Service Award Winner

Richard Chock

Richard Chock is research support staff at the Pacific Biomedical Research Center at Kewalo Marine Laboratory. Chock is the facilities manager for the complex, modern marine research facility that serves a half-dozen labs accommodating 40 employees.

To keep the physical plant in top operating condition, Chock wears many different hats and utilizes a variety of skills. Chock collects and handles diverse species of sea animals. He maintains and repairs the lab’s state-of-the-art research appliances to keep them in optimal working condition. When researchers need unique, specialized equipment unavailable "off the shelf," Chock designs and builds it for them.

With all of this, his colleagues say he brings to the job a good measure of empathy, generosity and a great sense of humor.