The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) has bestowed its highest honor – the Society’s Fellow distinction – upon five trailblazing members whose lifelong dedication has profoundly shaped workplace safety and health. Felix Nakpodia, Tim Page-Bottorff, Lawrence Schulze, Leslie Stockel and Christine Sullivan join a distinguished list of only 152 Fellows since ASSP’s founding in 1911.
“Our Fellows are an elite group of influential safety leaders who are the architects of safer tomorrows,” said ASSP President Pam Walaski, CSP, FASSP. “They are highly respected experts who have broadly improved work environments to save lives while fundamentally advancing the safety and health profession.”
Each of these inspirational leaders brings a unique and powerful legacy to the safety and health field:
• Leslie Stockel, Ph.D., CSP, SMP: Oklahoma State University’s associate professor of professional practice is cultivating the next generation of safety leaders. Stockel is faculty advisor for an ASSP student section, recruiting students to pursue safety and health degrees. She speaks at national conferences and writes for peer-reviewed journals. Her 40 years of experience has influenced the safety profession in many ways, including work in the chemical and pulp manufacturing industries. Stockel’s supervision of undergraduate research, from nuclear power plant incidents to aerospace hazardous materials, broadens her impact on emerging professionals.