Who is Fay M. Thompson?

Who is Fay M. Thompson, PhD, and why is CSHEMA's Scholarship named after her? 

Learn more about this EHS pioneer and her importance as a leader from CSHEMA's past in the video below.

Originally presented by Bruce Backus at the 2021 Virtual Spring Symposium

About the presenter
Bruce Backus is the assistant vice chancellor of environmental health and safety (EH&S) at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) and he has been in the position since 2003. From 1998 to 2003, Bruce was the director of environmental health and safety at Washington University School of Medicine, and from 1988 to 1998, he was the director of the environmental management facility, environmental compliance officer, and the assistant director of environmental health and safety at the University of Minnesota.