News from Lockheed Martin Energy Systems and Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation
Number 14 September 25, 1997

Entrepreneurial leave
Greenhouse-gas technologies
New ethics and business conduct survey
Benefit plans open enrollments
Lab Lines
     Cassini mission
     Mir
     Remembering
LM scholarships
In the System
     Portsmouth technology tour
Marilyn Lloyd recognized for years of service
Volunteers needed
Share the Ride
     ETTP
     Y-12
     ORNL
Service Anniversaries
     ETTP
     Paducah
     ORNL
     Y-12
Retirees' Roundup
Retirements
Readers...

Entrepreneurial leave boosts employee ventures

Entrepreneurial leave helped Wayne Neff make a success of his start-up firm at ETTP.

ith ever-shrinking federal budgets and fewer positions on the Lockheed Martin payroll, Energy Systems and ORNL are helping employees help themselves by enabling them to become their own bosses through a program called entrepreneurial leave.

Wayne Neff, who took entrepreneurial leave from Energy Systems, has licensed "ENVIRO-CP," a recycling technology, and is working with his start-up company, Electroless Plating Recycling Systems, at East Tennessee Technology Park facilities through a user agreement.

Employees with at least two years of company service may apply for the program, which requires an absence of at least six months that may be extended to three years.

"Without the opportunities Lockheed Martin has made available, this venture would not have been possible," said Neff. Entrepreneurial leave freed Neff to contribute his expertise with the technology to building a private business around it. The start-up company is now considering a leasing arrangement, made possible because of the privatization of ETTP, that will provide the new business economical space to grow.

Lockheed Martin Oak Ridge start-ups Electroless Plating Recycling Systems, LLC Develops machines that recycle chemicals used in nickel-plating work Genase, LLC Creates and sells enzyme that "stonewashes" denim fabric Optical Biopsy, LLC Provides noninvasive laser used to detect cancer cells Fast Technology, LLC Develops environmental-waste cleanup technology

"Electroless Plating Recycling Systems is using space that fits its needs and that otherwise may have been underused," said Bill Bostick, Materials Chemistry Lab department head, who helped arrange the agreement. Obtaining space from ETTP also was valuable because it offered the new company access to the same development lab, with specialized resources, that was originally used for inventing the technology, Bostick explained.

Acquiring the necessary equipment otherwise would have been prohibitively expensive for the company, Neff said.

"I was offered support throughout the process—from taking entrepreneurial leave to licensing the technology from the Office of Technology Transfer to developing a business plan and finding venture capital with Innovative Ventures Corporation and Venture Alliance."

Innovative Ventures Corporation is a not-for-profit corporation founded by Lockheed Martin in Oak Ridge that assists entrepreneurs in developing businesses that use DOE technologies commercially, and Venture Alliance is a venture capital firm that helps secure financing for start-up businesses.

"Entrepreneurial leave makes good sense," said Bill Martin, former vice president for technology transfer who retired July 31. "DOE can provide technical assistance as entrepreneurs commercialize the license, and with reindustrialization, we also can provide special lease arrangements of world-class facilities." So far, four employees have made use of the entrepreneurial leave benefit.

"The opportunities have allowed us to build a system and to prove that it is operational on a continuous-mode basis. We are now marketing the process to large plating operations and negotiating to install production units in the plating facilities," Neff said.

ENVIRO-CP recycles chemicals used in nickel plating, a process often used to coat computer, automobile, electronics and aerospace parts with a protective layer of nickel. The nickel layer improves resistance to corrosion and wear. The technology originally was developed with funds through DOE Defense Programs.

Employees who have an idea for commercializing a DOE technology can schedule an appointment to discuss entrepreneurial leave with Dave Jamison of the Office of Technology Transfer (576-9679, dfj@ornl.gov). In the past, would-be entrepreneurs had to moonlight or quit. "Now, if you're successful with your spin-off, you can hire some management and come back to the Lockheed Martin payroll and invent something else," said Martin.—T.M.P.

Technology for the environment

New technologies can make a significant contribution to greenhouse-gas reduction without hurting the economy.

hink of all the energy technologies that have emerged from ORNL in the past few decades. Combine them with new technologies born in all of the other national laboratories and research institutions.

From all of that, assemble a scientifically sound, economically reasonable and commercially feasible energy research policy report of about 100 pages that presents a convincing case for the value of technologies for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. And do it in a very short time.

Now you can understand why things have been a little frenzied in the offices of the Life Sciences and Environmental Technologies directorate.

