The Awards
Committee actively canvasses the membership each year for possible
candidates for the following awards. Members may nominate
candidates using the appropriate nomination form as listed.
For more information, please contact us at info@njeha.org.
NJEHA Harry R. H. Nicholas Award
Harry Nicholas was supervisor of the Northern District
Office of the New Jersey State Department of Health, and one
of the founding members of the Northern Jersey Sanitarians
Association in 1960.
This award is presented each year to one NJEHA member who has
demonstrated
outstanding and dedicated service in the advancement of
public and environmental health in New Jersey.
Vincent Zurawski is remembered as one of the most
active members in the Association's history. As
Secretary and Treasurer to the NJEHA, Vincent spent
countless hours on membership, dues and other issues.
In addition to helping improve the status of the
Association, he contributed significantly to its current
structuring, and the implementation of the Gary S. Strauss
Scholarship before his untimely passing.
This award is
presented each year to one NJEHA member who has performed meritorious contributions to the New Jersey
Environmental Health Association and for dedicated service
to the Association Officers and Members.
Since its implementation in 2002, the President's
Plaque has served to recognize outstanding public health
professionals among both the
Association membership and the general public.
This award is presented for meritorious
contributions on behalf of public and environmental health.
The National Environmental Health Association awards one annual NEHA Certificate of
Merit to a member of each state affiliate. This national recognition is announced
at the NEHA Annual Educational Conference, and published in the NEHA Journal of
Environmental Health. The Certificate is awarded at the
following NJEHA Annual Educational
Conference.
The NEHA Certificate of Merit is presented for meritorious
contributions on behalf of environmental health in the past year by an outstanding
environmental health professional.
The Mangold Award is awarded by NEHA to recognize outstanding
contributions to the preservation of the environment by an environmental health professional. By honoring
those who exemplify quality and service to mankind in environmental health, the award
also recognizes the many in the profession who labor daily without recognition, which
is the nature of the environmental health professional’s work.
The Mangold award consists of a cash honorarium and a 10-inch high crystal apex attached
to a black marble base on which is displayed the name of the Mangold winner. The NEHA logo
is etched onto the crystal apex. This award is retained by the recipient. The NEHA office
has a permanent award plaque featuring a likeness of Walter Mangold and the name of each
award-winner engraved on a separate plate attached to the plaque.
Each state affiliate of NEHA may nominate one person per year for the Mangold award.
More information about the NEHA Mangold award, including guidelines and a list of past
recipients, may be found on NEHA's website by clicking
here.
NEHA Walter F. Snyder Award
The Walter F. Snyder Award is presented annually by the National Environmental
Health Association and NSF International to a recipient who has achieved peer
recognition for outstanding accomplishment in the fields of health and the environment, for notable
contributions to public health and the quality of life, for demonstrated capacity to work
with all interests in solving environmental problems, for knowledge and proficiency in
utilizing voluntary standards to obtain environmental objectives, and for leadership in
securing action on behalf of health or environmental goals.
More information about the NEHA Snyder award, including guidelines and a list of past
recipients, may be found on NEHA's website by clicking
here.
NJEHA Certificate of Achievement (decommissioned)
Issued until 2002, the Certificate of Achievement had
been presented for outstanding contributions to the
betterment of Environmental Health in the state of New
Jersey as an exemplary and dedicated Public Health
professional.
