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<big><i>Message from Hugh Montgomery:</i><br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
Garamond; color: black;">It gives me great pleasure to
inform you that Cynthia “Thia” Keppel has been selected to serve
as the next
Group Leader for Hall A.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
Garamond; color: black;">Thia is well known to many of
you, holding a dual appointment at Jefferson Lab as a staff
scientist and as a
professor at Hampton University.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
Garamond; color: black;">Many of you may also recall
that just last year, Thia was named the winner of the 2011
Virginia Outstanding
Scientist Award. One of the many awards she has won her career.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
Garamond; color: black;">Needless to say, we are very
pleased that Thia has agreed to join the lab full time. She’s an
outstanding
scientist, teacher and leader, qualities that were key in
our worldwide search. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
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July 1. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
Garamond; color: black;">In the meantime, please join me
in congratulating her on her new assignment.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
Garamond; color: black;">At this time, I also would like
to thank Bob Michaels, who has served as Hall A Group Leader
since March 2011.
His work and leadership is much appreciated.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
Garamond; color: black;">Also, I want to thank the </span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond; color: black;">search
committee,
chaired by Bob McKeown and Don Geesaman. They did an outstanding
job in seeking
out and finding the best possible person to lead Hall A.<br>
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