HONORS:
Military Honors:
Navy Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (two gold stars), Navy
Achievement Medal, Navy Unit Commendation ribbon (one bronze star), Navy Good Conduct
Medal, National Defense Service Medal (one bronze star), Antarctica Service Medal, Southwest
Asia Service Medal (three bronze stars), Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (one bronze star), Navy
Overseas Service Ribbon (three bronze stars), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), Kuwait
Liberation Medal (Kuwait), Navy Expert Riflemen Medal, Navy Sharpshooter Pistol Ribbon.
Civilian Honors:
R.G. Thompson/American Cancer Society Fellowship recipient, 1976. Graduate Registration
Fellowship recipient, 1985. Faculty/Staff Fund for Student Scholarships recipient, 1987. Sigma
Xi Student Grants-in-Aid recipient, 1988. Review Article of the Year (1996) Award from the
journal Medika, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1997. Naval Medical Research Center Senior Civilian of the
Year for Scientific Achievement, 2010.