INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHEMICAL TESTING
KURT M. DUBOWSKI AWARD
PURPOSE:To recognize individuals who have made outstanding career long contributions consistent with the ideals and achievements of University of Oklahoma George Lynn Cross Distinguished Professor of Medicine Dr. Kurt M. Dubowski. These contributions will be in the area of chemical testing in relation to transportation or workplace safety.
SPONSOR:Sponsored by the International Association for Chemical Testing and endowed through the generosity of Dr. Kurt M. Dubowski in memory of his esteemed friend and colleague Professor Robert F. Borkenstein.
QUALIFICATIONS:Persons nominated must, through a minimum of twenty years of active service in the field of alcohol/drugs and workplace or transportation safety, have contributed to that field to a degree that their achievements have been recognized nationally or internationally. A minimum of ten years of active and productive involvement as a member of the International Association for Chemical Testing must be shown. Career contributions will have been in one or more of the following areas: (1) alcohol/drug education; (2) legal matters, including prosecution, defense, adjudication, or research of alcohol/drug -related cases; (3) human factors -- the involvement in scientific research and studies of alcohol/drugs and the medical/physiological/psychological aspects of alcohol/drugs and workplace or transportation safety; (4) technology-toxicological procedures involving alcohol/drugs and development and evaluation of techniques; and (5) action programs -- law enforcement, legislation, public information, intervention efforts, and other factors related to alcohol/drugs and transportationor workplace safety.
RULES:Nominations must be submitted to the International Association for Chemical Testing, Inc. through its Board of Directors by July 1 for consideration of presentation the following year.
Upon receipt of a nomination, the President will appoint five IACT members in good standing, giving preference to Dubowski and Rayburn Award laureates to serve as an Award Jury. The jury will consist of a voting chair appointed by the President plus four additional members.Each nomination presented will be reviewed by the Award Jury for appropriateness and qualifications of the nominee.
Nominations must be made on the appropriate form available from the IACT, Inc. Board of Directors.
Not more than one award may be granted in any single year; but awards need not be granted each year.
APPROVAL:Upon an affirmative endorsement of the Award Jury, the nomination will be further submitted to the IACT, Inc. Board of Directors for final determination of award recipients.
PRESENTATION:The award recipient is to be notified in writing by the IACT President as a means of official notification and to record and archive the nomination process.
The award recipient will be recognized at the annual meeting of the International Association for Chemical Testing, Inc., or an affair attendant to such annual meeting, or other time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors.
The award recipient shall not be required to give a professional presentation or perform any other service at the time of the presentation of the award.
PUBLICITY:Publicity for the award will be provided by the International Association for Chemical Testing, Inc. Publication Committee.
AWARD:The award shall consist of a plaque with appropriate inscription denoting the career long achievements and a monetary prize from the award's endowment fund, approved by the Treasurer, and ratified by the Board of Directors.
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