Fourteenth Annual Quality Symposium

The Goddard Space Flight Center conducted its 2003 Fourteenth Annual Quality Symposium on Friday, May 9, 2003. The Symposium with a theme of Quality Improvement Processes for the New Millenium featured annual awards to its top five contractors and presentations by Goddard's two winners of the 2002 NASA George M. Low Award.

	From Lft: Gene Guerny, Quality and Productivity officer, GSFC , recipient of the 2003 Outstanding Service Award , Goddard Contractors Association; Geoffrey Templeton , NASA Hq, Program Manager, recipient George M. Low Award, NASA Hq; and Rodney P. Hunt , President and CEO, RSIS, winner of the NASA George M. Low Award for 2002.

A. V. Diaz, the Goddard Center Director was the Master of Ceremonies with the program starting with Harold S. Stinger, the CEO and President of SGT, Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland as the keynote Speaker.

The prestigious 2003 Goddard Trophy is awarded to Goddard contractors, in various categories, who make a substantial contribution to the mission of the Center and are dedicated to a philosophy of Continuous Quality Improvement. Mr. Diaz said, "The five winning contractors, all achieved demonstrable and measurable accomplishments in Continuous Improvement Programs."

The Goddard Excellence Award was presented to ITT Aerospace/Communications of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Marotta Scientific Controls Inc. of Montville, New Jersey; Titan Corporation of Fairmont, West Virginia; QSS Group, Inc. of Lanham, Maryland and Global Science and Technology, Inc. of Greenbelt, Maryland

The two Goddard contractors who were winners of the 2002 George M. Low Trophy made presentations on their Quality Improvement Processes. They were Rodney P. Hunt, CEO and President of RSIS of McLean, Virginia and Evan Hineman, Executive Vice President of ManTech Interrnational Corporation of Fairfax, Virginia.