The William D. Wagner Award, established in 2003, is presented annually to a person in the field of national and international worker health and safety who is an outstanding example of commitment and dedication to the creation and dissemination of occupational exposure values (OEVs).
The 2009 recipient of the William D. Wagner Award is B. Dwight Culver, MD.
Dr. Culver received his Bachelor's degree from Stanford University and his Medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine. He was awarded a Fellowship in the Occupational Medicine Department at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Culver also served as a Diplomat with the American Board of Preventive Medicine (Occupational and Environmental Medicine). He is currently a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine (UCI) after being recalled by UCI in 2004.
Dr. Culver became a member of ACGIH® in 1983 and served on the Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances (TLV®-CS) Committee from 1981 to the present. He currently serves as a Member of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCI; medical consultant to U.S. Borax Division of Rio Tinto Minerals; and on the Residency Advisory Board of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine at UCI.
Dr. Culver has served on numerous committees and boards throughout his illustrious career, including: Chair of the Organizing Committee for the First and Second International Symposium on Health Effects of Boron and its Compounds; Past President of the Southern California Section of AIHA; member of the Advisory Panel on Occupational Medicine of the California Medical Association (1972–1991); member of the American Lung Association of Orange County; member of the Committee on Occupational Lung Disease (1983–1991) and Chair (1988–1991); member of the Epidemiology Advisory Panel of the American Cancer Society, California Division (1987–1991); member of the Occupational Medicine Committee of the Orange County Medical Association; member of the Medical Students, Interns, and Residents Liaison Committee of the American Occupational Medical Association; and Board Member of the Western Occupational Medical Association (1974–1975).
Dr. Culver was awarded the Rutherford T. Johnstone Award for contributions to Occupational Medicine by the Western Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association (2000) and received ACGIH®'s Herbert E. Stokinger Award for significant contribution to the field of industrial and environmental toxicology (2005).
Dr. Culver has published extensively in several areas of worker health and safety and continues to do so.
Dr. Culver's scientific contributions to national and international worker health and safety throughout his professional career make him a worthy recipient, and it is with honor that ACGIH® awards him the 2009 William D. Wagner Award.
The William D. Wagner Award, established in 2003, is presented annually to a person in the field of national and international worker health and safety who is an outstanding example of commitment and dedication to the creation and dissemination of occupational exposure values (OEVs).