Missouri S&T professor receives Champion of Nursing Award

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On June 28, 2024

Dr. Daniel Oerther, center, was recently presented with the ANA Champion of Nursing Award. He is pictured here with Dr. Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, left, president of ANA, and Dr. Khaliah Fisher-Grace, chair of the awards committee. Photo courtesy of Oerther.

Dr. Daniel Oerther, center, was recently presented with the ANA Champion of Nursing Award. He is pictured here with Dr. Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, left, president of ANA, and Dr. Khaliah Fisher-Grace, chair of the awards committee. Photo courtesy of Oerther.

Dr. Daniel B. Oerther, an environmental health engineering professor at Missouri S&T, has been awarded the Champion of Nursing Award from the American Nurses Association (ANA). 
 
“It is a true honor to collaborate with outstanding members of the nursing profession and receive this recognition from ANA,” Oerther says. “When nurses and engineers work together across disciplines, we can make great strides in providing communities with clean drinking water and sanitation, nutritious food, and other basic health needs.” 
 
Oerther was presented with the award, which is given to an extraordinary leader or organization not in the nursing profession, during a ceremony in late June in Washington, D.C.   
 
A Missouri S&T faculty member since 2010, he has published multiple articles focused on the convergence of nursing and engineering in academic journals and other publications. 
 
Oerther’s collaborations and research have led to him receiving several other nursing-related honors throughout the years as well. 
 
He is a lifetime honorary fellow of the American Academy of Nursing; a lifetime honorary member of Sigma Theta Tau, the international honor society of nursing; and a lifetime honorary fellow of the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Education. 
 
He is also a fellow of the Society of Environmental Engineers, the Society of Operations Engineers, the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health, and the Royal Society for Public Health, among other organizations. 
 
Oerther serves as executive director of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists and was the first person to be recognized by the organization with board certification as both an environmental engineer and environmental scientist.
 
He is a professor of nursing by courtesy for Duquesne University, treasurer and a member of the board of directors of Engineers Without Borders USA, president of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards, and chair of the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission. 
  
Oerther earned a Ph.D. and master’s degree in environmental engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, as well as bachelor’s degrees in both environmental engineering and biology from Northwestern University.

For more information about Missouri S&T’s environmental engineering programs, visit care.mst.edu

About Missouri S&T

Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,000 students located in Rolla, Missouri. Part of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Missouri S&T offers over 100 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation’s top public universities for salary impact, according to the Wall Street Journal. For more information about Missouri S&T, visit www.mst.edu.

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