FIRST WOMAN CAREER AMBASSADOR AND NINE HIGH RANKING GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATORS TO RECEIVE THIS YEAR'S CAREER SERVICE AWARDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 25, 1970
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E UIJ from the Y/atioflctl Civi Seruice c>P_ea sae
Room 201, 1616 H Street, NW., Washington 6, D. C. 638-4755
Tom Miles
George Wells
DI 7-2077
For Release SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 -
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The nation's first woman career ambassador and
nine high ranking government administrators will receive this year's Career
Service Awards, presented by the National Civil Service League.
The 81-year-old League, a nonpartisan citizens' organization devoted
to improving the government service, will present the awards at a public
banquet on Tuesday, March 13, at 7 pm. in the Sheraton Park Hotel.
Several of the winners have risen from the bottom of the Civil Service
ladder to the top. Many became government employees upon completion of college,
and most have more than 25 years of service.
Those to be honored are:
Howard B. Andervont, former chief of the Biology Laboratory, National
Cancer Institute, and now editor of the Journal of the National Cancer
Institute, who is cited by the League as "an internationally famous authority
in cancer research." He is credited with directing many early and valuable
studies relating cancer to viruses,
Davis V. Auld, director of sanitary engineering, District of Columbia
Government, is honored for his self-financing program of water and sewage
disposAl in the District. Also,-his leadership is acclaimed in making the
Nation's Capital "one of the few cities in the United States which does not
have a water supply problem." / z
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Dr. A. Ross Eckler, deputy director of the Bureau of the Census,
according to the League, has made Census statis:.ics more easily understood
and therefore more useful to the public and business. Also he has developed
several new reporting programs and introduced electronic computing equipment
to the Bureau to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
William H. Godel, deputy director, Advanced Research Projects Agency,
Department of Defense, was cited by his agency as "a generalist of the highest
order." He has packed into his 40 years a colorful career with a variety of
achievements ranging from Marine Corps intelligence officer to psychological
warfare and manager of the launching of the world's first communications
satellite.
Dr. Wayne C. Grover, archivist of the United States, is credited with
developing the National Archives from a small operation centered in Washington
to a nationwide service to the Federal government and to the public. At the
same time he has managed to reduce the contents of the National Archives
Building by 15 per cent. He directed the development of the Truman and
Eisenhower Presidential Libraries and the Sam Rayburn Memorial Library.
Bertrand M. Harding, deputy commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, in
less than 20 years has progressed from the bottom to the top of the Civil
Service ladder. His credited achievements include simplifying methods for
taxpayers to comply with all Federal tax obligations, and also applying data
processing techniques in the Department to speed handling of returns.
Philip S. Hughes, assistant director for legislative reference, Bureau
of the Budget, reviews all legislative proposals from executives agencies for
the President,and assists in presenting the President's program to Congress.
He is cited for his ability in handling this job, termed "one of the highest
and most delicate in the Federal service."
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Dr. Abe Silverstein, director, Lewis Research Center, National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, Ohio, is receiving credit for
his 32 years of leadership in aircraft and space technology, particularly
the current Mercury astronaut program.
Also credited to his direction are the Tiros weather satellite, Echo
communications satellite, the high thrust rocket engine for future manned
space flights, and the Rover nuclear rocket. His work also has led to
improvement of jet engines and high speed aircraft design.
Leo R. Werts, Administrative Assistant Secretary of Labor received
the Labor Department's Distinguished Service Award for his review of the
Department's programs and administration. He is credited also with develop-
ing an exchange program of labor leaders between this country and Germany
resulting in a non-communist German labor movement.
The Hon. Frances Elizabeth Willis, United States Ambassador to Ceylon,
became the first woman to rise from Civil Service ranks to become career
ambassador. In 1953 she was appointed to represent the U.S. in its relations
with Switzerland, and in 1957 she became Ambassador to Norway, assuming her
present post last year. Also, she was the first woman to attain the position
of career minister when she served in charge of the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm
in 1932.
About a thousand persons are expected to attend the awards banquet,
including members of the Cabinet, members of Congress, Civil Service employees
and the public. Senator Henry M. Jackson, chairman of the National Policy
Subcommittee of the Senate Government Operations Committee, will be the
principal speaker.
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