Associate Director Dave Reichle is heading an effort with counterpart Stan Bull of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to produce a document for the DOE national labs called "Technology Opportunities for Reducing U.S. Greenhouse-Gas Emissions."

The effort springs from a challenge President Clinton made to his cabinet this summer and a pledge in a June 26 United Nations speech to commit to develop technologies that foster economic development while reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.

Clinton's remarks and the resulting technology report come before the third installment in a series of UN-sponsored environmental summits that began at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The U.S. delegation to December's summit in Kyoto, Japan, is expected to play a leading role in negotiations on an international treaty to reduce greenhouse- gas emissions.

"We must do better, and we will."

—President Clinton

Clinton told the UN, "Frankly, our record since Rio is not sufficient. We have been blessed with high rates of growth and millions of new jobs over the last few years, but that has led to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions in spite of the adoption of new conservation practices. So we must do better, and we will."

Greenhouse gases are various gases that many scientists suspect are a cause of global warming trends. The rub with eradicating them from the U.S. economy's output is that it is widely believed doing so would wreck the balance sheets of many industries that depend on processes that produce those gases. Reichle believes that it doesn't have to be that way. He believes, and the report will show, that R&D can provide answers.

"New technologies can give us the ability to reduce greenhouse gases without a significant impact on the economy," Reichle said in an interview sandwiched between conference calls and strategy meetings. "Some say climate change isn't even occurring. We don't want to get into that debate.

"We want to show that, through a strategic alliance of public and private partners over a time frame reaching beyond the year 2030, new technologies can make a significant contribution to greenhouse-gas reduction without hurting the economy."

Two of DOE's energy labs, ORNL and NREL, were asked to assume the lead when Energy Secretary Federico Peña directed DOE's national labs to assemble a report of technology pathways to greenhouse-gas reduction.

The technology pathways, about 50 in the report, range from intelligent buildings and alternative-fuel vehicles to more efficient power generation and solar and wind energy. The report also will cover fossil power generation, industrial processes and transportation advancements that are more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.

Specific examples include fuel cells for heating, cooling and powering commercial buildings; advanced membrane technology for chemical separation; and clean diesel for light trucks and sport utility vehicles.

A number of these technologies reflect R&D performed at ORNL. They all represent a dividend in the investment the nation has made so far in basic and advanced energy technologies.

The ORNL-NREL team's primary effort is to document for the secretary and the administration that a comprehensive, technology-based strategy is a good idea. The 11 DOE labs estimate that an effective strategy will require more than a $1 billion increment to the nation's current R&D directed at these technologies.

At ORNL, Center for Global Environmental Studies Director Mike Farrell, Deputy Director of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Marilyn Brown and Energy Technology Programs Director John Sheffield have been analyzing and documenting findings. Brenda Campbell, executive secretary, and Deborah Counce, the project's technical editor, have been handling the influx of information from other labs and institutions, assisted by a host of support staff.

The project also has involved a number of ORNL scientific staff members working on interlaboratory technical groups.

The fruit of their labors very well could emerge at Kyoto if the United States arrives with a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gases. Reichle is quick to add that the gains will be far more than environmental.

"New technologies, besides reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, also give you new markets, especially export opportunities; less energy consumption; and even less costly energy," he said. "It makes sense for this nation to invest in energy and environmental research."B.C.

Flyers, Web site address M&I contract questions Commonly asked questions about the M&I contract transition on April 1, 1998, are being addressed in a series of flyers distributed through the plant mail to Energy Systems and ORNL employees. Subjects range from employee benefits to how labor relations will be affected by the transition. The question-and-answer lists were developed by the EMEF Transition Team that has been formed by Energy Systems to facilitate a smooth transition to an M&I contractor. In addition to the flyers, the questions and answers are being posted on the new Transition News home page at www-internal.ornl.gov/emefhome/transition/transnews.htm. For additional paper copies of the flyer, contact the Energy Systems Community Relations Office, 576-4006.

