Re: CHP Name Tags

["Ron L. Kathren" <rkathren@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>]

Dr. Hertel --

While for some it may be status or even snobbery, but another way of
looking at things is to note that CHP on the HPS meeting ID badges denotes
membership in the Academy, a sibling organization to the HPS that holds
its meeting concurrently with the HPS and whose origins sprang from the
HPS.  As such, it is a useful piece of information, just as the fancy 
colored ribbons attached to the badges that denote members of Local 
Arrangements Committee, Society Officers, etc.  Sometimes a star is used 
to denote speakers, also a useful bit of identification.  But even if you 
wish to argue status, I would point out that CHP at a HPS meeting is far 
more relevant than any academic degree -- after all the PhD could be in 
basketweaving or what have you.  The CHP is a PROFESSIONAL designation, 
not to be confused with an academic one.  

Ron Kathren

On Wed, 14 Jun 1995, Hertel, Nolan wrote:

> In regard to Paul Frame's interest in seeing CHP on nametages at the Boston 
> Meeting "very effective at indicating the status of those you happened to be 
> talking to."   Maybe those of us who have a PhD should have our status 
> noted on our nametags as well?  But it takes more than a CHP, PhD, or 
> whatever after your name to have true "status".  I hope that it attained by a 
> history of contributions to your profession.  Besides, one of the things I 
> enjoy most about being a member of the HPS, in comparison with other 
> societies, is the lack of a "class" structure at meetings.
> 
> Nolan E. Hertel
> Health Physics Program
> Georgia Institute of Technology
> email: nolan.hertel@me.gatech.edu
>