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Fribourgh Award Reception Raises $75,000 for math, science scholarships

Janea Snyder — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:08:09 +0000

��Vlog��ý Little Rock recently honored William “Cory” Davis, senior vice president of operations and principal consultant at the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH) in North Little Rock, with the Fribourgh Award, honoring his contributions to the state of Arkansas through mathematics and science. An awards reception, held Sept. 20 at Little Rock’s Chenal Country Club, raised more than $75,000 for math and science scholarships. “It’s a great honor to be recognized by my alma mater in this way,” Davis said. “More importantly, this award gives other ��Vlog��ý Little Rock students the opportunity to pursue careers in math and science and give back to our state in the future.” After graduating from ��Vlog��ý Little Rock with a degree and industrial psychology minor in 2000, Davis met Drs. Jay Gandy, Phil Goad, Glenn Millner and Alan Nye of CTEH, a management, technology, and science-based consulting firm, and was hired as an industrial hygienist. For nine years, he then served as manager of the company’s Toxicology Emergency Response Program (TERP), which provides high-level scientific consulting for situations involving the catastrophic release of hazardous materials. Today, he is senior vice president of operations and principal consultant—handling large-scale emergency response, industrial hygiene, environmental consulting and emergency preparedness projects. He is widely known as one of the best advisors in the North American emergency response industry. Proceeds from this year’s awards reception will go to endow a scholarship in the Davis family name. These funds help ��Vlog��ý Little Rock attract and retain high-achieving full-time students in science and mathematics. The $75,000 raised at the reception puts the Science and Math Leadership Endowment total at $244,000. With this record year, the College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences hopes to award six individual scholarships for science and math students next spring. “Science at its heart is a creative endeavor, and one that drives future possibilities,” Chancellor Andrew Rogerson said during the reception. “As a university, we invigorate our students to aspire, to reach higher, to engage with the hard questions and to have the courage to explore solutions. These students are our future, the innovators and problem solvers of tomorrow.” The Fribourgh Award Reception began in 2010 to honor the late Dr. James H. Fribourgh, ��Vlog��ý Little Rock professor emeritus, who served for more than 45 years as chair of Life Sciences, interim chancellor, vice chancellor for academic affairs, and distinguished professor of biology. Past recipients include Jerry B. Adams, president and CEO of Arkansas Research Alliance; H. Watt Gregory III, partner at Kutak Rock LLP; Dr. Charles E. Hathaway, ��Vlog��ý Little Rock chancellor emeritus and Donaghey distinguished professor; Peter Banko, former president and CEO of St. Vincent Health System; Dr. James Hendren, former CEO and chairman of Arkansas Systems Inc.; Dr. Mary Good, founding dean of the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock College of Engineering and Information Technology; and Jerry and Sherri Damerow. (Photo, top right) ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Chancellor Andrew Rogerson (right) presents Cory Davis, principal consultant at the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH), with the Fribourgh Award on Sept. 20, 2018. Photo by Benjamin Krain

��Vlog��ý Little Rock to honor CTEH’s Cory Davis with Fribourgh Award

Ajani Oyindamola — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:19:15 +0000

William “Cory” Davis, senior vice president of operations and principal consultant at the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health in North Little Rock, has been selected as the recipient of the ninth annual Fribourgh Award from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. “It’s a great honor to be recognized by my alma mater in this way,” Davis said. “This award not only acknowledges the recipient, it gives other ��Vlog��ý Little Rock students the opportunity to pursue careers in math and science and give back to our state in the future.” The Fribourgh Award honors individuals who have made considerable contributions to the state of Arkansas through mathematics and science. This year’s reception will be held on Thursday, Sept. 20, from 6-8 p.m. at the Chenal Country Club in Little Rock. Proceeds will be used to create an endowed scholarship in the Davis Family name to help ��Vlog��ý Little Rock attract and retain high-achieving, full-time students majoring in math and science. “We appreciate this opportunity to recognize Cory Davis for his noteworthy work in our state’s scientific community,” said Thomas Clifton, interim dean of the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock College of Arts, Letters and Sciences. “He’s an excellent example of how impactful ��Vlog��ý Little Rock alumni can be, not just to one individual but to the entire populace.” After graduating from ��Vlog��ý Little Rock with a and industrial psychology minor in 2000, Davis met Drs. Jay Gandy, Phil Goad, Glenn Millner and Alan Nye of the (CTEH), a management, technology and science-based consulting firm, and was hired as an industrial hygienist. For nine years, he then served as manager of the company’s Toxicology Emergency Response Program (TERP), which is responsible for providing high-level scientific consulting for situations involving the catastrophic release of hazardous materials. Today, he is senior vice president of operations and principal consultant—handling large-scale emergency response, industrial hygiene, environmental consulting and emergency preparedness projects. He is widely known as one of the best advisors in the North American emergency response industry.

