GLIN==> OSU Educator Receives Congressional Flag, Commendations for Career Accomplishments

OSU Educator Receives Congressional Flag, Commendations for Career
Accomplishments

 

August 9, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

PUT-IN-BAY- John Hageman will be retiring at the end of August from Ohio
State University's Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory, but his service since
1977 hasn't gone unnoticed. In fact, U.S. 5th District Representative Bob
Latta (R-Ohio) recognized Stone Lab Co-Manager Hageman's service to the
program, the state, and Lake Erie by flying an American flag over the U.S.
Capitol on July 14. Ohio Senator Mark Wagoner (R-Ottawa Hills) and Ohio
Representative Dennis Murray (D-Sandusky) presented the flag to Hageman
Thursday, August 4 as part of Ohio Sea Grant's Legislative Days on Lake
Erie.

 

Wagoner and Murray also presented Hageman with proclamations from the House
of Representatives of Ohio's 129th General Assembly and Ohio Senate
congratulating him for his service to the state.

 

Hageman first experienced Stone Lab on a field trip as a high school
sophomore and he has built the program that ignited his own interest in
aquatic biology.

 

Under Hageman's leadership, Stone Lab's science workshop field trip program
has grown from welcoming 1,300 students in grades 4-12 to 7,000 students.
The program allows students to be Lake Erie scientists for a day, letting
them conduct fish trawls, study organisms under microscopes, dissect fish,
and explore other aspects of the aquatic environment.

 

The House's proclamation declared Hageman has "demonstrated an unwavering
dedication to performing his duties and fulfilling his responsibilities with
the utmost efficiency and competence. The manager of the laboratory since
1987, he has dedicated his research to larval fish collection,
identification, distribution, and population and survival, and he has been
instrumental in developing and leading the field trip, conference, and
workshop program."

 

"This is totally unexpected," Hageman said. "What an honor and a thrill to
be recognized for just doing my job. I appreciate the legislators taking
time from their busy schedule to honor me like this."

 

Located on the 6.5-acre Gibraltar Island in Put-in-Bay harbor, Stone
Laboratory is The Ohio State University's Island Campus on Lake Erie and the
education and research facility of the Ohio Sea Grant College Program. The
Ohio State University's Ohio Sea Grant Program is part of NOAA Sea Grant, a
network of 32 Sea Grant programs dedicated to the protection and sustainable
use of marine and Great Lakes resources. For information on Ohio Sea Grant
and Stone Laboratory, visit
<http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/news/ohioseagrant.osu.edu>
ohioseagrant.osu.edu.

 

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Contact:

 

John Hageman, Stone Laboratory Co-Manager, Ohio Sea Grant Extension
Educator, 614.247.6500,  <mailto:hageman.2 at cfaes.osu.edu>
hageman.2 at cfaes.osu.edu.

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