Health Physics Society
Accelerator Section

Contact: Linnea Wahl lewahl@lbl.gov







H. Wade Patterson Memorial Award

Established in 2003, the H. Wade Patterson Memorial Award is presented each year at the annual Health Physics Society meeting to recognize outstanding students in accelerator health physics. The first-place winner receives a check and plaque, while the runner-up receives an honorable mention certificate.

The award is a tribute to H. Wade Patterson (1924-1997), who was the first president of the Accelerator Section of the Health Physics Society and is generally regarded as the first professional accelerator health physicist. His work at Lawrence Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories established him as one of the world's experts in shielding at high-energy accelerators. As a life-long educator and organizer of the first accelerator radiation protection training programs, Patterson is an apt role model for students aspiring to a career in accelerator health physics.

The following students have been honored to receive the H. Wade Patterson Memorial Award.