Passed Away
March 31, 2006

Research Technical Manager, ESD

Retired
April 30, 2002

John was a distinguished veteran, having served with the Army’s prestigious 82nd Airborne (All American) Division and later in the Air Force. John’s foreign service included duty in wartime Lebanon and Vietnam.

John joined SLAC after retiring from a military career that spanned 20-years. He then went on to have a very successful career at SLAC, literally rising through the ranks. John ultimately assumed responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of all electrical power conversion systems at SLAC. He also played major roles in the design, installation and commissioning of power conversion systems for several projects, the most recent being the PEP II project.

John was known for being a very affable and colorful (to say the least) character. His retirement luncheon was "standing room only" and included many retired SLAC employees. A good time was had by all. John was very well liked at SLAC and will be missed. Everyone that knew him wishes him good luck and a long and happy retirement.

SLAC employees with 10, 20, 30, 40, or 50 years of service are honored at traditional annual awards ceremonies.

Retired

January 8, 2002

Most recently, Barna was a consultant for Integrated Magnetoelectrons.

Associate Engineer, Experimental Group E

November 2001

Howard Rogers celebrated his 25th year at SLAC in November 2001.

Retired Petty Cashier
Budget Office

December 17, 2001

Head,
Archives & History Office

September 2001

Senior Buyer,
Purchasing

Sep 20, 2001

Hubbard was instrumental in making the SLAC recycling program cost effective. SLAC has been recycling cardboard, paper products, and beverage bottles/cans since the late 1980s. Although SLAC has achieved good recycling performance, it is not without cost.

SLAC was trying to develop a more cost-effective recycling program. Through competitive bidding and meetings with the existing recycling subcontractors, Hubbard negotiated a program that provided SLAC with a rebate on SLAC recycled materials.

Congratulations to Jean Hubbard for the pollution prevention work she has done on behalf of SLAC.

Reducing Hazardous Waste

Sep 20, 2001

This SEM team implemented waste minimization and pollution prevention at SLAC through cost savings, waste/emission reductions, innovative technologies and innovative approaches. The SEM team has had numerous accomplishments over several years, demonstrating their teamwork with ES&H and determination in preventing pollution.

Highlights of their accomplishments include the following:

• Frank Brenkus developed an innovative approach to recycle stormwater runoff from utility vaults and containment areas that cannot be roofed. So far, in 2001, 65,000 gallons of water have been reused in a cooling tower, avoiding discharge to the sanitary sewer.
• Forrest Brown reduced polychlorinated biphenyl containing oils through equipment retrofills, replaced oil-filled electrical equipment with environmentally friendly alternative designs, and sent used equipment off-site to be reused (avoiding the disposal of 35 tons of reusable material).
• Marvin Jones recycled more than 5000 pounds of refrigerant from chillers and air conditioning equipment.
• Ronald Anderson and Araceli Campo replaced a parts degreaser with more environmentally friendly solvent and implemented automotive battery recycling and oil filter crushing.
• Patrick Grygutis retrofitted cooling towers with covered bulk chemical storage, secondary containment, and automated feed equipment to replace chemical feed from 55-gallon drums (saving $11,000 in waste disposal costs by eliminating the use of 55-gallon drums).
• William Myers performed cleaning of heat exchange equipment so that cleaning solutions can be reused up to three times (reducing this operation's hazardous waste generation by 67%).

Pollution Prevention

Sep 20, 2001

Richard Cellamare (WM), Butch Byers (EPR), Ali Farvid (MFD), Harold Morales (SSRL) [pictured left to right] and Balbir Gosal (MFD), Michael Hug (EPR), Robert Kirby (PEL), Mary Regan (KLY) [not pictured] were awarded by the DOE Oakland Operations Office for “Developing and Implementing Alternatives to Ozone Depleting Solvents.”

Richard Cellamare (WM), Butch Byers (EPR), Ali Farvid (MFD), Harold Morales (SSRL) [pictured left to right] and Balbir Gosal (MFD), Michael Hug (EPR), Robert Kirby (PEL), Mary Regan (KLY) [not pictured] were awarded by the DOE Oakland Operations Office for "Developing and Implementing Alternatives to Ozone Depleting Solvents."