New survey seeks perceptions on ethics

Thanks to everyone for participating e want to take this opportunity to thank all staff members for their participation in the recent ethics awareness training; this year the training was well received and was done smoothly and effectively. Both companies reached 100 percent participation right on schedule. One of the reasons the deadline for completion of the training was early this year is that the corporation wants to conduct a follow-up survey on "business conduct" and get the results out to all employees before the end of the year. Thus, it was necessary to have the training completed before starting the survey. You may recall that two years ago there was a similar survey, and the results of it, which were presented in the ethics training sessions a year ago, caused some concern throughout the corporation. This year, the survey will be similar to the one two years ago, and we hope the results will be somewhat more encouraging. We both wish to emphasize the importance of each and every employee participating in this survey and taking the time to provide honest and thoughtful answers to the questions. The survey is conducted by the Ethics Resource Center (ERC), an independent organization, and the completed forms are to be sent back to ERC in a pre-addressed envelope. By the time you receive this issue of Ridgelines, the survey will be in the process of distribution through your division. Please submit the completed survey to ERC by the October 31 deadline. This is your chance to express your opinion regarding what we do and how we do it. We strongly suggest that you don't miss this opportunity. Al Trivelpiece, Director, ORNL Bob Van Hook President, Energy Systems

lease fill it out and send it in.
Copies of Lockheed Martin's new ethics and business conduct survey are being distributed to all employees through their divisions, and the corporation wants your input.

About 15 percent of ORNL and Energy Systems employees responded to the survey two years ago. Ethics officers Steve Stow and Charlene Edwards stress that all employees should complete the new one. The more comprehensive the response, they say, the better idea the company will have about employees' perceptions concerning ethical situations.

"With more people responding, we hope we can more accurately determine where concerns with ethics are," said Stow, ORNL's officer. Energy Systems' Edwards echoed: "Full participation will give the companies a much better idea about where we need to focus our efforts to improve."

Stow and Edwards pointed out some differences that should improve survey participation and information. A big difference is that this time employees are encouraged to fill in the form while at work; the last time they weren't.

Also, this year's survey results will be available by sites, which should provide a clearer picture of the issues. Two years ago the ORNL and Energy Systems contracts were not yet split and responses weren't differentiated.

Lockheed Martin boosted its ethics awareness efforts with the popular Ethics Challenge training course featuring Dilbert. Ethics posters and Web pages also have aimed at better awareness during a tumultuous time of contract changes and downsizing.

The survey, however, is a very important meter of attitudes about ethical issues. Results will be shared with employees beginning with coverage in Lockheed Martin Today's November­December issue. For better or worse, Stow and Edwards say, the form in that large white envelope is well worth a few minutes of your time.—B.C.

Don't miss October's open enrollments

Changes and additions to the medical and dental plans can also be made by long-term disability participants and retirees and spouses under the age of 65. Change opportunities include

• changing from CIGNA to Healthsource or vice versa or re-enrolling in the companies' medical plans;
• adding or changing Special Accident Insurance elections, effective Dec. 1, 1997. Beginning January 1998 enrollments and changes will be allowed any time during the year;
• electing Health Care and Dependent Care Spending Accounts for 1998;
• changing before-tax or after-tax medical or dental premium deduction elections; and
• a final opportunity to take dental plan coverage if you failed to do so when the new plan was originally offered in 1996­1997. No future open enrollments are planned for the dental plan.

CIGNA and Healthsource representatives will be available at 701 Scarboro Road to answer questions on

• October 9, 7:30 a.m.­5 p.m., lobby Conference Room;
• October 9, 7­8:30 p.m., Room 132­134 (enter through the training center entrance for this session); and
• October 10, 7:30 a.m.-12 noon, Lobby Conference Room.

Forms and rates for all of these plans are available through the Benefit Plans office at 701 Scarboro Road, Room B-245, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Check with Benefit Plans for more details at 574-1556.

LabLines

Cassini power comes from Oak Ridge

Oak Ridge's outreach is again about to attain an interplanetary scale. NASA plans to launch its long-awaited Cassini mission to Saturn in October. The space probe's systems will be powered by radioisotope thermoelectric generators, or RTGs, which use plutonium dioxide for fuel. Although spacecraft nearer the sun such as the Mars Global Surveyor can use solar power, nuclear power is about the only feasible alternative when you're as far away from the sun as Saturn and require as much power as Cassini.

The presence of Pu-238 on the spacecraft has elicited outcry from some who cite the possibility of accidents. One reason NASA can vouch for the safety of the RTGs is the fuel's iridium alloy cladding, which was developed and produced by ORNL's Metals and Ceramics Division. The iridium alloy is highly resistant to heat and impact. Thorough testing has demonstrated that the cladding would keep the fuel intact in case of a mishap during the mission.

The clad vent sets that encase the fuel (shown at right) have been produced at the Y-12 Plant since the early 1990s. According to the M&C Division's Peyton Moore, who manages the RTG program, the Oak Ridge combination of R&D and manufacturing is hard to beat, especially in producing such a complex and ultrasafe design.

