2002 Environmental Division Award Winners.Vernon L. Adams was presented with the Environmental Division Leadership and Service Award at the 2002 Environmental Conference in April 2002. Adams is manager of field environmental engineering for Georgia-Pacific Corporation in Palatka, Florida Palatka is a city in Putnam County, Florida, United States. The population was 10,033 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 10,796. , USA. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Jacksonville University Jacksonville University (JU) is a private university located in Jacksonville, Florida, on the shore of the St. Johns River. JU was founded in 1934 as William J. Porter University (actually a two-year college). The school changed its name to Jacksonville Junior College in 1935. prior to entering the pulp and paper industry The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Finland, Sweden) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). Australasia and Latin America also have significant pulp and paper industries. . He began his career at Alton Box Board Company in Jacksonville, Florida, and moved to Hudson Pulp and paper in Palatka, which was acquired by Georgia-Pacific Corporation. His experience includes: process engineering, operation experience in the recovery boiler and causticizing areas, and environmental engineering. Adams was promoted to his current in 1994. He has a history of service to the industry both in and outside of TAPPI TAPPI Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry . He served several years as chairman of the Florida Pulp and Paper Association technical and environmental committee, and has served on the NCASI NCASI National Council for Air and Stream Improvement southern regional committee. He became a member of TAPPI in 1976 and has held a number of positions within TAPPI Divisions and committees. These include chairman, vice chairman, secretary and past chairman of the Environmental Division, as well as chairman, vice chairman and secretary of the air committee. Manish Agrawal, a junior at Western Michigan University Western Michigan University, at Kalamazoo, Mich.; coeducational; founded in 1903 as Western State Normal School, became accredited in 1927 as a college, gained university status in 1957. , has been awarded the 2002 TAPPI Environmental Division Scholarship. Agrawal is a member of Ts'ai Lun, the PIMA/TAPPI Student Chapter at WMU WMU Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Michigan) WMU Woman's Missionary Union (Southern Baptist Convention) WMU Waste Management Unit WMU World Maritime University (Malmö, Sweden) and serves as vice president. Along with his studies, Agrawal has worked in the University's Pilot Plant throughout his academic career and has completed internships and co-op with International Paper, Hamilton, Ohio, USA; Graphics Packaging Corporation, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA; and Sonoco Products, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA. Agrawal will be working this summer as a project engineering intern at Pharmacia Corporation, Kalamazoo. Enrolled in the Chemical Engineering program, Agrawal focuses his studies on paper engineering and maintains a 3.42 grade point average. In addition, Agrawal volunteers to speak to local high school students about the opportunities within the paper industry. |
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