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This award, NEHA's most prestigious, is named for the late Walter S. Mangold, professor of public health at the University of California School of Public Health, an outstanding sanitarian and educator, and first editor of the Sanitarian, forerunner of NEHA's Journal of Environmental Health. The Mangold Award recognizes superior achievement and attainment of the highest standards in the profession.
The award consists of a cash honorarium, a plaque, and an inscription of the winner's name on a larger plaque at the NEHA headquarters office.
For 30 years, in the course of editing three publications on environmental health and public health, educator and communicator Charles (Charlie) W. Felix focused everyone's attention on the achievements of others. Now, after succumbing to the lure of retirement, Charlie is finding that the spotlight is relentlessly focused on him, first by the Past President's Award (see pages 27-28), and then by the highest honor that NEHA can bestow,...