Background
Bingham, Eula was born on July 9, 1929 in Covington, Kentucky, United States.
Bingham, Eula was born on July 9, 1929 in Covington, Kentucky, United States.
She earned a Bachelor of Surgery in 1951 in Chemistry and Biology from Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky. An Master of Surgery in 1954 in Physiology from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. And a Doctor of Philosophy in 1958 in Zoology, also from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
She began her career at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in 1961 as a researcher who did pioneering work on chemical carcinogens. She contributed more than one hundred peer reviewed articles on occupational and environmental respiratory hazards. Chemical carcinogenesis and related topics.
And occupational and environmental health policy.
She served as a scientific and policy advisor for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health from 1972 to 1976, in the Department of Labor as an advisor on coke oven emissions and carcinogens (1973-1975), in the National Academy of Sciences" Lead in Paint Commission (1974-1975), in the Food and Drug Administration, and in the Environmental Protection Agency (1976-1977). President Jimmy Carter appointed her Director of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and she served through his administration, between 1977 and 1981.
During her administration of Occupational Safety and Health Administration notable regulatory activity included revised occupational lead exposure standard and promulgation of regulations on workers" "right to know" about workplace hazards. She later served as Vice President and University Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at the University of Cincinnati (1982–1990), and as a distinguished professor of environmental health at the University of Cincinnati.
2000 - David Platt Rall Award for Advocacy in Public Health, American Public Health Association
2000 - Ramazzini Award for Science and Policy, Collegium Ramazzini, Carpi, Italy
1999 - Mary O. Amdur Award, New York University.
1998 - Henry Smythe, Junior., Toxicologist Award, American Academy of Industrial Hygiene. 1995 - American Industrial Hygiene Association"s Hamilton Award. 1989 - Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.
1989 - Jerry F. Stara Award, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1984 - First Recipient of the William Lloyd Award for Occupational Safety, United States. Steel Workers Union, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1984 - Alice Hamilton Award, American Public Health Association.
1981 - Philosophy Hart Award, Urban Environment Conference, Washington, District of Columbia. 1981 - Doctor of Law (Honorary), College of Mount Saint Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1980 - Rockefeller Foundation Public Service Award, Washington, District of Columbia 1980 - Julia Jones Award, New York Lung Association, American Lung Association, New York, New York
1980 - Homer North. Calver Award, American Public Health Association, Detroit, Michigan. 1979 - Doctor of Sciences (Honorary), Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky.
Member Advisory Commission on Carcinogens, 1973. Member of Institute Medicine.