The Cassini mission is not the first time the RTGs have been used. They also have successfully powered other deep space exploration spacecraft, including the two Voyagers and Pioneers, Galileo, and Ulysses. In addition, two RTG-powered missions are currently being planned—the Europa Orbiter and the Pluto Express.

Mir woes won't thwart crystal science

"Some of the protein crystals grown in space have been quite large," he said. "We need to work with NASA to learn how to grow them routinely large so that we can do neutron diffraction."

Bunick has customarily used X-ray diffraction to study the structure of macromolecules. For neutron studies they must be larger to compensate for the reduced flux of neutrons.

"Neutron analysis is desirable because it shows hydrogen atoms, which are normally invisible to X-rays, and water molecules including the hydrogens," Bunick said. "Neutrons also can unambiguously distinguish between carbon, nitrogen and oxygen atoms.

"The positions of atoms are more precisely determined in neutron diffraction than in X-ray diffraction. Among other things, that's useful for developing pharmaceuticals and improving protein folding models," he said.

Remembering a noteworthy pair

As an engineer Morgan excelled at creating molecular ion beams for fusion research. At his memorial service, retired ORNL Deputy Director Murray Rosenthal also remarked on Morgan's soothing skills as a manager: "His co-workers developed a trust and regard for him that allowed him to create harmony and cooperation where there might otherwise have been dissension and stress," Rosenthal said.

George Parker in the laboratory, 1946.

George Parker died on September 6 after a career at ORNL that spanned more than half a century. As a college kid in 1943, Parker correctly guessed what the mysterious project near Clinton was all about and landed a job at the University of Chicago. He came to ORNL during the war and participated in chemical separations research that formed the basis of the radioisotope industry.

Parker told many interesting stories about the early years of nuclear science—about babysitting for Nobel laureates and seeing some of the world's first plutonium. He retired last year, but kept working at the Lab until he took ill.

Obituary

Sam Spangler died September 8. He was 53. Spangler was an engineer in the Defense Programs Organization at the Y-12 Plant. He had worked there since 1968.

1999 corporate scholarship competition begins in October

Energy Systems president Bob Van Hook (left) and ORNL Director Al Trivelpiece (right) recently hosted this year's area Lockheed Martin Scholarship winners at a reception. Beginning second from left, they are Guy Temple of Oak Ridge; Valerie Diden of Wartburg; Cicely Williams of Farragut; and Laura Johnson, Amanda Wilburn and Erica Chisholm of Oak Ridge. Already enrolled in college was Anthony Edgcumbe of Oak Ridge. Photo by Curtis Boles

One hundred college undergraduate scholarships are offered annually for children of employees. Each scholarship award totals $12,000—that's $3,000 per year for up to four years of undergraduate study.

Interested students must apply in their junior year of high schoolthat's one year in advance of their planned high school graduation. The application deadline is Jan. 30, 1998, for students graduating in 1999. Students graduating in 1998 must have submitted their entry forms by Jan. 31, 1997, to be eligible.

The competition is conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of academic record throughout high school, significant activities and contributions to the school and community, test scores, and the high school's recommendation. Winners are announced in the spring of their graduation year.

For children of employees to be eligible, the employee must have been employed full-time by the corporation for at least two years as of Jan. 1, 1999, and must be on the active payroll at the time the award is announced. Children of employees retired from active service are also eligible.

Children of disabled or deceased employees are eligible if the disabled employee was full-time for two years prior to the date he or she was placed on long-term disability, and if the employee's death occurred no more than two years prior to Jan. 1, 1999, and the employee had been on the active payroll for a total of at least two years prior to date of death.

Entry forms for the scholarship program are available through the Educational Assistance Office, 241-4469. For more information on the scholarship program, contact Chris Krinock at corporate headquarters, (301) 897-6220.

In the System

Portsmouth technology tour draws experts nationwide

Conference attendees check out ground-water treatment technology.

The conference included briefings on five different soil and groundwater treatment technologies being studied as part of the cleanup program. The tour provided participants with an opportunity to observe three technology demonstrations under way at locations on the plant site.

"Portsmouth has been in the forefront for technology development initiatives," said John Sheppard, deputy site manager for DOE's Portsmouth Site Office. "These studies are providing valuable information to assist in the cleanup efforts here and determine remediation techniques that can be transferred to other facilities."

