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Dr. A. E. MacDonald, Director

 

Civil Servants Par Excellence

From the Washington Post
Stephen Barr - Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 6, 1998

287 Top Federal Professionals Recognized and Rewarded

Vice President Gore saluted the government's senior career executives before a crowd of about 2,000 at Constitution Hall yesterday. The ceremony honored the recipients of the Presidential Rank Awards, a program that recognizes career members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) who demonstrated exceptional performance over time and received outstanding job evaluations over at least three years. Sixty-three of the award winners were designated "Distinguished Executives," and received a cash award, while 224 winners were named "meritorious" career senior officials, and also received a cash award.

Dr. Alexander E. "Sandy" MacDonald, director of the Forecast Systems Laboratory, was among those honored with the rank of "Distinguished Executive."