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ACGIH is a 501(c)(3) charitable scientific organization that advances occupational and environmental health.
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ACGIH advances the careers of professionals working in the occupational and environmental health, industrial hygiene, and safety communities interested in defining their science.
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- Science
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This section has been established to help educate industry, government, and the public on what TLVs and BEIs are, and how TLVs and BEIs may best be used.
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- Career Development
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ACGIH is committed to providing its members and other occupational and environmental health professionals with the training and education they need to excel in their profession.
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ACGIH has publications in many different areas that fit your needs in your field.
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ACGIH Digital Library
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- Foundation
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The Foundation for Occupational Health & Safety (FOHS) is a 501(c)(3) corporation fostering the expanded establishment of occupational exposure values throughout the world.
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The Meritorious Achievement Award is given to members of ACGIH who have made outstanding, long-term contributions to the field of occupational health and environmental hygiene. The recipient of the 2022 Meritorious Achievement Award is Jonathan F. Hale, MPA.
Jonathan Hale is the founder and owner of Air Systems Corporation, an innovator in the industrial pollution-control industry. Mr. Hale has also worked as an EPA inspector and permits engineer. He is the winner of two national level ASHRAE awards for excellence in energy efficient design of industrial ventilation systems and is the co-chair of the North Carolina Industrial Ventilation Conference. Mr. Hale obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Wake Forest University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Appalachian State University. He is Chair of the ACGIH Industrial Ventilation Committee.
Previous Award Recipients
- 1957 — Members of the Industrial Ventilation Committee (past and present)
- 1958 — Members of the Committee on Threshold Limits (past and present)
- 1959 — Lester M. Petrie, MD
- 1960 — Thomas F. Mancuso, MD
- 1961 — Hervey B. Elkins, PhD, CIH
- 1962 — No award presented
- 1963 — George Hama
- 1964 — Victoria Trasko
- 1965 — Herbert E. Stokinger, PhD
- 1966 — John C. Soet
- 1967 — Andrew D. Hosey, CIH
- 1968 — William G. Fredrick, ScD
- 1969 — John J. Bloomfield
- 1970 — Catherine Chambers, RN
- 1971 — E. Lynn Schall
- 1972 — Marcus M. Key, MD
- 1973 — Warren A. Cook
- 1974 — U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency
- 1975 — Edward Baier, CIH
- 1976 — Henry N. Doyle, CIH
- 1977 — Members of the Threshold Limit Values for Physical Agents (TLV-PA) Committee (past and present)
- 1978 — James C. Barrett
- 1979 — Charles D. “Pete” Yaffe, CIH
- 1980 — Duncan A. Holaday, CIH
- 1981 — Christine Einert, MD
- 1982 — Dohrman H. Byers, CIH
- 1983 — Mary Louise Brown
- 1984 — Irving H. Davis, CIH
- 1985 — Harry J. Ettinger, CIH
- 1986 — Herbert H. Jones, CIH
- 1987 — William D. Wagner
- 1988 — William D. Kelley
- 1989 — Vera Fiserova-Bergerova Thomas, PhD
- 1990 — Vernon E. Rose, DrPH, CIH
- 1991 — Robert L. Harris, PhD
- 1992 — Charles E. Adkins, CIH
- 1993 — Jeffrey S. Lee, PhD, CIH
- 1994 — R. Jerry Sherwood, SM, CIH, CEng (UK)
- 1995 — Howard E. Ayer, CIH
- 1996 — John Doull, PhD, MD
- 1997 — William D. Wagner
- 1998 — Sidney Case Soderholm, PhD, and James H. Vincent, PhD, DSc
- 1999 — Dave K. Verma, PhD, CIH, ROH
- 2000 — William Burgess
- 2001 — Morton Corn, Ph.D., CSP
- 2002 — Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances (TLV-CS) Committee (past and present members) and the Industrial Hygiene Section of the Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance Branch (HETAB) of NIOSH (past and present members)
- 2003 — Scott E. Merkle, CIH
- 2004 — Morton Lippmann, PhD, CIH
- 2005 — Robert T. Hughes, MSME, PE
- 2006 — Patrick N. Breysse, PhD, CIH
- 2007 — Lisa M. Brosseau, ScD, CIH
- 2008 — Michael S. Morgan, ScD, CIH
- 2009 — Gyan S. Rajhans, ROH, CIH, PE
- 2010 — Patricia Stewart, PhD, CIH
- 2011 — Jimmy L. Perkins, PhD, CIH
- 2012 — John M. Dement, PhD, CIH
- 2013 — Carol Rice, PhD, CIH
- 2014 — Beverly S. Cohen, PhD
- 2015 — D. Jeff Burton, MS, PE
- 2016 — Stephen J. Reynolds, PhD, CIH, FAIHA
- 2017 — J. Torey Nalbone, PhD, CIH, FAIHA
- 2018 — Robert F. Herrick, ScD, CIH
- 2019 — Lynn C. O’Donnell, CIH
- 2020 — Thomas J. Armstrong, PhD, CIH
- 2021 — Mary V. O’Reilly, PhD, CIH, CPE