The Walter W. Hollis Award is presented annually in recognition of the lifetime contributions and achievement in the area of defense Test & Evaluation. The award is presented in the name of Walter W. Hollis who is recognized for his dedicated and long-standing service in the field of Test & Evaluation.
2009 Recipient
Dr. Ernest Seglie, Science Advisor to the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, OSD
Dr. Seglie received his B.S. at The Cooper Union and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Massachusetts. After teaching and research assignments at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Yale University he joined the Institute for Defense Analyses. He led the IDA analysis for the Joint Test TASVAL, Tactical Aircraft Survivability Evaluation, which was the largest field test conducted up to that time. He was project leader for IDA’s support of the Sgt. York Operational Test, the first test overseen by the then just established Office of Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E). He received the Andrew Goodpaster Award for Excellence in Research from IDA. He became the first Science Advisor to DOT&E in 1988 and his efforts have been rewarded with the Civilian Service Medal, the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Service (twice) and the rank of Meritorious Senior Professional, conferred on him in 2003 by President Bush.
Past Recipients
- Dr. Paul H. Deitz, Acting Director HRED, ARL, APG, MD (2008)
- Mr. James F. O'Bryon, Former DDOT&E / LFT (2007)
- RADM Bert Johnston, USN (Ret), Wyle Laboratories (2006)
- Hon Thomas Christie, DOT&E, OSD (2005)
- Dr. Marion Williams, HQ AFOTEC (2004)
- Mr. James Fasig, Aberdeen Test Center (2003)
- Mr. G. Thomas Castino, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (2002)
- Hon Philip Coyle, III, DOT&E, OSD (2001)
- Mr. Walter Hollis, Department of the Army (2000)