Skip Chamberlain, representing the DOE-Headquarters Technology Development office in Germantown, Maryland, stated the conference provided "a chance to get the word out about the excellent work that is being done here, and get these technologies to other sites."

Environmental protection agency representatives from the states of Ohio, Kentucky, South Carolina, New Jersey, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida attended the tour, as well as officials from the Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton.

Well represented

Former U.S. Rep. Marilyn Lloyd (left) poses with ORNL's award-winning researcher Liane Russell during a 1996 visit.

n October 10, ORNL will express its gratitude for a public servant's long and continuous support of both the Laboratory and science overall. That's when a sizable portion of the west end of the Lab will be dedicated to former U.S. Rep. Marilyn Lloyd.

Lloyd was elected to Congress in 1974 and served the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Oak Ridge, until she retired in 1995. During that time, the Chattanooga resident served on and led committees that oversaw much of the nation's investment and policymaking on science issues. Lloyd, the state's only woman U.S. representative, claims to have brought more federal funds into her district than any other Tennessean in history. Much of it supported programs at Oak Ridge.

Lloyd became chairman of the Energy Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology committee, where she guided a number of energy policy legislative acts, including those that supported DOE's energy research programs. Among those efforts were legislation backing fusion energy research and the Isotope Production and Distribution Program.

She underscored her recognition of the importance of both science and Oak Ridge to her district when she chose to remain as chair of the energy subcommittee, even after obtaining enough seniority to chair a subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee.

Former ORNL Deputy Director Murray Rosenthal noted that one of Lloyd's more conspicuous contributions was leading efforts to get ORNL's name changed back from Holifield National Laboratory in 1975.

Lloyd's 20 years in Congress, a record among Tennessee representatives, will be noted with the October 10 dedication of the Marilyn Lloyd Environmental and Life Sciences Complex, which comprises most of the Environmental Sciences Division's labs and offices on the west end of the Lab. Numerous officials and dignitaries have been invited to attend, including her Third District successor, Rep. Zach Wamp, who is slated to speak. ORNL Director Al Trivelpiece will lead the ceremony.

"I am pleased that we have this opportunity to recognize the sustained and effective political and moral support that Marilyn Lloyd has provided for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory," Trivelpiece said. "This expression of our appreciation does not begin to properly thank Marilyn for all that she has done, and continues to do, for us, the 3rd District, Tennessee, and our nation."

Since retiring from Congress, Lloyd has remained active as ever in science issues and with Oak Ridge. She is a member of the Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation board of directors and has been appointed to the Secretary of Energy's advisory board. She also consults for the Spectrum Group and for Lockheed Martin Corporation.B.C.

Last chance this year;
Help the Smokies October 25

Our volunteers have already gained some fame: A PBS special, "Great Smoky Mountains: Code Blue," features shots of previous sessions at Metcalf Bottoms. The show is set to air October 2. Watch the listings.

This time, volunteers will rebuild picnic table pads and paint table legs that were not completed in last fall's sessions at the picnic area. Work will start at 8:30 a.m. and continue until about 4 p.m.

Bob Presley, coordinator for the project, 574-1898, encourages folks to do it again: "We need a good turnout this fall to finish off this year's project."

Share the Ride

ETTP

Van pool riders needed from Holston Hills Shopping Center and Walker Springs Road to all portals. Contact Paul Armstrong, pager 873-7940, for more information.

Car pool driver needed to share driving from Karns area to Portal 1 or 2, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact Annette,
574-2058, or Rosemary, 574-8825.

Ride needed from West Town Mall area to Portal 3 for the 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. shift. Contact Beverly Henderson, 576-6817.

Y-12

Two seats available from South Knoxville (John Sevier Highway at Neubert Springs Road to Alcoa Highway to I-40) going to any portal for the 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. shift. Contact Gene Sayne, 574-3477, or home 573-7539, or beeper 301-4596.

Van pool riders needed from the Powell/I-75 area or Karns to all portals for the 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. shift. Contact Claude Hall, 576-7780, or home 947-4236.

Van pool riders needed from Cumberland Estates Shopping Center to all portals for the 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. shift. Contact Bill Shipwash, 574-0180 or 539-4500.

Ride needed from intersection of Highways 321 and 95 to Central Portal for the 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. or 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. shift. Contact Margaret Glass, 988-3727.

Van pool from Rockwood/Kingston to all portals for the 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. shift. Contact Tommy Roberts, 574-2608 or 354-4398.

ORNL

Van pool rider needed from Halls, Powell or Karns for the 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. shift. Call Dennis Boyd, 574-4220 or 947-7853, for more information.

