Selection of Tennessee District Chief

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cc: "Wanda C Meeks, Regional Hydrologist, SR, Norcross, GA" <wcmeeks>
Subject: Selection of Tennessee District Chief 
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Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 15:26:14 -0400
From: "Wanda C Meeks, Regional Hydrologist, SR, Norcross, GA" <wcmeeks>

                            MEMORANDUM


                                                   September 4, 1997

To:      All WRD Employees

From:    Wanda C. Meeks
         Regional Hydrologist, Southeastern Region

Subject: Selection of Tennessee District Chief

We are pleased to announce the selection of W. Scott Gain as the District
Chief of Tennessee.  Scott, who has been serving as the Chief of the
Hydrologic Records Section in the Orlando Subdistrict since 1993, brings
to his new assignment a solid commitment to both innovation and quality
in hydrologic analyses and a thorough understanding of hydrologic 
investigations and data networks within the unique cooperative environment
of the USGS.

After serving two years with the U.S. Peace Corps in the Philippines, 
Scott began his career with the U.S. Geological Survey in Fort Worth, 
Texas in 1984.  While in Texas, he served as the Water-Quality Specialist 
for the Fort Worth Subdistrict and worked on studies of nutrient loading 
in rivers and lakes.  He transferred to the Orlando Subdistrict in 
Florida in 1989 where he served as project chief of several surface-water 
investigations and as Subdistrict Surface-Water Specialist. As Chief of 
the Hydrologic Records Section in Orlando, he has presided over a 
significant increase in the technical complexity of data-network 
operations, increased the technical proficiency and quality of the 
Hydrologic Records Section, developed new program areas based on the 
widespread use of hydroacoustic techniques and methodologies, and  
modernized the computer environment of the Subdistrict to take advantage 
of many new PC-based programs and networking features.  He currently 
serves as a member of the WRD's work group on ADCP's and continues to 
work to increase the technical expertise of the WRD in the application 
of acoustics in hydrology.  Scott holds a B.S. in Environmental Science 
from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and an M.S. in Forest 
Resources and Conservation from the University of Florida.

Please join us in welcoming Scott to his new position.