2003 WIA Awards Ceremony
September 16, 2003
On August 15, 2003, Women in Aerospace announced the recipients of its annual award competition. The awards were presented during a reception on Capitol Hill, on Tuesday, September 16.
Chosen by a review committee from nearly 100 nominations in an open solicitation, this year's winners include two notable achievements—the first recipient of the new Aerospace Awareness award presented for excellence in building public awareness of aerospace, and the first tie in the category of Outstanding Achievement.
This year's winners are:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Marcia S. Smith, Senior Level Specialist in Aerospace and Telecommunications Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
What makes Ms. Smith an award winner?
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Outstanding Leadership Award
Blair C. Marks, Director C-5 Avionics Modernization Program, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Marietta, Ga.
What makes Ms. Marks an award winner?
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Outstanding Achievement Award
Andrea Donnellan, Deputy Manager, Earth and Space Sciences Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif.
What makes Dr. Donnellan an award winner?
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Outstanding Achievement Award
Captain Melanie Bean, Delta IV Integrated Product Team Mission Lead, Detachment 9, USAF, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
What makes Captain Bean an award winner?
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Aerospace Awareness Award
Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, Chief, Electrochemistry Branch, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
What makes Dr. Perez-Davis an award winner?
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Aerospace Educator Award
Barbara R. Morgan, NASA Astronaut, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
What makes Ms. Morgan an award winner?
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 larger WIA President and Master of Ceremonies, Linda Billings |
 larger Dr. Dorothy Hayden-Watkins, new Associate Administrator for NASA's Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, WIA 2003 Aerospace Educator awardee Barbara Morgan, and Frank Culbertson, SAIC |
 larger Jessie Harris, former WIA officer, and Bill Readdy, NASA AA for Space Flight |
 larger Eilene Galloway, WIA's first Lifetime Achievement awardee, with WIA member Margaret Roberts |
 larger Dr. John Grunsfeld, new NASA Chief Scientist, with Eilene Galloway |
 larger Sean O'Keefe, Eilene Galloway and WIA 2003 Aerospace Educator awardee Barbara Morgan |
 larger Sean O'Keefe, WIA 2003 Aerospace Educator awardee Barbara Morgan, WIA 2003 Outstanding Achievement awardee Andrea Donnellan, and Linda Billings |
 larger Dr. Charles Elachi, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and WIA 2003 Outstanding Achievement awardee Dr. Andrea Donnellan |
 larger Dr. Charles Elachi and WIA 2003 Outstanding Achieve-ment awardee Andrea Donnellan |
 larger Dr. Charles Elachi, WIA 2003 Outstanding Achievement awardee Andrea Donnellan, and Sean O'Keefe |
 larger Sean O'Keefe and WIA 2003 Aerospace Educator awardee Barbara Morgan |
 larger Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee and WIA 2003 Aerospace Educator awardee Barbara Morgan |
 larger Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee and WIA 2003 Aerospace Educator awardee Barbara Morgan |
 larger WIA Board Member Amy Kaminski, Wendell Mohling of NSTA, Barbara Morgan, WIA 2002 Anne Morrow Lindbergh K-12 Educator awardee Pat Palazzolo, and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe |
 larger Col. Randy Turner and WIA 2003 Outstanding Achievement awardee Capt Melanie Bean |
 larger WIA 2003 Outstanding Achievement awardee Capt. Melanie Bean, with her parents |
 larger WIA 2003 Outstanding Achievement awardee Captain Melanie Bean, with colleagues |
 larger WIA 2003 Lifetime Achievement Awardee Marcia Smith, with Congressman Sherwood Boehlert |
 larger WIA 2003 Outstanding Leadership awardee Blair C. Marks, with Congressman Phil Gingrey |
 larger Sean O'Keefe and WIA 2003 Aerospace Awareness awardee Marla Perez-Davis |
 larger Marla Perez-Davis, WIA 2003 Aerospace Awareness Awardee, with NASA colleagues |
 larger WIA President Linda Billings and WIA Ex-officio President Michelle Robbins |
Photo credit: NASA/Renee Bouchard