This award is given in recognition of the demonstrated activity of a member of AWWA who has contributed outstanding participation, counsel, and progressiveness to the Section for a period of no less than ten (10) years. Members of the Board of Trustees select the award recipient from among nominations received from the Section membership. Members are invited to submit nominations below by July 15th of each year.
Purpose
This award, established in 1966 as the Distinguished Service Award, is given by the Section to acknowledge the demonstrated activity of a member of AWWA who has contributed outstanding participation, counsel, and progressiveness to the Virginia Section. In 1997, the Board of Trustees renamed the award in memory of a devoted AWWA member, Herbert W. Evans, Jr., who died in 1996.
Nominee Eligibility Requirements
- Active participation within the Virginia Section for a period of not less than ten (10) years.
- Participation and activity within the Virginia Section so deemed by the award committee as sufficiently outstanding to meet the "purpose" of the award.
- The recipient may not be a current member of the Section Board of Trustees, except he or she may be a long-term member of the Board, i.e., Secretary or Treasurer.
Nomination or Submission Deadline
- Selection of not more than one recipient annually may be made.
- The award committee may, after due consideration, omit an award presentation in any calendar year. The Nominations Committee is the selection committee for this award.
- Any member of the Virginia Section may propose one or more candidates via the online form (use link below). Such proposals shall be in writing and shall indicate the candidate's qualifications and must be submitted below by May 31st.
Method of Selecting Award Recipient
All nominations shall be submitted online and shall indicate the nominee’s qualifications. The Section Executive Director will forward all nominations to the selection committee for review and evaluation. Only one selection for an award will be made annually, and then only if a qualified recipient exists.
Frequency
Annually, if deserved.
Presentation of the Award
The Award shall be presented at the Awards Banquet during the VA AWWA Annual Meeting (WaterJAM).
All awards need to be submitted using the online form. Please click "Nominate" below to begin the process. If you wish to review the questions asked before getting started, please click here for a copy of the entry form.
To download a copy of the guidelines, click here.
Past Winners
2022 Christopher T. Carey
2021 Timothy A. Mitchell
2020 Dwayne Schwartz
2019 Beate M. Wright
2018 Rick M. DiSalvo
2017 Brian L. Ramaley
2016 H. Ali Mahan
2015 Cathy J. LaRue
2014 Russ Navratil
2013 Gary St. John
2012 Darlene Mormon
2011 Susan M. Watson
2010 Roy E. Covington
2009 Gary C. Schafran
2008 Michael L. Hotaling
2007 Clarence O. Warnstaff
2006 Lee W. Higgins
2005 Daniel B. Horne
2004 Sherry L. Williams
2003 Robert M. Gore
2002 Robert F. Canova
2001 Gerald W. Peaks
2000 R. Talmadge Piland
1999 Allen R. Hammer
1998 Millard P. Robinson, Jr.
1997 Gerald W. Higgins
1996 John P. Waters
1995 Billy H. Kornegay
1994 James B. Richards, Jr.
1993 Robert J. Etris
1992 Robert B. Taylor
1991 Hugh J. Eggborn
1990 Herbert W. Evans, Jr.
1989 Aubrey V. Watts, Jr.
1988 William H. Payne
1987 Warren J. Hunt
1986 James W. Givens
1985 Stuart P. Tansill
1984 Patrick J. Brady
1983 Floyd F. Eunpu
1982 Ray A. Jackson
1981 Oscar H. Adams
1980 W. Carle Thurston
1979 Paul H. King
1978 Howard A. Johnson
1977 Robert R. Peters
1976 Samuel M. Hodges
1975 James J. Corbalis, Jr.
1974 J. P. Kavanaugh
1973 H. Edward Lordley
1972 Bryant L. Strother
1971 Eugene Meredith
1970 Jack B. Ferguson
1969 Edward H. Ruehl
1968 Xenophon D. Murden
1967 Willard W. Anders