Rider needed for car pool from Sunchase Apartments/North Cedar Bluff area to Bldg. 6025 for 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. or 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. shift. Contact 576-5779.

Van pool ride available, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. shift, and between ORNL and Fountain City, Clinton Highway, Powell, Karns areas. Contact Gary Shepherd, 574-5002, 687-5721.

Service Anniversaries

ETTP

30 years: Henry R. Woods and Gerald D. Stohler, Operations; Michael T. Somers, Waste Management; Narvel M. Martin, Protective Services; Jack L. Williams, Information Technology Services; Robert D. Bryant, Engineering; James D. Tedder, Quality Services

25 years: Robert A. Lee, Maintenance; Jimmy T. Duncan and James E. Russell, Operations; Rhonda L. Guinn and John E. Fellers, Waste Management; Gail S. Sweeden, Information Mgmt. Services; Benny J. Scott, ASO Customer Services; Hannah L. Powell, Environmental Restoration

20 years: Marvin D. Yarber and Linda J. Cupp, Health and Safety; Michael J. Harvey, Operations; Jama B. Hill, Business Management; Charles T. Neal, Judith M. Smith and Opal N. Burchfield, Waste Management; Stroddy M. Curry, Protective Services; Albert J. Klein, DSRD; James H. Maupin, Quality Services

Paducah

ORNL

35 years: Mildred B. Sears, Chemical Technology

30 years: George D. Kerr, Life Sciences; Joseph B. Knauer Jr., Chemical Technology; William B. Dress Jr., Instrumentation and Controls; Chain T. Liu, Metals and Ceramics; Richard L. Wallace, Engineering Technology; Andrew Fadnek, Fusion Energy; Ova C. Duck Jr., and Elston W. Brooks, Plant and Equipment; Thomas N. Muncy, Instrumentation and Controls; James G. Owens and Charles D. Farmer, Environmental Sciences; Michael R. Guerin, Chemical and Analytical Sciences

25 years: Robert A. Vines, Instrumentation and Controls; Ronald D. Sharp, Computational Physics and Engineering; Shafik K. Iskander, Metals and Ceramics; Theodore Kaplan, Computer Science and Mathematics; Dennis W. Swaney, Plant and Equipment; Larry L. Dowdell, Laboratory Protection; Betty J. Rogers, Waste Management and Remedial Action; Angela D. Hale, ORNL Engineering

20 years: Ruby J. Henderson, Life Sciences; Norma J. Hensley, Taner Uckan and Charles R. Schaich, Instrumentation and Controls; Brian A. Worley, Computational Physics and Engineering; Stan A. David, Metals and Ceramics; Terry J. Blasing, Brendan J. Kirby and Linda G. Berry, Energy; Jeanie M. Shover and Nancy A. Markham, Engineering Technology; John Sheffield and Teresa S. Baer, Central Management Offices; Joyce A. Davis, Glenn D. Morgan, James C. Watson and Gordon L. Sanders, Plant and Equipment; John C. Glowienka, Quality Services; David P. Vineyard and Timothy E. Golden, Instrument and Controls; Mark E. Baldwin, Safety and Health Protection; Steven A. Hamley and Charles S. Sims, Office of Radiation Protection; Linda J. Allison, Environmental Sciences; Ta-Chang Liu, Computing, Inform. and Networking; Janice D. Allgood and Michael P. Maskarinec, Chemical and Analytical Sciences; Donna S. Griffith, Information Mgmt. Services

Y-12

30 years: Charles J. Metheney, General Manufacturing; Patrick A. Porter, Safety and Health; Carl D. Reynolds Jr., Development; Ronald L. Vowell, Depleted Uranium Operations; William D. Kidwell, Franklin D. Sweeten, John L. Burum, Don Hastings, Jerry L. Pack and Sidney L. Booth Sr., Facilities Management; Kenneth P. Miller, Enriched Uranium Operations; Thomas W. Davidson, Y-12 Site Eng. Serv.; Donald L. Bird, Norman G. McRae and Carl S. Melton Jr., Waste Management; Diane F. Williams, Protective Services; Wayne P. Ferguson, Property and Materials Mgmt.; John A. Tindall and L. Mike Cuddy, Information Technology Services; Larry A. McDonald, Ronnie E. Phillips and Charles A. Hitson, Engineering; David H. Alspaugh, DSRD; Dougas H. Kitchen and Sam L. Chapman, Quality Services

