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CSL's Steve Ciciora receives a NOAA Silver Sherman Award. This award was initiated during Dr. Kathy Sullivan's tenure as NOAA Administrator, to recognize individuals who excel in their work, achieve a milestone that contributes significantly or critically towards a particular program's goal, or demonstrate leadership toward process improvement of a significant magnitude. Dr. Sullivan was particularly invested in reaching down into the organization to recognize those who made extraordinary efforts to keep the mission moving forward.

Steve is recognized for his contributions to CSL during his career. "NOAA CSL turns ideas into instruments that advance the science of our atmosphere. This is in no small part due to the singular contributions of Steven Ciciora, an engineer central to much of CSL's impressive record over the last thirty years. Recently, he quarterbacked numerous electronics solutions that allowed improved and more frequent stratospheric aerosol measurements; reduced instrument noise leading to high-altitude direct measurements of trace gases key to stratospheric ozone and aerosol production; and improved existing instruments and enabled new designs. His is a CSL superstar."

Steve was recognized by CSL Senior Scientist Karen Rosenlof, and receives his NOAA Silver Sherman award certificate at the lab holiday social on 19 December 2024. The pin that accompanies this award "... is dubbed the 'Silver Sherman' because it features Sherman the Shark from Jim Toomey's popular daily comic Sherman's Lagoon. Artist and conservationist Jim Toomey has long been a friend of NOAA. Besides sharing the exploits of the comic strip's namesake shark and his underwater friends, Mr. Toomey uses the cartoon to educate his readers about the environment."