Cory Davis/Photo by Ben Krain

Under Davis’ leadership, CTEH has grown to more than 150 employees and nine offices across the U.S. He is thankful to his mentors and colleagues who are dedicated to helping his fellow Arkansans and others in need around the globe. “I’ve been proud to work with my colleagues at CTEH to build a first-class team of environmental, health, safety and management professionals who are willing and able to provide the science and intelligence our partners need during times of crisis,” Davis said. “Every day, we’re developing new solutions—from cutting-edge technology to hands-on training programs—to help protect people, their communities and the environment.” The Fribourgh Award Reception began in 2010 to honor the late Dr. James H. Fribourgh, ��Vlog��ý Little Rock professor emeritus, who served for more than 45 years as chair of Life Sciences, interim chancellor, vice chancellor for academic affairs and distinguished professor of biology. Past recipients include Jerry B. Adams, president and CEO of Arkansas Research Alliance; H. Watt Gregory III, partner at Kutak Rock LLP; Dr. Charles E. Hathaway, ��Vlog��ý Little Rock chancellor emeritus and Donaghey distinguished professor; Peter Banko, president and CEO of St. Vincent Health System; Dr. James Hendren, former CEO and chairman of Arkansas Systems Inc., Dr. Mary Good, founding dean of the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock College of Engineering and Information Technology; and Jerry and Sherri Damerow. Tickets for this year’s reception are on sale for $75 per person, $50 is tax deductible, at . For sponsorship information, please contact Derek Boyce at dcboyce@ualr.edu or 501-683-7355.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock Alumni Spotlight: Cory Davis

Ajani Oyindamola — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 14:45:41 +0000

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumnus is making the world a better place, helping people and businesses recover from some of the country’s worst disasters. As a partner and principal consultant at the (CTEH), a management, technology, and science-based consulting firm based in North Little Rock, has spent his career traveling across the country to help manage the fallout from disasters. When someone is facing the worst day of their lives, Davis is often the one to answer the call for help. “When we get a call, everyone is dealing with a crisis,” he said. “When you answer an emergency call, it is almost like answering a 911 call. These people are shaken up, and help is a long way out sometimes.” Davis has worked on hundreds of projects involving the release or threat of release of hazardous materials. He also worked on occupational health and safety issues related to industrial ventilation and indoor air quality as well as exposure to chemicals, asbestos, aerosol and dust. CTEH has emergency response teams, a plane and pilot on standby. So when a disaster strikes, emergency teams can often be on the site of a disaster in six hours or less. In his 17 years with CTEH, Davis has worked on many disaster scenes, including the World Trade Center after 9/11, New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, and, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, an outbreak of bird flu in 2015. During Hurricane Harvey, CTEH employees arrived in Houston two days after one of the most devastating hurricanes in the country’s history made landfall. In the midst of historic rain and floods, Davis and his co-workers provided air monitoring and other services for the U.S. Coast Guard and assessed chemical plants that had flooded. “There is so much going on,” Davis said. “We are going back and forth to Houston, and we have crews in the Florida Keys and Puerto Rico as well. We need to help our clients get people back home and get businesses back in business.”

From ��Vlog��ý Little Rock to environmental health and safety hero

Davis worked full time as a legal assistant at Gilbert Law Firm while pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health Science and minor in industrial psychology at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock. As his time in college was wrapping up, Davis dropped off a resume with one of CTEH’s founders, Glenn Millner, who hired Davis as an industrial hygienist the very same day. “When I got to ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, I was really focused on enhancing my knowledge base and learning more about science on the environmental health and safety side,” he said. “That education is really what the CTEH founders were looking for in expertise. When I graduated, I had the right background, the right education, and CTEH had the need.” With about 15 employees, CTEH was a much smaller company when Davis started working there in 2000. Millner, Jay Gandy, Phil Goad and Alan Nye founded CTEH in 1997, when all four worked as adjunct professors at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, but had zero experience in business. ��Vlog��ýMS’ business incubator, now known as BioVentures, helped them get started. Davis joined three years later. By 2003, Davis became the first manager of the Toxicology Emergency Response Team, where he managed a program responsible for providing high-level scientific consulting in extreme situations, usually related to a catastrophic release of hazardous materials. He was promoted to vice president of operations in 2010. In his current role, Davis leads CTEH’s Major Projects Team and manages the response and recovery side of the business. He works to maintain a constant state of readiness and availability. This year, CTEH is celebrating its 20th anniversary and has 125 full-time and 200 part-time employees, including industrial hygienists; environmental health and safety consultants; and medical doctors. When the firm’s founders began looking to retire, they wanted to leave the future of the company in the hands of its employees. Since 2013, the founders have been selling majority interest in the company to its employees. In the end, Davis said the main goal of his job is to help people and businesses survive a disaster through readiness, response and recovery. “We help get businesses back up and running and help get people back in their homes,” Davis said. “That’s what we are really about. Recovery is about getting people back to their lives.” In the upper right photo, ��Vlog��ý Little Rock alumnus Cory Davis provides air monitoring and chemical plant assessments in the Houston area after Hurricane Harvey hit. Submitted photo.

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Fribourgh Award Reception Raises $75,000 for math, science scholarships

����Vlog��ý Little Rock to honor CTEH’s Cory Davis with Fribourgh Award

����Vlog��ý Little Rock Alumni Spotlight: Cory Davis

- University News Archive - ��Vlog��ý Little Rock

��Vlog��ý Little Rock to honor CTEH’s Cory Davis with Fribourgh Award

��Vlog��ý Little Rock Alumni Spotlight: Cory Davis