[sarex] Nick Lance, Professional Educator of the Year

["Frank H. Bauer" <ka3hdo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

I want to express my congratulations to ARISS team member Nick Lance, 
KC5KBO.  Nick was just informed that he is the recipient of the ARRL 
Professional Educator of the Year Award.  For ARISS, Nick has been 
instrumental in training the astronauts and Soyuz tourists to get their 
amateur radio licenses.

The ARRL news story on this is at:

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/07/22/1/?nc=1

I have included the story, minus the photo, below.

Congratulations Nick!!

73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO



2003 ARRL Professional Educator of the Year Award

The Board selected Nick Lance Jr, KC5KBO, of Houston, Texas, as the 
recipient of the 2003 ARRL Professional Educator of the Year Award. This 
award goes to a teacher who uses Amateur Radio within the curriculum. The 
Lambda Amateur Radio Club of Philadelphia is the award cosponsor.

Lance is solely responsible for assisting numerous members of the astronaut 
corps and 29 of NASA's aerospace education specialists (who talk to 
schoolteachers nationwide) to get their ham tickets. He also teaches a 
"Hamster" course to middle schoolers, inspiring them at the same time to 
pursue careers in technology through Amateur Radio and Amateur Radio on the 
International Space Station (ARISS) activities.

As the 2003 ARRL Professional Educator of the Year Award winner, Lance will 
receive an engraved plaque. 
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