25 years: Gary L. Vineyard and Margaret G. Mayes, Facilities Management; Mary C. Ayles, Business and Finance; Harold D. Adkins and Billy C. Williams, Enriched Uranium Operations; Charlie A. Washington, Environmental Compliance; James R. Rivers, Quality Services; Thomas L. Pierce, Human Resources

20 years: Cecil C. Jones, James D. Moretz and Steven R. Treece, Disassembly and Storage; Dayton W. Brandon, General Manufacturing; Phillip B. Montgomery, ASO Analytical Support; Pamela H. Roberts, National Security Programs; Aubrey W. Wells, Edward L. Burns, Ray W. Howe, Douglas V. Braden, William E. Gebauer and Frank C. Musselwhite, Facilities Management; Samuel Kirkpatrick and James M. Shotts, Enriched Uranium Operations; Martha R. Robinson, Waste Management; Barbara C. Grizzle, Larry P. Hendren, Tommy R. Inman, Lee D. Lawson, Gary B. Williams, Donald Young, Gary E. Alexander, Randall E. Jones, Paul E. Sheard Sr., Brenda L. Tilley, Junior L. Davis and Becky D. Pickell, Protective Services; Kenneth D. Pickell, Cecil G. Rayborn, Carolyn S. MacDougall and Norman R. Smyrl, ASO Analytical Labs; Scott D. Johnsen, Defense Programs, David T. Keebler, ASO Customer Services; Cassandra Windston, Human Resources

A group of service anniversaries from earlier this year never found their way to Energy Systems News, Energy Systems' former newsletter. We now have the list from January.

K-25

25 years: A. T. Caswell and William G. Woods, Operations; James A. Long and Ralph D. Strickland, Waste Management; Sammie C. Harris, Engineering

20 Years: Earl B. Munday, Technical; Conley H. Freels, Maintenance; Victoria L. Bible, Operations; Charles E. Gibson Jr., Waste Management; Steven T. Goodpasture, Environmental Management; Kenneth R. Cross and Anita H. Gouge, Waste Management; James C. Mooney and Nathan A. Hayes, Property and Materials Management; Sharon J. Green and Donna G. Turnbill, Business Services; Gary Sanders, Information Technology Services; Steven A. Fetherolf and William D. Strunk, Portsmouth Engineering; Thomas J. McLaughlin and Jo R. Emory, Engineering; Hilda J. Boles, Information Management Services; Bailey R. Lankford, Safety and Health; Luther V. Gibson Jr and Timothy P. Johnson, Analytical Project Office; Billie A. Campbell, Quality Services

Paducah

Y-12

30 years: Max T. Glandon and Charles H. Whitaker, Facilities Management; John B. Stephens and Freddie R. Godfrey, Quality; Donald J. Eiler, Engineering; Robin E. Textor, DSRD; Cleveland Jones Jr., Human Resources

25 years: Gary P. Patterson, Technology Services; Roman Littlejohn, Facilities Management; Errol G. Scogin, Business and Finance; Thomas E. Loyd and Roy Jones, Waste Management and D&D; Charles F. King, Protective Services

20 years: Charmaine A. Henderson, Disassembly and Storage; Ronald S. Willard, Lonnie Ellison Jr. and Mike E. Bell, General Manufacturing; Keith A. Kitzke and Ronald F. Simandl, Development Operations; Mary J. Long, NSPO; Philip K. Stone, Marion K. Sidwell and Ethel J. Templin, Depleted Uranium Operations; Bobby R. Long, Charles E. Crowe, Michael L. Boles, Terry M. Byrd, Charles F. Dunn, James E. Meltabarger, Joseph Moore, John W. Storey, Paul D. Goddard, Pearl Scott Jr. and William N. Shipley Jr., Facilities Management; Dennis W. White, Business and Finance; Earl W. Lemons, Bobby A. Marine, Robert F. McIntyre and Willard L. Fox Jr., Enriched Uranium Operations; Bea M. Hatmaker, Willie Howard Jr., John W. Lay, Douglas C. Horning and James W. Marine, Waste Management and D&D; Owen R. Johnson, Wilburn R. West, Gary R. Ellison, James E. Locke, Steve M. Ballard and Scottie L. Dowdell, Protective Services; Gloria J. Dowdell, Quality; Gary R. McConkey, Radiological Control; Ronald W. Watson, ASO Analytical Labs; Richard R. Manasek and Philip E. Moor, Engineering; Pamela A. Eberhardt and Betty K. Robinette, Information Management Services

Retirees' Roundup

Annual Reunion/Picnic

Our reunion and picnic will be October 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Clark Center Recreation Park, rain or shine. The first stop will be the gazebo, where sign-in sheets and name tags will be issued, then on to the table for the 1998 membership renewals and new member sign-ups.

