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
- 2001 - John Howard, Anthony J. Luca
- 2002 - Peter Bellin
- 2003 - Joe Kukla, James Unmack
- 2005 - Mark Katchen
- 2008 - Jaime Steedman-Lyde
- 2012 - Michael Sullivan
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 tot he field of industrial hygiene.
- 1996 - William C., Hinds
- 1997 - Jeanne M. Spivey
- 1999 - John R. Froines
- 2002 - Shane Que Hee
- 2009 - Arlene Feingold
- 2025 - Nola Kennedy