The First Symposium, April 11, 1997

Chairman:  Jeff Dobur and Brad Panovich

Opening Remarks:  Dr. E. Gordon Gee, President of The Ohio State University, Dr. Lawrence A. Brown, Chair of the Dept of Geography and Dr. Jay Hobgood, Director of Atmospheric Sciences

Program Speakers:

John Distefano
Science Operations Officer
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Wilmington OH

Julie Dian
Service Hydrologist
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Wilmington OH

J.R. Thomas
Director
Franklin County, Ohio Emergency Management Agency (EMA)

Fred Huestis
Catastrophe Coordinator
Nationwide Insurance

Lt. Col. David Smarsh
Wright Patterson Air Force Base

Dr. Thomas Schmidlin
Chair Dept of Geography –Kent State University