Tennessee Environmental Health Association

TEHA: A Non-Profit Organization For The Professional

 

· 1986 Dorcie Yates

· 1987 Darrell Holden

· 1988 Ray Upchurch

· 1989 Joe Holmes

· 1990 John Weakley

· 1991

· 1992 George Wallace

· 1993

· 1994

· 1995

· 1996 Anderson Hutsell

· 1997 Tommy Smith

· 1998 Don Sutton

· 1999 Robert Rourke

· 2000 Bill Neal

· 2001 Leigh Ann Burgess

· 2002 Bradley Dodd

· 2003 Rick Johnson

· 2004 Mike Standifer

· 2005 LArry Manis

· 2006 Donald Page

· 2007 Brian Gunter

· 2008 Mark Houser

· 2009 Kim Davidson / Melissa Wolford

2009 inaugural inductees:

Ralph Arnold

Served as the state trainer for many years.

 

Joe Covington

The 1984 Lynn B. Hearn Award winner, he also served as Director of the Division of General Environmental Health.

 

Lynn B. Hearn

Lynn B. Hearn was an avid leader in the Tennessee Environmental Health Association serving as President of the Tennessee Association of Sanitarians in 196970 and in 1970-71. He was killed in a boating accident and in 1973 the award for Environmentalist of the Year was changed to the Lynn B. Hearn Award in his honor.

 

 Darrell Holden

1987 Lynn B. Hearn Award winner and former President of the Tennessee Public Health Association. He is also one of only two environmentalists to serve as President of the Tennessee Public Health Association. He has served on the legislative committee of TPHA for many years. He serves on the inaugural Hall of Fame Committee.

 

 Vice President Albert  Gore

The former Vice President of the United States won the Nobel Peace Prize among his many wards throughout his career speaking out on environmental issues. He has written numerous books concerning the environment and also won an Academy Award for his film “An Inconvenient Truth”. The Carthage, Tennessee native has been a champion of worldwide efforts to curb global warming and to make others aware of its affects on mankind. A former U. S. Representative and a U.S. Senator he is one of the world's leading authorities on the environment.

Tennessee Environmental Hall of Fame

 

In 2008 TEHA voted to establish an environmental hall of fame in order to honor those Tennesseans who have greatly contributed to the field of environmental health.  This Environmental Hall of Fame would also be a depository of the Environmental Health History of the State.  In July of 2009 TEHA held the a ceremony to induct the initial class of members into the Tennessee Environmental Hall Fame.  

 

TEHA Award Winners

 

· 1958

· 1959

· 1960

· 1961 Robert Tipps

· 1962 William Creach

· 1963

· 1964 Tom Muse

· 1965 Charles E. Craft

· 1966

· 1967

· 1968 Henry McCoin

· 1969 Julian R. Flemming

· 1970 Jerry Franklin

· 1971 Lynn B. Hearn

· 1972 Roger Dossett

· 1973 Mike Roberts

· 1974 Wesley Foster

· 1975 Rex Patterson

· 1976 Larry Tucker /  I.K. Mosley

· 1977 Lynn Moore

· 1978

· 1979

· 1980 Dan Pickle

· 1981 Johnny Henson

· 1982 T.D. Gilbert

· 1983 Mike Roberts

· 1984 Joe Covington

· 1985 Harold Deep

 

Lynn B. Hearn

Memorial Award

The Lynn B. Hearn Memorial Award is an annual achievement awarded bestowed to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in the field of environmental health.

TEHA Presidents

· 1983

· 1984 T.D. Gilbert

· 1985 George “smokey” Garland

· 1986

· 1987 Joe Holmes

· 1988 Joe B. Crouch

· 1989 Tom Petty

· 1990 Sherrye Wheeler

· 1991 Lynn Moore

· 1992 Michael Wellons

· 1993 Rex Shoulders

· 1994 Tommy Smith

· 1995 Rick Johnson

· 1996 Wendy Cherry

· 1997 Karen Pippen

· 1998 Terry Francis

· 1999 Anderson Hutsell

· 2000 Bill Neal

· 2001 Cora Shannon

· 2002 Kevin Dixon

· 2003 Cora Shannon

· 2004 Hugh Atkins

· 2005 Rick Johnson

· 2006 Mark Houser

· 2007 Kim Davidson

· 2008 Mark Houser

· 2009 Melissa Wolford 

TEHA Presidents

· 1953 Leon S Blankenship

· 1954

· 1955

· 1956

· 1957

· 1958

· 1959

· 1960

· 1961 Norman Hale

· 1962 William N. Howard

· 1963 Horace Hudson

· 1964 Clay Parsons

· 1965 Virgil A. Taylor

· 1966 E.B. Peebles

· 1967 H.E. Hailey II

· 1968 Docie L. Yates

· 1969 Lynn B. Hearn

· 1970 Lynn B. Hearn

· 1971 T.D. Gilbert

· 1972 Joe Walkup

· 1973 Floyd Hampton

· 1974 Jack Crabtree

· 1975 Stephen Smith

· 1976 Dan Pickle

· 1977 Ronnie Cooper

· 1978 Lynn Moore

· 1979 Sam Turner

· 1980 Harold Deep

· 1981

· 1982

Past Tennessee Environmental Health Association Presidents