Tommy Johnson Retires

["Andy Miller" <MILLER@safetyhp.nrl.navy.mil>]

Tommy Johnson has announced his retirement after 35 years of service 
at the Naval Research Laboratory.  Tommy began his career in health 
physics in 1960 after completing an AEC Fellowship in radiological 
physics at Vanderbilt and ORNL.  While at NRL, Tommy worked on a wide 
variety of projects, including extensive work in TLD technology 
(starting in the days of LiF powder), dosimetry applications of TLDs 
(with extensive publications in the neutron response of dosimetry 
systems), and neutron spectra determinations (authored the YOGI code 
for unfolding). He has also personally assessed various areas of risk 
assessment (white water rafting, sports car racing, and probably the 
most hazardous, "parenthood").  His knowledge and experience in 
health physics, and his commonsense approach to many intriguing 
challenges, has been a great asset to NRL and to many others in the 
health physics community.  Tommy will be sorely missed. We wish him 
the best, along with his wife Linda and two sons, T.J. and Sawyer.

If you would like information on the location and date of the 
retirement festivities, fell free to contact me by e-mail or call any 
of the numbers listed below.

Sorry for the error on the first posting to the list.  That's the 
great thing about computers, they allow us to do everything quicker, 
....including mistakes. ;) 

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Andy Miller - Radiation Safety Officer - Naval Research Laboratory
Code 1244  -  4555 Overlook Avenue, SW - Washington, DC 20375-5320
Commercial: 202-767-2232     AV: 297-2232      Fax:   202-404-7704
e-mail:  miller@safetyhp.nrl.navy.mil

Change is inevitable.......progress is optional.
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