life, MIT. Photograph by Graham Gordon Ramsay.

 

The Excellence Awards were established in 1991 to acknowledge efforts that support the goals of the Institute: to advance knowledge, educate students, and "to develop in each member of the MIT community the ability and passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind." Since 1991, the awards have recognized hundreds of people from many departments, offices, divisions, and laboratories across MIT. More information about the MIT Excellence Awards, a component of the Rewards and Recognition Program, can be found at http://hrweb.mit.edu/rewards/excellence.

Posted April 2012

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