FEDERAL WOMAN'S AWARD

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• Publication Date: November 20, 1975
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FEDERAL WOMAN'S AWARD
News Release
Care of
U. S. Civil Service Com,alsslon
1900 E Street, N. IF.
Washington, D. C. 20415
ADVANCE FOR FRIDAY MORNING NEWSPAPERS, NOVEMBER 21,
NOT TO BE USED BY PRESS, RADIO, OR TV BEFORE
6:30 P.M., EST, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1975
A nuclear physicist, a dentist, a psychologist, a government executive,
a research chemist, and an engineering physicist will be the recipients of
the prestigious Federal Woman's Award for 1975, Mrs. Jayne B. Spain, Vice
Chairman of the Civil Service Commission and Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Federal Woman's Award, announced today.
The six winners were selected from over 160 Federal career women nomi-
nated by their employing agencies, the largest number of nominees to date.
An independent panel of judges selected the winners on the basis of their
outstanding contributions to the quality and efficiency of the Federal career
service, for their influence on major Government programs, and for personal
qualities of leadership, judgment, integrity, and dedication.
The six winners, who will receive their awards at the 15th Annual Fed-
eral Woman's Award Banquet on December 3 at the Shoreham Americana Hotel,
are:
Miss Anita F. Alpern, Assistant Commissioner (Planning and Research),
Internal Revenue Service.
Dr. Beatrice J. Dvorak, Ph.D., Supervisory Personnel Research
Psychologist, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor.
Dr. Evans Hayward, Ph.D., Nuclear Physicist, National Bureau of
Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Mrs. Wilda H. Martinez,Staff,Scientist, National Programs Staff,
Marketing, Nutrition, and Engineering Sciences, Agricultural
Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Dr. Marie U. Nylen, D.D.S., Chief, Laboratory of Biological Structure,
National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Marguerite M. Rogers, Ph.D., Assistant Technical Director for
Systems and Head, Systems Development Department, Naval Weapons
Center, China Lake, California, U.S. Department of the Navy.
The Federal Woman's Award is Government-wide in scope, and is unique
in that it is the only award program in the Federal Government that is
exclusively for women. It was founded in 1960, and the first awards were
presented in the spring of 1961. The award program is administered by a
Board of Trustees of 12 members located in Washington, U.C.
Note to Editors--
Biographical and career data on each of the Award winners and the
names of the five judges for 1975 and the Trustees of the Federal Woman's
Award are attached.
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Anita. F. Alpern is the Assistant.Commissioner (Planning and Research)
for the Internal Revenue Service. She has been employed with the I.R.S.
since 1960 and has been in her present position since April of this year.
During her service with the Internal Revenue Service Miss Alpern devel-
oped new systeni and techniques for analyzing delinquent taxpayer populations.
Her work has had major impact on collection policy and program direction
for some 10,000 employees located in 58 districts nationwide.
She is also the architect of comprehensive data management and evaluation
systems. These are considered "firsts" and perform such functions as fore-
casting workloads, identifying problems, and assessing productivity and work
effectiveness.
Anita Alpern began her career in Government as an economist with the
U.S.Employment 'S.ervice.. She later worked for the Department of Defense
until joining the Internal Revenue Service as a management analyst.
Miss Alpern is the first woman ever to be promoted to a supergrade posi-
tion in the Internal Revenue Service, and she is currently the highest ranking
career woman in the Department of the Treasury. In addition, with her promo-
tion to Assistant Commissioner (Planning and Research) she is one of the few
women to reach the highest level in the Classified Federal Service -- GS-18.
Miss Alpern has authored several articles and participated in many
symposia, sharing her `exp'ertis'e with other public administrators. She is
a special advisor and past Vice President of the National Capital Area
Chapter of the American. Society for Public Administration, and is a member
of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association for the Federal Executive
Institute.
Born in New` York City, Miss Alpern received a B.A. in Political Science
from the University of Wisconsin. In addition, she did graduate work in
Public Administration at Columbia University.
Beatrice J. Dvorak, Ph.D., is a Supervisory Personnel Research Psycholo-
gist with the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of
Labor. She has achieved international recognition in the areas of psycholo-
gical tests and measurements and vocational counseling.
Dr. Dvorak has been the chief architect, developer, and builder of the
Labor Department's test research program since its inception. She has
supervised the development of aptitude, proficiency, and other tests used
as tools in the counseling and placement of public employment service appli-
cants, and of high school students throughout the country.
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One of Dr. Dvorak's most outstanding achievements has been development
of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), a group of tests which measures
9 basic aptitudes important for success in a wide variety of occupations.
