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<br />PRESS RFT~FISE <br />MAR(,~i 11, 1975 <br />TACAL MAN' 5 PUBLIC SERVICE GAIN5 NATICY~iAI+ REO3C~T1fiI0N <br />C <br /> <br />Tan C. Simans has been selected by the General Electric Foundation as a recipient <br />of the 1975 Gerald L. Phillippe Award for distinguished public service. <br />Torn is a Logistics Specialist at the Johnson Space Center with 'the Houston Operat~.ons <br />oacq~onent of the General Electric Space Division. <br />Mr. Simons was named fortis long ccnunitment in providing emergency medical care <br />in LaPorte, Texas. One of the first in this area to qualify as an emergency <br />medical technician, he has instructed over 200 volunteers as teci~ni.cians and in <br />cardiopulimnary resuscitation. He is a volunteer driver and technician for the <br />Laporte Emergency Ambulance Service and a manber of the Volunteer Fire Depart~e-nt <br />and Rescue Unit. Each summer he takes a week of vacation to instruct Texas firemen <br />in these skills. He has also spent over 2000 hours as a volunteer in,the emeSgency <br />roan of the Gulf Coast Hospital. <br />Tan joins four other award recipients who were chosen fratt airong $2 nominees <br />sutmi.tted by operating components of the General Electric Canpany, representing <br />over 400,000 employees throughout the world. <br />The five winners will receive the Phillippe medallion and will have the opportunity <br />to select a charity fora $1,000 grant fran the General Electric Foundation. They <br />bring tQ 30 the nu-nber of winners of the Phillippe Award in its six years of <br />existence. <br />Other winnexs were William E. Emerson, West Lynn, Mass.; Brady Ervin, Nashville, <br />Tenn.; Charles E. Leonard, Burlington, Vt.; and Lewis Woods, Jr., Hickory, N.C. <br />Ca~tact: Warren D. Tripp <br />Relations Representative <br />General. Electric Ocmpany <br />Space Division <br />1830 NASA Boulevard <br />P. 0. Box 58408 <br />Houston, Texas 77058 <br />phone: 332-4511, ext. 368 <br />CC ~ ~cz~J~u~-z~' .~t~ <br />