The many successes of Fermilab's K-12 education programs depend on the talents of the over 200 volunteers who help out each year. It is these people whom we want to honor with a new

DIRECTOR'S AWARD

An annual award of $1,000, made possible by an anonymous donor, recognizes one volunteer a year whose contributions are outstanding, even among the many volunteer supporters of Fermilab's K-12 education programs.

The 2004 award was presented to Sten Hansen at the Volunteers Reception on November 4th.

Congratulations to all the 2004 nominees: Orlando Colo'n, Curt Danner, Geoff Eargle, Sten Hansen, Terry Kiper, Don Lincoln, Paul Nienaber, Arnold Pompos and Jerry Zimmerman.

Sten's citation reads

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory recognizes the exceptional contributions of Sten Hansen to our K through 12 programs with his QuarkNet work on data acquisition systems for cosmic ray telescopes. Over a number of years his work has driven the prototype development, utilizing creative engineering and intellectual input. He has enhanced both the Laboratory's national reputation in education and science research in the nation's classrooms.