Our retirees have agreed it is time to increase the $1 membership dues, which has been the rate for our 18-year existence, to $2 per member. The $2 membership card will apply to the price of the Buddy's Bar-B-Q lunch ($4 per plate), which means a membership card plus $2 pays for lunch. As always, lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m.

A favorite event is hearing our band play. If you have a favorite song that was written more than 20 years ago, ask them to play it. Don Matlock will handle the hole- in-one golf contest and again will provide golf balls and clubs for contestants to use.

Don't forget to bring your folding chairs and name tags if you took them home. Please bring dollar bills to expedite the food line and 1998 membership sign-ups.

Learning In retirement

A program named Elderhostel Institutes is being considered for Oak Ridge. Elderhostel is a combined travel-and-educational experience well known to many Lockheed Martin retirees. This project will provide the Elderhostel educational experience, but without the travel. Typical subjects might range from computers and investing to studies in literature, history and science.

EnvironMENTAL Fair

We are again urging you to volunteer to work at the EnvironMENTAL Fair at the American Museum of Science and Energy on Wednesday and Thursday, October 8 and 9. We would like to receive the call from you at the Retirees' Association number, 576-1786. If you have questions or would prefer to work Wednesday, please call Johnny Daugherty at 241-3443.

Other gatherings

The semiannual luncheon sponsored by the Y-12 Chemical Division will be at Luby's Cafeteria, located at the entrance to the Oak Ridge Mall, at 11:30 a.m., Friday, October 31. All retirees from the division and others in related jobs who remember this friendly group (for years headed by the late Jim Donahue) are urged to join the group for lunch. The hope is that you younger retirees will see that these fellowship opportunities continue. If you have questions or information, please call Polly Williams, 457-9795; Jeannette McCowan, 688-4935; or Vera Dinkins, 947-7732.

The next gathering of the Y-12 Development Division retirees will be at 12 noon, October 9, at Quincy's on Illinois Avenue. Spouses are invited, as well as people who were working closely with the division when they retired. Call C. E. McAlister, 483-5547; Junior Griffith, 588-8471; or Theira Flood, 457-1847, if you are planning to attend, by October 2.

Retirements

Fred Mynatt of Energy Systems' Executive Offices has retired after 32 years of service.

Ronald L. Campbell of Oak Ridge has retired from Defense Programs at Y-12 after 29 years of service.

James F. Gambill of Knoxville has retired from General Manufacturing at Y-12 after 28 years of service.

C. J. Moody has retired from Y-12 after 36 years of service. He resides in Knoxville.

George Justice of Knoxville has retired from Y-12's Facilities Management after 28 years of service.

Treba Smith of Oak Ridge has retired from Human Resources at Y-12 after 23 years of service.

H. Mason Oakes of Clinton has retired from Business Services at Y-12 after 28 years of service.

Charles A. Hitson of Sweetwater has retired from Engineering at Y-12 after 29 years of service.

Bobby Weaver retired from Facilities Management at Y-12 after 28 years. He lives in Knoxville.

W. E. Smith has retired from Y-12's Development Division after 31 years of service. He lives in Oak Ridge.

G. R. Ferguson of Knoxville has retired from Y-12's Depleted Uranium Operations after 29 years.

James Allen of Knoxville has retired from Y-12's Depleted Uranium Operations after 27 years of service.

Janice M. Asher of Knoxville has retired from Information Management Services after 23 years of service.

Ralph Cooper of Heiskell has retired from Product Certification at Y-12 after 35 years of service.

Anne Calhoun of White Pine has retired from Technology Partnerships after 24 years of service.

Jack W. Sebring of Norris has retired from Y-12's Arcmelt Division after 21 years of service.

David Meiste of Rockwood has retired from Enriched Uranium Operations at Y-12 after
21 years.

Floyd C. Owings of Rockwood has retired from Enriched Uranium Operations at Y-12 after 31 years.

Sam E. Badgett of Knoxville has retired from Waste Management at Y-12 after 28 years of service.

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	Larry Garland of ORNL's Plant and Equipment Division operates big equipment like this 50-ton crane. Larry lives in south Blount County, where he's recently sighted a few black bears on his property.