The Baker Panel Report - ABSA

RETIRED ADMIRAL FRANK L. “SKIP” BOWMAN is a longtime naval officer and former Director of the Naval Nuclear PropulsionProgram, and is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute.Admiral Bowman was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He graduated from Duke University in 1966 and immediatelybegan his naval career. In 1973, he completed a dual masters program in nuclear engineering and naval architecture/marine engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T), where he was elected to the Society of Sigma Xi. Hecurrently serves on the Engineering Board of Visitors at Duke, the Nuclear Engineering Department Advisory Committeeat the University of Tennessee, and on the Visiting Committee for Nuclear Engineering at M.I.T. In March 2006, Admiral Bowman was madean Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in recognition of his support of the Royal Navy nuclearsubmarine program.Over the course of his nearly 39-year navy career, Admiral Bowman served aboard six ships, five of which were nuclear submarines, and hecommanded the submarine USS City of Corpus Christi and the tender USS Holland. A flag officer since 1991, Admiral Bowman served asDeputy Director of Operations, Joint Staff; Director for Political-Military Affairs, Joint Staff; and Chief of Naval Personnel.Admiral Bowman was appointed Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion from 1996 to 2004, during which time he held a joint appointmentas Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors in the National Nuclear Security Administration of the Department of Energy. In that position hewas responsible for the operation of more than 100 nuclear reactors aboard Navy aircraft carriers and submarines and in its training andresearch facilities. Throughout its history—including during Admiral Bowman’s tenure—the nuclear navy’s safety record has beenexemplary. Since 1953, U.S. nuclear warships have logged over 128 million miles in defense of our country.In his role as Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion, Admiral Bowman testified before the House Science Committee investigating the Columbia SpaceShuttle accident. Admiral Bowman’s testimony focused on “the organizational culture of safety” that has made naval reactors a safety success.GLENN ERWIN is the Project Director of the Triangle of Prevention (TOP) Program at the United Steel, Paper and Forestry,Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW) and monitors refinerysafety nationwide for the USW.Mr. Erwin has over 35 years of experience within the petrochemical industry, including working at the Texas City ChemicalPlant when it was run by Amoco from 1970 until 1994.In 1994, Mr. Erwin took leave from Amoco to work in the Health and Safety Department of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers InternationalUnion (OCAW). In that capacity, Mr. Erwin assisted in developing the TOP Program and became Director of the program.Mr. Erwin has extensive experience in accident investigation within the petrochemical industry, and he is very knowledgeable in the area ofhealth and safety. In 2005 he testified before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee in its examination of theappropriate role of the federal government in efforts to better protect the nation’s chemical facilities from terrorist attacks.The B.P. U.S. Refineries Independent Safety Review Paneliii