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94 1970's - Mattie Coney, Indianapolis, Indiana (Citizens Forum) Dr. Edward Press, Health Officer, State of Oregon Dr. Doris Thompson, Health Officer, City of New Orleans William Hill, Erie, Pennsylvania, State Legislator

David M. Bartley, Massachusetts House of Representatives Francis Hatch, Massachusetts House of Representatives William Saltonstall, Massachusetts Senator Dr. Leonard P. Elie!, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Stuart Clarke, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare Arthur E. Williamson, Cheyenne, Wyoming Benjamin J. Reynolds, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Sarah Hirakis, Connecticut James M. Jarrett, U.S. Public Health Service Dr. Merlin K. DuVal Dr. William Cherry, U.S. Public Health Service Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon Robert E. Streicher, U.S. Public Health Service

In the 1980's, no Honorary Membership Awards have been given.

The Walter S. Mangold Award NEHA's Highest Honor

Walter S. Mangold (1896-1978) established a heritage of professional leadership in the field of environmental health. He was an outstanding sanitarian and educator and was also instrumental in founding the Association. He was a man of sterling character, unmeasured charisma, and was committed to giving his very best in all that he did. He was also a forward thinker and a man of action who was highly respected by his colleagues and students. He dedicated his life to the practice of environmental health in an exemplary and superior way, and in so doing became a beacon of excellence and an inspiration for all sanitarians who followed him into the field. It is fitting, therefore, that this award represents the highest honor the Associa- tion can bestow upon a member for outstanding contribu- tions to the professional status of the sanitarian.

Walter S. Mangold

Walter Mangold was the first editor of The Sanitarian, which was the forerunner of the Journal of Environmental Health, serving in that capacity from 1938-1944. He was also the first editor of the official bulletin of the California Association of Sanitarians, which was also called The Sanitarian (1931-1935). Mangold was instrumental in developing the first training class in Los Angeles County in 1930 for sanitary inspection. Through his leadership, a course was established at the University of Southern California in 1934, and shortly after that he motivated a graduate student at the University's School of Government (Grace Loye) to identify the position of Sanitarian through a job analysis. This was later published under the title, "The Sanitarian and His Duties." Mangold then initiated a program of profes- sional education for sanitarians which consisted of 30 units of work leading to the

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