Bird Strike Committee-USA is pleased to announce

Eugene LeBoeuf and Edward Cleary

Recipients of

James Forbes Lifetime Achievement Awards

Presented at the

Bird Strike Committee USA/Canada Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri on 22 August 2006

The Steering Committee of Bird Strike Committee-USA presented James Forbes Lifetime Achievement Awards to Gene and Ed for their significant and sustained contributions to the mitigation of wildlife hazards to aviation. Gene was the Staff Biologist for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Airport Safety and Standards from 1989 to 1995. He then moved to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) BASH program where he now serves as Chief. Ed replaced Gene as the FAA Staff Biologist in 1995 and has served in that position ever since. Under the leadership of these two professionals, research and operational programs and resulting policy initiatives have resulted in major advances worldwide to mitigate wildlife hazards to aviation.

Previous recipients of the James Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award are Roxie Laybourne, Smithsonian Institution (1997), John Seubert, U.S. Department of Agriculture (2000), Richard Dolbeer, U.S. Department of Agriculture (2002), and John Goglia, National Transportation Safety Board (2004).