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Robert A. Frosch
director of research programs for Hudson Laboratories of Columbia University from 1951 to 1963 working on problems in underwater sound, sonar, oceanography, marine geology, and marine geophysics. During this period he was also Technical Director of Project ARTEMIS, a very large experi- mental active sonar system development.
Oceanographic Institution (WHOI.
Dr. Frosch is a member of the National Academy of
Engineering (NAE), the UK Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. His awards include the Bueche Medal (NAE), the Founders Medal (IEEE), the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
2010 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in partnership with the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA), announced the recipi- ents of the 2010 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention AwardsTM, honoring those who have shown their dedication to the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss through innovative or excellent hearing loss prevention prac- tices in the work environment. The awards were presented at the 35th Annual Hearing Conservation Conference on February 26, 2010 in Orlando, Florida.
The award honors hearing loss prevention programs in the construction, manufacturing, and service sectors. In addition, it recognizes individuals or organizations for inno- vation in hearing loss prevention and their dedication to fos- tering and implementing new and unique advances in the prevention of hearing loss.
The 2010 recipients were: Etymotic Research, Inc.; the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP) and Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. (PB); and Dr. Kris Chesky and the College of Music, University of North Texas. The awards were presented by Capt. Margaret Kitt of NIOSH and accepted by Mead Killion of Etymotic Research Inc.,
From 1963 until his retirement in
1993, Dr. Frosch has served in many
positions including Director for Nuclear
Test Detection, and then Deputy
Director of the Department of Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency
(ARPA), Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for R&D and the first Assistant Executive
Director of the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP),
Associate Director for Applied
Oceanography at the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and
Administrator of NASA, and Vice
President of the General Motors
Corporation in charge of Research
Laboratories. He is now Senior Associate
at the Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs, John F. Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard
University, and Guest Investigator in the
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
Department of the Woods Hole Erich Thalheimer, Mead Killion, Kris Chesky, and Capt. Margaret Kitt
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