Distinguished Service Award
NACWA’s Distinguished Service Award is reserved for individuals formerly representing NACWA member agencies who, during their representation of their utility, maintained an active and distinguished role in the Association in addition to exemplifying a strong dedication to the clean water industry.
2016 Honorees
Howard M. Neukrug Commissioner, Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia, PA
John O'Neil General Manager, Johnson County Wastewater, KS
Ray Orvin, Jr. Former Executive Director, Renewable Water Resources, SC
2015 Honoree
No Recipient
2014 Honoree
No Recipient
2013 Honorees
William G. Moore Consultant, Metropolitan Council Environmental Service, MN
Stephen R. Pearlman Former Director of Environmental Services, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, CO
Peter Ruffier Former Director, City of Eugene Wastewater Division, OR
James M. Tarpy Consultant, Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County, TN
Jeff Theerman Senior Utility Consultant, Brown and Caldwell
2012 Honorees
Thomas Walsh Director Emeritus, Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District, MA
Tatyana Arsh Former Director of Public Utilities, City of Columbus Department of Public Utilities, OH
Norman LeBlanc Former Director of Water Quality, Hampton Roads Sanitation District, VA
2011 Honorees
Michael Gritzuk Former Director, Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department, AZ
Richard Lanyon Former Executive Director, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, IL
Robert Moore Former Chief Administrative Officer, The Metropolitan District, CT
Jon Schellpfeffer Former Chief Engineer & Director, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
2010 Honorees
Mary A. Lappin Former Assistant Director, Plant & Facilities, Kansas City Water Department, Kansas City, MO
Christopher M. Westhoff Former Assistant City Attorney - Public Works General Counsel, City of Los Angeles, CA
2009 Honoree
Billy G. Turner Former Director, Columbus Water Works, GA
2008 Honorees
Franklyn Pogge Former Director, Kansas City Water Department, Kansas City, MO
William Pugh Director, City of Tacoma Public Works Department, Tacoma, WA
William Schatz Former General Counsel, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Cleveland, OH
Kurt Soderberg Executive Director, Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, Duluth, MN
2007 Honorees
Erwin Odeal Executive Director of Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Cleveland, OH
Robert Hite District Manager of the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, Denver, CO
Paul Pinault Former Executive Director of the Narragansett Bay Commission in Rhode Island, RI
2006 Honorees
Blake Anderson Former General Manager, Orange County Sanitation District, Fountain Valley, CA
Margaret “Margie” Nellor Former Assistant Department Head of Technical Services, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Whittier, CA
2005 Honorees
James T. Canaday Engineer-Director, Alexandria Sanitation Authority, Alexandria, Va.
Kumar Kishinchand Former Water Commissioner, Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia, Pa.
2004 Honorees
Harold J. Gorman Former Executive Director, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, New Orleans, La.
Stephen Hayashi Former General Manager, Union Sanitary District, Union City, Calif.
2003 Honorees
Gordon Garner Former Executive Director, Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District, Louisville, Ky.
Gurnie Gunter Former Director, Kansas City Water Services Department, Kansas City, Mo.
2002 Honorees
Michael A. Reardon Former Director Waste Processing & Plant Maintenance The Metropolitan District Hartford, Conn.
Douglas MacDonald Former Executive Director Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Charlestown, Mass.
2001 Honoree
Robert P. Miele Former Technical Services Department Head for the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles , Calif.
2000 Honoree
Michele M. Plá Former NACWA President and Manager for the San Francisco Clean Water Program
1999 Honoree
No recipient
1998 Honoree
George D. Barnes Former NACWA Board Member & Manager, Wet Weather Programs, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc., GA
1997 Honoree
James R. Borberg Former NACWA President and longtime NACWA board member and former General Manager of the Hampton Roads Sanitation District, VA
1996 Honoree
Edward O. Wagner Former NACWA Vice President & Former Deputy Commissioner for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Clean Water, NY
1995 Honoree
J. Wayne Sylvester Retired General Manager, County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, CA
1994 Honoree
Marilyn Hotch Former Special Assistant for Environmental Issues, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, MA
1993 Honoree
Carolyn Hardy Olsen Former Commissioner, City of Atlanta Water Pollution Control, GA
1992 Honoree
No recipient
1991 Honoree
Charles Kaiser Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, MO
1990 Honoree
No recipient
1989 Honoree
Patrick Marchese Former NACWA Board Member, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI
1988 Honoree
No recipient
1987 Honorees
Carmen F. Guarino Former NACWA President, City of Philadelphia, PA
Ralph E. "Mike" Graham Former NACWA Board Member, San Diego Water Utilities, CA
1986 Honoree
Walter Garrison Former NACWA Board Member, County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, CA
1985 Honorees
Fred A. Harper Former NACWA President, County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, CA
K. Ray Harrington Former NACWA President, Nashville Department of Water and Sewerage Services, TN
1984 Honoree
No recipient
1983 Honorees
Gene E. Cronk Pima County Wastewater Management, AZ
Charles V. "Tom" Gibbs Former NACWA President, Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, WA
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