In 1993, an interdepartmental team began developing alternatives to ozone-depleting solvents to help SLAC achieve its research mission and meet pollution prevention objectives. Some of the accomplishments are highlighted as follows.

• Ali Farvid and Balbir Gosal tested solvents and cleaning methods and ultimately selected the near-zero emissions vapor degreaser (NZE) that recycles a non-ozone depleting solvent and substantially reduces solvent emissions to the atmosphere.
• Robert Kirby played a critical role in defining the criteria and analytical methods for determining cleanliness and performed surface analyses using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy techniques to compare the cleaning performance of existing and new solvents.
• Mary Regan eliminated the use of two vapor degreasers by implementing a low-water aqueous cleaning system for Klystron tubes.
• Harold Morales implemented the use of an alternative organic-based solvent in the cleaning of vacuum equipment.
• Richard Cellamare and Michael Hug supported and steered committee efforts by identifying environmentally beneficial solvents and cleaning techniques and setting pollution prevention objectives.
• Butch Byers was key in obtaining air quality program permits to operate the NZE.

The DOE Oakland Operations Office held a Pollution Prevention Awards ceremony at the Oakland Federal Building on September 20, 2001. Awards (desk clocks in a recycled glass stand) were received by SLAC, LBNL, and LLNL in a number of categories such as Affirmative Procurement, Recycling, and Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention. DOE Oakland last held this awards ceremony in 1999. Sandy Pierson (RD) and Ali Farvid (MFD) received awards for SLAC (September 1999 TIP Article).

Environmental Engineer,
EPR Department

Sep 14, 2001

On September 14, 2001, SLAC received a letter of recognition from the County of Santa Clara for participating in the Silicon Valley Chemical Management Services (CMS) Pilot Project.

CMS is developing a new program to help Silicon Valley manufacturers and research facilities protect the environment by reducing and optimizing their chemical use, reducing hazardous waste generation, and reducing chemical use costs. This CMS effort represents collaboration between the following groups:

• The Chemical Strategies Partnership (a non-profit organization that is supported by charitable trusts concerned with environmental protection)
• The Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group (a proactive group for Silicon Valley businesses that was started in 1977 by David Packard and now represents 190 local companies)
• The Santa Clara County Pollution Prevention Program

SLAC is participating in the CMS Pilot Project with Seagate Technology and Analog Devices. Each of the three CMS Pilot Program participants has committed to evaluate the feasibility of the CMS program with a focus on efforts to reduce chemical use. If the pilot program is successful, the CMS program may soon help all Silicon Valley businesses and research facilities innovate chemical use solutions that enhance the environmental and economic resources of our community.

To learn more about the CMS Pilot Project, please visit the Website at http://www.chemicalstrategies.org/silicon_valley.htm.

Butch Byers, of the Environmental Protection and Restoration Department in the SLAC Environment, Safety, and Health Division is coordinating SLAC participation in the CMS Pilot Project. To learn more about the SLAC participation, please contact Byers at Ext. 2465 or bbyers@SLAC.Stanford.EDU.

Waste Management Department

June 2001

The DOE screened nominations submitted from the DOE complex and forwarded Pilastro's award nomination to the "Closing the Circle" awards program, which is a competitive national program. The program received a total of 148 nominations from 15 federal agencies (32 nominations from DOE) in nine categories (Affirmative Procurement, Education and Outreach, Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Preferability, Life Cycle Assessment/Environmental Cost Accounting, Model Facility Demonstrations, Recycling, Sowing the Seeds of Change, and Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention). Nominations for the "Closing the Circle" awards program were judged by eighteen individuals representing academia, industry, and government organizations.

Congratulations to Yolanda Pilastro for the outstanding pollution prevention work she has done on behalf of SLAC.

Community Relations Coordinator
Public Affairs Office

June 7, 2001

Retired
Klystron Dept.

May 25, 2001

SLAC was Mike's 3rd, but not last, career. Although he retired from the military, the postal service, and finally SLAC, he always said his wife Bernice and family were the career he enjoyed the most. For those of us who had the privilege of knowing and working with Mike, we are saddened by his passing.