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06-16-03, 11:19 AM
VA Executives Honored with Presidential Rank Awards
>
> WASHINGTON (June 10, 2003) -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J.
> Principi recently recognized 15 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
> executives. The executives were honored by President George W. Bush as
> Presidential Rank Award winners for Fiscal Year 2002.
>
> "These executives have achieved the highest positions in career public
> service, and the highest of honors conferred by the President. These
> award winners stand as the very best of the best," said Principi. "Public
> service is one of the highest expressions of patriotism. There are few
> greater callings for Americans short of donning the uniform in defense of
> freedom."
>
> There are two categories of Presidential Rank Awards. Only 1 percent of
> career members of the Senior Executive Service receive the Distinguished
> Executive rank, which recognizes extraordinary achievement. The
> Meritorious Executive rank is awarded for sustained accomplishment, with
> only 5 percent of SES career members receiving this award. Senior career
> employees make up less than one-fourth of one percent of the federal work
> force.
>
> The selection process for award winners begins with the nomination by
> their department heads. Nominees are then evaluated on leadership and
> achievement by boards of private citizens before being submitted to the
> President for approval.
>
> VA's Distinguished Executives awardees are: Alfonso R. Batres, director
> of the VA Readjustment Counseling Service; Patricia A. McKlem, director
> for health care network 18 in Phoenix; and D. Mark Catlett, Principal
> Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management.
>
> VA's Meritorious Executive award winners are: James B. Donahoe, director
> of the VA Canteen Service; John J. Donnellan Jr., director of the VA New
> York Harbor Health Care System; George H. Gray, director of the Little
> Rock (Ark.) VA Medical Center; Kenneth H. Mizrach, director of the VA New
> Jersey Health Care System; Michael E. Moreland, director of the VA
> Pittsburgh Health Care System; and Jimmy A. Norris, chief finance officer
> of the Veterans Health Administration.
>
> Also YC Parris, director of the Birmingham (Ala.) VA Medical Center;
> Timothy B. Williams, chief executive officer of the VA Puget Sound Health
> Care System; Thomas R. Jensen, Veterans Benefits Administration director
> for the southern area in Nashville, Tenn.; Thomas R. Wagner, director of
> the VA Regional Office, Houston; Julius M. Williams Jr., former director
> of the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service; and George T.
> Patterson, executive director and chief operating officer of the Office of
> Acquisition and Materiel Management.
>
> A list of the Presidential Rank Award recipients for 2002 is located on
> OPM's Web site at http://www.opm.gov/ses/presrankaward.html.
>
>
> WASHINGTON (June 10, 2003) -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J.
> Principi recently recognized 15 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
> executives. The executives were honored by President George W. Bush as
> Presidential Rank Award winners for Fiscal Year 2002.
>
> "These executives have achieved the highest positions in career public
> service, and the highest of honors conferred by the President. These
> award winners stand as the very best of the best," said Principi. "Public
> service is one of the highest expressions of patriotism. There are few
> greater callings for Americans short of donning the uniform in defense of
> freedom."
>
> There are two categories of Presidential Rank Awards. Only 1 percent of
> career members of the Senior Executive Service receive the Distinguished
> Executive rank, which recognizes extraordinary achievement. The
> Meritorious Executive rank is awarded for sustained accomplishment, with
> only 5 percent of SES career members receiving this award. Senior career
> employees make up less than one-fourth of one percent of the federal work
> force.
>
> The selection process for award winners begins with the nomination by
> their department heads. Nominees are then evaluated on leadership and
> achievement by boards of private citizens before being submitted to the
> President for approval.
>
> VA's Distinguished Executives awardees are: Alfonso R. Batres, director
> of the VA Readjustment Counseling Service; Patricia A. McKlem, director
> for health care network 18 in Phoenix; and D. Mark Catlett, Principal
> Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management.
>
> VA's Meritorious Executive award winners are: James B. Donahoe, director
> of the VA Canteen Service; John J. Donnellan Jr., director of the VA New
> York Harbor Health Care System; George H. Gray, director of the Little
> Rock (Ark.) VA Medical Center; Kenneth H. Mizrach, director of the VA New
> Jersey Health Care System; Michael E. Moreland, director of the VA
> Pittsburgh Health Care System; and Jimmy A. Norris, chief finance officer
> of the Veterans Health Administration.
>
> Also YC Parris, director of the Birmingham (Ala.) VA Medical Center;
> Timothy B. Williams, chief executive officer of the VA Puget Sound Health
> Care System; Thomas R. Jensen, Veterans Benefits Administration director
> for the southern area in Nashville, Tenn.; Thomas R. Wagner, director of
> the VA Regional Office, Houston; Julius M. Williams Jr., former director
> of the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service; and George T.
> Patterson, executive director and chief operating officer of the Office of
> Acquisition and Materiel Management.
>
> A list of the Presidential Rank Award recipients for 2002 is located on
> OPM's Web site at http://www.opm.gov/ses/presrankaward.html.
>