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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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