Health and Wellness alumna Lindsay Heck ’17 was recently awarded the Clyde M. Berry Scholarship from the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHA). Heck is currently enrolled as a graduate student in public health at the University of Iowa. She is a past winner of the Paul Demartinis Health and Wellness Major of the Year Award at Canisius.
The AIHA is a non-profit organization serving professionals dedicated to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control and confirmation of environmental stressors in or arising from the workplace, which may result in injury, illness, impairment or affect the well-being of workers and members of the community.
The scholarship is named for Clyde M. Berry, PhD, who entered the field of industrial hygiene in 1941 after receiving a doctorate degree from the University of Iowa. His career track included roles as a public health service officer and a corporate industrial hygiene manager before he returned to the University of Iowa, where he established a research institute dedicated to agriculture health and safety.
A certified industrial hygienist and member of AIHA, Berry served as association president in 1967. He received the Donald E. Cummings Memorial Award and the Distinguished Service Award from AIHA.
Submitted by: Karl Kozlowski, PhD, associate professor, Kinesiology
