Past Award Winners


Collection Systems Professional of the Year
Awarded to a worthy individual who, working on a day-to-day basis in collections, displaying remarkable dedication to his other employer and to the MWEA, excelling professionally and publicly promoting the wastewater treatment profession.
2007 Winner: Keith McCormack
Donald M. Pierce Award
Recognizes a worthy individual who has
demonstrated outstanding performance in
a municipal facility.
2007 Winner: Scott Blair
Educational Professional of the Year
Awarded to recognize an individual for their efforts in promoting activities and professionalism in water resource education.
2007 Winner: Mackenzie L. Davis
Excellence in Service Award
Presented to acknowledge extraordinary
personal service to the Association. This award will be presented annually to a member of the Association who is not involved in a leadership role but who has been very active behind the scenes.
2007 Winner: Laura Gruzwalski
Groundwater Management Professional of the Year
Awarded to recognize an individual for their efforts in promoting activities and professionalism in groundwater management and groundwater protection issues.
2007 Winner: Jim Brode
Health & Safety Professional of the Year
Awarded to a worthy individual who working on a day-to-day basis in Health & Safety, has demonstrated outstanding dedication to his or her employer and to the MWEA, has excelled professionally, and has publicly promoting the Health & Safety Professions.
2007 Winner: Gary J. Timmer
Health & Safety Award-Industrial
In recognition of the commitment to health and safety in an industrial wastewater treatment facility, as evidenced by an effective, well established and documented Health & Safety Program.
2007 Winner:
Smithfield Beef Group - Plainwell, Michigan
Health & Safety Award-Municipal
In recognition of the commitment to health and safety in a municipal wastewater treatment facility, as evidenced by an effective, well established and documented Health & Safety Program.
2007 Winner:
Ypsilanti Community Utility Authority
Honorary Members
Shall be awarded to persons of acknowledged eminence in one or more fields of activity within the scope of the stated objectives of the Association or the Federation and who made exceptional contributions to the Association and Federation.
2006 Winner:
William Gramlich
Curt Christeson
IPP Professional of the Year
Awarded to a worthy individual who, working on a day-to-day basis in the Industrial Pretreatment Program, has displayed remarkable dedication to an employer and to the MWEA, excelled professionally, and publicly promoted the water environment profession.
2007 Winner: Lisa Milton
Jack H. Wagner Scholarship
Awarded to a Michigan student who is
enrolled in a degree program in engineering, public health, or the natural sciences who intends to pursue a career in the water environment field.
2007 Winner: Janee Kronk, University of Michigan
James R. Rumsey Award
Recognizes the best paper present at the
preceding year’s annual meeting of either the Association or the Federation or published in the journal during the preceding year
2007 Winners: Peter Daukss and Mike Lunn
John P. Hennessey Scholarship
Awarded to a Michigan student who is
enrolled in a degree program in engineering, public health, or the natural sciences who intends to pursue a career in the water environment field.
2007 Winner: Kent McCord, Northern Michigan University
Maintenance Professional of the Year
Awarded to a worthy individual who, working on a day-to-day basis in maintenance, has displayed remarkable dedication to an employer and to the MWEA, excelled professionally, and publicly promoted the wastewater treatment profession.
2007 Winner: Raymond Dufek
MWEA Service Awards
2007 Winner:
Randy Hamlett, Outgoing Federation Director
Fred Cowles, Outgoing President
Steve DeVries, Outgoing Membership Director
Tad Slawecki, Outgoing Secretary/Treasurer
New Professional of the Year
Awarded to recognize outstanding dedication and commitment to the objectives of the Association by an individual who is relatively new to the water environment field.
2007 Winner:
Nicole Selais
Outstanding Environmental Consultant
For demonstrating outstanding dedication to his or her employer and to the MWEA, excelling professionally, and publicly promoting the wastewater environment profession.
2007 Winner: Ishwar Naik
 
Outstanding Environmental Engineer
For demonstrating outstanding dedication
to his or her employer and to the MWEA,
excelling professionally, and publicly promoting the wastewater environment profession.
2007 Winner: Grant Gartrell
Outstanding Vendor Support
For demonstrating outstanding dedication
to his or her employer and to the MWEA,
excelling professionally, and publicly promoting the wastewater environment profession.
2007 Winner: Chuck Kronk
Operations Professional of the Year
Awarded to an operator of a municipal wastewater treatment plant, working on a day-to-day basis in operations, who has displayed remarkable dedication to an employer and to MWEA, excelled professionally, consistently generated good quality effluent, and publicly promoted the profession of the wastewater treatment plant operator.
2007 Winner: Charles Mann
PK Sarda Laboratory Professional of the Year
Awarded to an analyst who has displayed
remarkable dedication to an employer and
to the MWEA, excelled professionally,
consistently, generated reliable data, and
publicly promoted the profession of the
laboratory analyst.
2007 Winner: Bob Leet
Public Utility Management Professional of the Year
Awarded to a worthy individual who
demonstrated outstanding dedication to his or her employer and to the MWEA, has excelled professionally, and has publicly promoted the wastewater environment profession.
2007 Winner: Bruce Merchant
Public Education Award
Awarded to recognize an individual for their efforts in promoting activities and professionalism in water resource education.
2007 Winner: Jerry Harte
Regulatory Professional of the Year
Recognized an individual for their outstanding contributions to the MWEA and for fostering professional alliances to promote the need for effective water quality.
2007 Winner: Steve Casey
Residual Management Professional of the Year
Awarded to a worthy individual who, working on a day-to-day basis in the treatment disposal of residuals, displaying remarkable dedication to his or her employer and to the MWEA, excelling professionally, and publicly promoting the profession of the residuals management.
2007 Winner: Kenneth Langmesser
Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers
Awarded for outstanding, meritorious service above and beyond the call of duty to those elevated to the highest level of the sludge bed, with all the honor, atmosphere prerequisites and dignity appertaining thereto.
2007 Inductees:
Keith McCormack
Steve Casey
Todd Wibright
John Bohunsky
Watershed Management Professional of the Year
Awarded to recognize an individual for their efforts in promoting activities and professionalism in watershed management.
2007 Winner: Christine Kosmowski
Williard F. Shephard Award
Recognizes individuals who have completed 20 years of membership in the Association.
2007 Winners:
Richard T. Hinshon
Michael J. Senyk
William R. Kaiser
Kenneth R. Langmesser
Randy Studaker
Jessie M. Cason-Smith
Brian Kindness
David Krohn
Brian Ross
William W. Soper
David L. Woodman
Richard Pierson
Robert F. Scheuerman
John H. Baratta
Robert Ormond
Michael J. Brown
Jeffrey N. Link
Paul Stokes
WEF Awards  
Arthur Sidney Bell Award
Awarded to acknowledge extraordinary
personal service to the Michigan
Association.
2007 Winner: Jimmy L. Spangler
Quarter Century Operators’ Club Award
Recognizes someone who has been
engaged in treatment plant operation on
a full-time basis for 25 years.
2007 Winner:
Brian J. Ross
Richard Bigham
Charles Bellmore
Larry A. Horn
Mathew J. Schindewolf
William D. Hatfield Award
Given to operators of wastewater
treatment plants for outstanding
performance and professionalism.
2007 Winner: Jeanette Best
Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award
Recognizes individuals for outstanding
performance, professionalism and
contributions to the water quality
analyses profession.
2007 Winner: Allen Albert
Life Memberships
Granted to an individual who is at least
65 years old and has been a dues-paying
WEF and Member Association(s)
member for 35 years.
2007 Winners:
Allyn Ernst, since 1964
James H. Granger, since 1972