Under her leadership, the GATB has become one of the most widely used test
batteries in the world. The GATB (that she also developed in Spanish) made
it possible, for the first time to determine an individual's aptitude quali-
fications for hundreds of occupations by administering a standard group of
tests in a single testing session.
The GATB is in wide demand by private organizations. Each year it is
given to thousands of applicants in public employment service offices. It
is also used by high school counselors and in more than 90 foreign countries.
In addition, Dr. Dvorak h.s developed 465 Specific Aptitude Test Bat-
teries (SATB) us,:U by state employment service offices in serving employers;
the Non-Reading Aptitude Test Battery (NATB) for use by persons with low or
no reading ability; the Basic Occupational Literacy Test (BOLT) developed
for educationally disadvantaged adults, relating scores to occupational needs
rather than school grade. Further, she has developed proficiency tests in
typing, shorthand, and spelling. She has also developed pretesting orienta-
tion techniques to alleviate anxieties of persons scheduled for tests.
Dr. Dvorak, a Phi Beta Kappa, is a native of Minnesota and received her
Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota.
Evans Hayward, Ph.D., is a nuclear physicist with the National Bureau of
Standards. Since coming to work for the NBS in 1950 Dr. Hayward has done
pioneering work in the field of photonuclear physics, achieving for herself
and for the Bureau international recognition in this field.
Her outstanding accomplishments at the National Bureau of Standards
in experimental photonuclear physics have provided the scientific basis for
various practical applications of higher-energy x and gamma radiation.
Dr. Hayward has been the recipient of many outstanding awards, including
a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1961. She has served as co-chairman
of the Gordon Conference on Photonuclear Reactions in 1963, and has lectured
on photonuclear physics in Scotland, Germany, Australia, and Canada. The
Department of Commerce has awarded her their Silver Medal. for Meritorious
Service, and their Gold Medal Award.
Dr. Hayward has authored more than 40 publications gaining for her
recognition as one of the several highest-ranked female nuclear physicists
in the United States. She has been appointed to several high-level advisory
groups, including the Advisory Screening Coniiiii ttee in Physics of the Committee
of International Exchange of Persons. In addition, she is on the Governor's
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Science Advisory Council for the state of Maryland, and was appointed to the
General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Dr. Hayward received her B.A. from Smith College, and her M.A. and Ph.D.
from the University of California in Berkeley. She is married to Raymond W.
Hayward, who is also a physicist with the National Bureau of Standards, and
they have two sons: Ariel, 24, and Pelleas, 22.
Wilda H. Martinez is a staff scientist with the Agricultural Research
Service. Since joining the Department of Agriculture in 1954 she has advanced
from the position of chemist to staff scientist on a national program staff.
Mrs. Martinez' most notable achievement has been the development of
methods for extracting pure protein from cottonseed. Before protein sources
other than meat were being seriously considered by others, she was actively
directing research in the preparation of vegetable proteins for use in food
and in animal feed. She had the foresight to analyze the future need for
such products and promoted their use.
She realized that some of the needed alternate protein sources could be
derived from cottonseed, and initiated critical experiments on cottonseed
protein, resulting in the preparation of 100 percent protein isolates. As
a result of her research, cottonseed is now considered a major protein source
for specific food uses. Already tested in samples of bakery items and meat
products, these protein materials may soon be routinely used as supplements
to products in the food industry. Other protein products derived from cotton-
seed may be used in baby foods, bread, and to replace nonfat dry milk.
A number of private companies have been evaluating these protein products and
processes, and, in some instances, are planning to use them.
A researcher of international reputation, Mrs. Martinez is an active
speaker and emissary of the protein research at the Agricultural Research
Service. She has authored or coauthored 25 publications, holds two patents
with more in preparation, and has presented many papers at industry meetings,
conferences, and symposia.
Mrs. Martinez is a native of New Orleans. She received a B.A. degree
in chemistry from H. Sophie Newcomb College and did graduate work in chemistry
at Tulane University, Iowa State University, and the University of California
at Berkeley. Her daughter Lyra, 23, is a teacher in New Orleans.
Marie U. Nylen, D.D.S., is the Chief of the Laboratory of Biological
Structure of the National Institute of Dental Research of N.I.H. She
is one of the world's foremost experts not only on the morphology, or
structure of tooth enamel, but also on the use of the electron microscope.
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The range of Dr. Nylen's research is considerable, and has advanced
scientific knowledge in several related fields. Her studies have ranged
over such areas as the submicroscop level of cell structure, the mineral-
ization and calcification of tissue, and the structure and extracellular
products of microorganisms. All of these areas are directly related to the
morphology of teeth.
