Scholarship Award Winners
The Southern California Section recognizes academic excellence by offering scholarship awards annually. Typically, one award is presented to an outstanding undergraduate student entering the industrial hygiene field and the other award is for an outstanding graduate student studying industrial hygiene.
2022 - Christopher Holguin (UCLA FSPH Class of 2022)
Lawrence R. Birkner Leadership Award
The Lawrence R. Birkner Leadership Award is intended to recognize a member of the SCAIHA for displaying outstanding leadership in the field of industrial Hygiene.
1996 – Richard M. Warner
1997 – Marjorie A. Drucker
1998 – Dennis Kelly
1999 – Howard Spielman
2000 – Jackie Luca
2001 – John Howard, Anthony J. Luca
2002 – Peter Bellin
2003 – Joe Kukla, James Unmack
2005 – Mark Katchen
2008 - Jaime Steedman-Lyde
2012 - Michael Sullivan
About Lawrence R. Birkner and Ruth K. McIntyre-Birkner
Ruth McIntyre-Birkner Technical Achievement Award
The Ruth McIntyre-Birkner Technical Achievement Award is intended to recognize a member of the SCAIHA for technical contributions to the field of industrial hygiene.
1996 – William C. Hinds
1997 – Jeanne M. Spivey
1999 – John R. Froines
2002 – Shane Que Hee
2009 – Arlene Feingold