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countries. As a sub-contractor for the Institute for Rural Water in Washington, D.C., the project was completed for the U.S.' Agency for International Development.
In the 1978-82 time period, the NEHA also received funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide on-site wastewater workshops in each of EPA's regions and for water supply training in Utah. And, the NEHA On-Site Wastewater Committee prepared the 1979 State of the Art Manual for On-Site Wastewater Management. Funding from Mark Nottingham of California enabled NEHA to print this useful field tool which has been sold to many thousands of environmental health professionals. In addition, NEHA was requested by the Indian Health Service, USPHS to review several of its area office programs with the goal of improving the environment of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Educational materials for elementary education in environmental health were developed under funds from the Colorado Employment and Training Act. The Ecopiggy program was used in the Denver Public Schools and several other educational districts in the country. One of the features of all these projects was that they involved members of NEHA in every facet - the manpower evaluation, preparation of the self-paced learning modules, the AID Factsheets, The Indian Health Reviews, the Onsite Wastewater and Water Supply workshops and the elementary education materials. With the completion of the federally funded projects, and having a personal desire to get back into the field of environmental health, Dr. Lawrence Krone resigned his position as NEHA Executive Director to become Director of Environmental Health for the State of Delaware. Other factors in his decision included a declining member ship and lack of funds. The association appeared to be at the bottom of the proverbial barrel, even though during Krone's tenure much had been accomplished that would be of benefit to the association for years to come. With the economic situation as it was, NEHA's Executive Committee, chaired by President Trenton G. Davis, sought the assistance of long time staff member, Ida Frances Marshall, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Health in maintaining the association during the projected four month search for a new executive director. As it happened, the duration was 10 months, and a stressful time. According to Marshall, "Here we were with an entire room full of newly printed Self-Paced Learning Modules and no final marketing plan. We jumped right in and in spite of reduced office space and a staff of only four full time and one part time, we worked full tilt.'' Encourage ment from the entire Executive Committee and association members throughout the country were behind the successful efforts to market the modules and promote member ship during that time.
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A new era was ushered in during the second half of 1983, one which gave members new hope for the profession and the organization, one which is giving professionals more assistance through new training materials, new regional conferences and improved avenues of communication.
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