Thelma Watterson Receives Award

EDITOR'S NOTE: We've already had the story of Thelma's award back in January. It's now in the Kingsport Times-News, which their story is below. Because we know and love Thelma as our Douglass Alumni Association Board Recording Secretary, ours was a much closer and more personal accounting. Click here for the link to our January story.. Congradulations again, Thelma!

KINGSPORT — The American Chemical Society’s Committee on Technician Affairs has announced that Thelma Watterson, senior laboratory technician at Eastman Chemical Co. is the recipient of the 2010 National Chemical Technician Award.

Watterson is the 22nd recipient of the annual National Chemical Technician Award, which is awarded for technical and communication skills, leadership, safety, reliability, teamwork, publications, and presentations. Additionally, professional and community activities are considered.
The award is sponsored by Thomas H. Lane, 2009 American Chemical Society President and The Dow Corning Corp.