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NAEMT presented its annual awards at the association’s Board of Governors Meeting on Saturday, Aug. 27, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The awards were originally scheduled to be presented at a banquet on Saturday evening, but that event was cancelled due to the approach of Hurricane Katrina.
Recognized for their contributions to the EMS community were:
• Joseph T. Schnell, EMT-I/CC, Lake Preston, South Dakota: Robert E. Motley EMT of the Year, sponsored by JEMS Communications;
• Melissa D. Coffell, EMT-P, Paragould, Arkansas: Asmund S. Laerdal Paramedic of the Year, sponsored by Laerdal Medical Corporation;
• Kenneth L. Wilkerson, EMT-P, Chattanooga, Tennessee: William Klingensmith EMS Administrator of the Year, sponsored by Moore Medical Corp.;
• Linwood Miller, D.O., Mt. Pleasant, Iowa: Richard “Dick” Ferneau EMS Medical Director of the Year, sponsored by Ferno-Washington Inc.;
• Geoffrey Tobias Miller, NREMT-P, Miami, Florida : Mary Ann Talley EMS Instructor/Coordinator of the Year, sponsored by Mosby ;
• Stratford EMS, Stratford, Connecticut: Leo R. Schwartz Emergency Medical Service of the Year, sponsored by EMS Magazine;
• Hamilton County EMS, Chattanooga, Tennessee: EMT-Paramedic Emergency Medical Service of the Year, sponsored by ZOLL Medical Corporation ;
• James S. Murray, NREMT-B, Cheyenne, Wyoming: Rocco V. Morando Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by the National Registry of EMTs ;
• Lou Jordan, Taneytown, Maryland: Rocco V. Morando Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by the National Registry of EMTs;
• Carol Summer, Van Nuys, California: J.D. Farrington Award of Excellence, presented by the NAEMT board of directors;
• Cynthiana I.B. Lightfoot, NREMT-P, Washington, DC: Anthony S. Maniscalco Memorial Scholarship, sponsored by the Michael and Susan Newburger Foundation;
• Raphael M. Barishansky, EMT-B, Teaneck, New Jersey: 2006 ADPI/NAEMT Administrators Division - Harvard Executive Session Scholarship, sponsored by Advanced Data Processing Inc.
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