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At the March 14, 2018 business meeting, Dr. Thomas Fikslin and Clarke Rupert were recognized and honored with special resolutions highlighting their noteworthy public service careers and decades of distinguished service to the Delaware River Basin Commission.
Both Tom and Clarke plan to retire from DRBC on April 1, 2018.
DRBC Commissioners and staff extend their deepest appreciation for their service to the DRBC and the basin, their dedication, fairness, good humor, and friendship. Best wishes for a well-deserved, happy, healthy, and enjoyable retirement with your families!
A RESOLUTION honoring Thomas J. Fikslin, Ph.D. for his distinguished career in the application of science to improve water quality and water management in the Delaware River Basin and beyond. WHEREAS, Dr. Fikslin’ s career has spanned nearly 50 years and has been marked by his high professional standards, determination, persistence, good nature, and unfaltering enthusiasm for solving complex problems; and ... WHEREAS, Tom came to DRBC in 1989 on a temporary assignment under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) to direct the development and implementation of an Estuary Toxics Management Strategy; and WHEREAS, when Tom’s initial IPA term expired, then-Executive Director Gerald Hansler secured its extension by two years, whereupon Tom joined the Commission as its Water Resources Manager to guide the development and adoption of water quality standards and implementing regulations for toxics in the Delaware River Estuary; and |
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WHEREAS, the work performed by Tom and his staff on PCBs has led to significant reductions in PCB discharges from point and nonpoint sources and to the easing of fish consumption advisories for fish caught in the Delaware River Estuary and Bay; and WHEREAS, as the data continue to show substantial reductions in PCB loadings and improvements in the ambient Estuary water and fish tissue concentrations for PCBs, experts from diverse fields have recognized the DRBC’s work on PCBs as groundbreaking; and |
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... WHEREAS, over the course of Tom’s 29-year tenure with the DRBC, his staff became a cohesive team whose skill, mutual respect, and shared commitment ensure that the Commission’s leadership in applying science to management of the Basin’s shared water resources will continue; and WHEREAS, Tom will officially retire from the DRBC on April 1, 2018 after 25 years (or 29, depending on how you count!); now, therefore: BE IT RESOLVED that the Commissioners and staff extend their deepest appreciation to Dr. Thomas J. Fikslin for his outstanding service to the DRBC and the Basin, his skill, commitment, good humor, and friendship. We wish Tom and his wife Carol good health and much happiness as they embark on a well-earned retirement. Adopted: March 14, 2018 View complete resolution (pdf 139 KB) |
A RESOLUTION honoring Clarke D. Rupert for his noteworthy career in public service and two decades of distinguished service to the Delaware River Basin Commission.
WHEREAS, Clarke joined the Delaware River Basin Commission as Assistant Public Information Officer in 1999 and held positions of leadership in Communications at the DRBC since 2005; and
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WHEREAS, as the Commission's primary spokesperson under twoexecutive directors, Clarke performed the difficult task of translating complex science, policy and fiscal information for diverse audiences, including the media, concerned stakeholders, elected officials and the general public; and
WHEREAS, Clarke became the in-house expert on DRBC history, and if the answer to a question was not at his fingertips, in most instances he tracked it down quickly in his well-organized files; and
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Adopted: March 14, 2018 |
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