Turpin students pose with Harold C. Shaw Award.
Family members of the late Harold C. Shaw, a longtime science teacher and State Science Day judge from Eaton, were present to witness the attainment of the award named in his honor. The following schools received the Harold C. Shaw Memorial Outstanding School Award earned by schools that had at least four students who each received a superior rating or schools that had more than four projects with 80 percent of the students receiving a superior:
McNicholas (Cincinnati, 45230)
St. Columban (Loveland, 45104)
Turpin High School (Cincinnati, 45244)
William Mason High School (Mason, 45040)
Criteria for the Harold C. Shaw Memorial Outstanding School Award
Revised September 11, 2004
A. The number of projects, over 4, that a school has at SSD will be multiplied by 0.80; the answer from this multiplication shall be rounded down if the decimal answer is less than 0.5 and the number shall be rounded up if the decimal answer is 0.5 or above.
B. Schools with 4 projects must have 100% of their projects earning Superior ratings.
C. A No Show or Good rating disqualifies the school from consideration.
D. Any school that has not been disqualified and for which thenumber of Superior ratings is greater than or equal to the above rounded number will be awarded the Harold C. Shaw Outstanding School Award.
E. Students that are “No Show” but have been excused will not exclude their schools from consideration unless their absence reduces the school’s participation below the 4 project limit.
Who was Harold C. Shaw?
Harold Cyrus Shaw (1915-1993)
Harold Cyrus Shaw, age 77, of Eaton, OH, and lifelong high school teacher and community leader in Preble County, died 22 June 1993. For 35 years, Mr. Shaw taught, coached, and scouted many future leaders in the Fairhaven, New Paris, West Elkton, and West Alexandria school districts. In the last district he taught for 23 years until retirement (1973). The Harold C. Shaw Outstanding School Award is given at State Science Day. The National Science Teachers’ Association and the Engineers Council for Professional Development presented him an award for preparing “Tomorrow’s Scientists and Engineers.”
Mr. Shaw was a longtime supporter of the Junior Academy of Science Council’s State Science Day, and joined The Ohio Academy of Science in 1989, affiliating with the Section of Physics and Astronomy. He organized and directed the area science day and sponsored numerous quality science projects at the West District Science Day and State Science Day. For these efforts his school was selected for a Frederick H. Krecker Outstanding Science Department Award. For several years Mr.Shaw was a member of the statewide Junior Academy Council and actively participated in several of the Junior Academy Council programs, including the first chairperson of the State Science Day Awards Committee. In 1973, Mr. Shaw was presented with a certificate of appreciation from the Academy for his ability as a science teacher, his devotion to his students, and his service to the Junior Academy Council.
Born 18 September 1915 in Yellow Springs, OH, to Martha (Ryman) and Harvey C. Shaw, Harold Shaw graduated from Oak Grove High School (1934), from Cedarville College (1938), and later attended Miami University, OH. Mr. Shaw was a member of Salem Lutheran Church, the Preble County Retired Teachers Association, the Eaton Senior Citizens, and the Bradenton Shuffleboard Club (FL). He was a 37-year perfect attendance member of the West Alexandria Kiwanis Club. In 1955 he helped build the Twin Valley Swimming Pool and managed it for 20 years, providing area youth their first work experience. In 1973 he was awarded the Governor’s Award for Community Action, a continuing award to recognize Ohioans for outstanding contributions to their communities. During 20 years of retirement, Mr. Shaw enjoyed his home and friends in Florida. He traveled throughout the United States and visited every state capitol, participated in shuffleboard tournaments, and enjoyed his children and grandchildren on the two coasts.
Harold C. Shaw is survived by his wife Wilma R. (Roberts) Shaw of 51 years of marriage, children Carolyn S. and Pat Lowry, Sterling, VA, Gwen K. and Ron Rockwell, Tacoma, WA, and grandchildren Paul and Dave Rockwell; in Ohio, brothers Elwood Shaw in Clifton, Roy, Charlotte; and Richard Shaw in Yellow Springs; and sister Esther Pyles in Springfield, in addition to many nieces and nephews.
—Adapted from a necrology
report by Dr. Ronald L. Stuckey
The Ohio Journal of Science
Vol. 94 p. 171
Project on Avian Influenza Vaccine Earns Top Honors in YES Competition
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 21 /PRNewswire/ — Alexander Chernyakhovsky, 17, a junior at William Mason High School was awarded a $50,000 college scholarship in the Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by the College Board.
Alexander was among 60 high school students selected out of more than 560 entrants nationwide to present their projects to a panel of top epidemiologists at the competition in Washington D.C., at which nearly $500,000 in scholarships were awarded.
“The YES Competition is one of the nation’s most prestigious science competitions for high school students,” said Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “Alexander’s impressive work demonstrates that a new generation of epidemiologists is emerging, which holds great promise for improving the health of our nation.”
The YES Competition is designed to spur students’ interest in the field of public health, specifically epidemiology. Epidemiology explores patterns of disease, illness and injury within populations with the goal of developing methods for prevention, control and treatment to improve health.
Students develop a research question and hypothesis about a health issue that concerns a group or groups of people, and then conduct research to analyze the subject and suggest potential ways to improve the problem based on their analysis.
ALEXANDER CHERNYAKHOVSKY
Alex Chernyakhovsky Wins Scholarship @ Yes Competition
Broad coverage of the bird flu outbreak in 2006 was the source of inspiration for Alexander’s study, “Global Epidemiological Analysis of Avian Influenza Viruses in Humans.” Alexander uses computer-based modeling and simulation to predict the next areas of infection of humans with avian influenza and the timelines for outbreaks. His YES study focused on the potential application of the forecasts of his model to the World Health Organization process of selecting the three strains of influenza included in the flu vaccine each year.
Alexander began to develop his computer simulation model shortly after the first avian influenza outbreak. He has progressively added data and features such as the tracking of migrating waterfowl, stationary waterfowl, and poultry to determine the routes by which avian influenza infection can spread. Due to the sophistication and complexity of his model, Alexander runs his bio-simulations at the Ohio Supercomputer Center.
For more information, to interview finalists or to speak with a YES spokesperson, please contact Matthew Windsor at mwindsor@lipmanhearne.com or Colleen McGraw at cmcgraw@lipmanhearne.com, or by phone at 202-457-8100. For more information about the YES Competition, visit www.collegeboard.com/YES.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the quality of the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful, and timely change. For more than 35 years, the Foundation has brought experience, commitment, and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of those it serves. When it comes to helping Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need, the Foundation expects to make a difference in your lifetime. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org.
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