When Dr. Nylen photographed the crystal lattice of tooth enamel, using
the electron microscope, she was the first to demonstrate the characteristics
of biological substances at the atomic level. In 1970 the International
Association of Dental Research recognized her work in mineralization and
crystallization processes of oral tissues with an award. And her studies
of the effects of the antibiotic tetracycline on dental enamel have led to
restrictions on its use.
Dr. Nylen has written over 40 publications, many of which are definitive
in their field. In 1969 she was awarded the DHEW Superior Service Award,
and in 1970 she received the International Association of Dental Research
Award. She was given an honorary degree of Doctor of Odontology by the
Royal Dental College in Copenhagen.
Dr. Nylen is a native of Denmark. She received her D.D.S. degree from
the Royal Dental College in Copenhagen. She taught there as an Assistant
Professor until working as a visiting scientist at the National Institute
of Dental Research. She has been in her present position since 1969.
She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and is married to Aage R. Nylen, who
is General Manager of the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel. They have three
children: Ingrid, Erik, and Thomas.
Marguerite M. Rogers, Ph.D., is the Assistant Technical Director for
Systems and Head, Systems Development Department of the Naval Weapons
Center in China Lake, California.
Dr. Rogers is this country's leading authority in the field of air-
launched conventional weapons and conventional weapon effectiveness. Her
accomplishments include direction of the development of some 30 weapons
and warheads. Her evaluation of possible weapon concepts for the Navy has
had an effect on major Government programs and other Federal agencies.
Dr. Rogers' career combines academic work and Government service. She
was a member of the faculty of the University of Houston, and has worked
as a Research Associate at the University of North Carolina, where she
published significant papers on the properties of steel. She served
as Professor of Physics and Head of the Science Division at Columbia
College in South Carolina, and spent one year as a lecturer in Physics
at the Royal Technical College in England.
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Her career in Government includes working for the Naval Avionics Facility
in Indianapolis, where she was Head of the Optics Section of the Research
Department, working for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and then the
Naval Ordnance Test Station in California, where she made significant person-
al contributions to analytical studies of various conventional weapons.
Dr. Rogers consistently advanced to positions of greater responsibility
and authority in the Naval Ordnance Test Station, and her work was contin-
ually recognized -- she received a Superior Accomplishment Award in 1959
and a Sustained Superior Performance Award in 1959. From 1962 to 1966
Dr. Rogers was the Head of the Air to Surface Weapons Division which
developed Freefall weapons. She was awarded a Superior Civilian Service
Award in 1966 as well as the Harvey Knowles Award of the American
Ordnance Association.
She was appointed Head of the Weapons Systems Analysis Division of the
Naval Weapons Center in 1966. Her duties were broadened to include design
analysis and evaluation of a broader spectrum of weapons. Her leadership
in a special study group in 1968 formed to survey and evaluate all existing
and projected Naval weapons earned her another Superior Accomplishment Award.
Dr. Rogers, a Phi Beta Kappa, earned her doctorate from Rice Institute
in Houston, Texas, in Physics. She has authored or coauthored more than 83
publications in her field.
She now lives in Ridgecrest, California, and is the mother of 5 children:
Alexander, Fred Terry, Charles, Robert, and Alison.
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FEDERAL WOMAN`S AWARD JUDGES --*1975
Mr. Irving Kator
Attorney, and former
Assistant Executive Director
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Mrs. Elizabeth Koontz
Coordinator for Nutritional Programs
North Carolina State Department
of Human Resources
Raleigh, North Carolina
Ms. Olga M. Madar
President
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Detroit, Michigan
Dr. Ruth H. Osborn
Assistant Dean of the College of
General Studies for Continuing
Education for Women
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Isabelle Shelton
Washington Star Reporter
and Syndicated Columnist
Washington, D.C.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FEDERAL WOMAN'S AWARD
Chairman
Mrs. Jayne B. Spain
Vice Chairman
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Joseph B. Danzansky
President
Giant Food, Inc.
Dr. Allen V. Astin
Director Emeritus
National Bureau of Standards
Honorable Sylvia Bacon
Judge
Superior Court of the
District of Columbia
Mrs. Helen Del i ch Bentley
Chairman
Federal Maritime Commission
Benjamin C. Bradlee
Executive Editor
The Washington Post
Miss Miriam Ottenberg
Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter
The Washington Star
Dr. Bennetta B. Washington
Special Assistant to the
Assistant Secretary for Manpower
Department of Labor
Miss Barbara M. Watson
Attorney, and former Administrator
Bureau of Security and Consular
Affairs
Department of State
Founder and Honorary Member
Mrs. Barbara Bates Gunderson
Rapid City, South Dakota
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