Society for Occupational Health Psychology [SEP] inception
of the individuals who participated in the APA/NIOSH conferences also attended the first organizational meeting devoted to the creation of an OHP-related society in the U.S. The meeting was held at the University of South Florida. Over the next four years a series of organizational meetings took place that helped establish the society. In 2005, at a meeting held at the offices of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Occupational Health Psychology was formally founded, with Leslie Hammer of Portland State University as president. In 2006, the society
Seminary in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. In 2013, he was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal for contributions to the education of the people of British Columbia and Canada. In 2015 The American Psychological Association, Society for Occupational Health Psychology, and the CDC/National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety presented him with an award for his "distinguished contribution leading to the inception of the field of Occupational Health Psychology.
He served on The Salvation Army's International Doctrine Council from 2006 to 2011 and The Salvation Army