John Crocker, chemical safety manager in Risk, Safety, and Resilience, was awarded the Presidential Citation at the 2025 Outstanding Achievement Awards ceremony on April 15, 2025.
On March 24, 2025, an HVAC unit outside of the University Police and Public Safety Headquarters had a catastrophic failure severely injuring a Facilities and Campus Operations employee. John was in the vicinity, heard the malfunction, and rushed over to the scene of the incident. He found the other employee non-responsive, without a pulse and not breathing. John quickly began administering CPR and the employee regained a pulse, began breathing, and became conscious. It is thanks to John’s keen observational skills, drive to action, and willingness and ability to perform CPR that his fellow George Mason colleague received the necessary medical attention in an expeditious manner.
The Presidential Citation is a non-competitive award intended to recognize those who perform an exceptional deed that may or may not be related to their normal duties. The recipient of the award must have rendered a service or performed a deed at either personal or potential sacrifice that was motivated by good citizenship or a sense of public responsibility. Human Resources accepts nominations via Dynamic Forms. The nomination must include a one page description of the action for which the employee is being nominated.