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Brian Shelton, Alabama-Mississippi John Kleinegger, Alaska Jeanne Jensen, Arizona Amy Winchester, Atlantic Canada Jim Mattison, British Columbia Brent Alspach, California-Nevada Craig Thompson, California-Nevada Gary Geck, Chesapeake Ray Baral, Connecticut Bill Young, Florida Pamela S. Burnett, Georgia Juanita Noelani Reyher-Colon, Hawaii William Soucie, Illinois John M. Seever, Indiana Ying-Ying Luo Macauley, PE, Intermountain Roy Hesemann, Iowa Marc Pedrotti, Kansas Sonia Allman, Kentucky-Tennessee Dr. Aldo Iván Ramírez Orozco, Mexico Patrick J. Staskiewicz, Michigan Rick Wahlen, Minnesota Jeff Clarke, Missouri Jeff Jensen, Montana Chad Roberts, Nebraska Barbara Cook, New England John Civardi, New Jersey Paul Rush, New York David K. Saunders, PE, North Carolina Lorraine Brown, Ohio Dr. Ron Hofmann, Ontario Bob James, Pacific Northwest Howard Neukrug, PE, BCEE, D. WRE, Pennsylvania Sylvain Langlois, Quebec Paul Fanning, Rocky Mountain Dr. Jane Byrne, South Carolina Mark Hardie, South Dakota Eric Lee, Southwest Melissa Bryant, PE, Texas Sally Mills-Wright, Texas Dr. David A Cornwell, PE, BCEE Virginia Todd Bennett, West Virginia Sam Ferris, Western Canada Rob Michaelson, Wisconsin
Sam Agnew, Alabama-Mississippi David Persinger, Alaska Section Robert Hollander, Arizona, Section Denise Kruger, California-Nevada Section Paul Schwartz, California-Nevada Section Dr. Grace Johns, Florida Section Katherine Zitsc, Georgia Section Clifford Lum, Hawaii Section Gale Gerber, Indiana Section William Bigelow, Intermountain Section Ted Corrigan, Iowa Section Lester Estelle, Kansas Section Scott Clark, Kentucky/Tennessee Section Arturo Carro, Mexico Section Christine Spitzley, Michigan Section Karla Peterson, Minnesota Section Drew Hess, Missouri Section Joe Stanley, New Jersey Section Paul Ponturo, New York Section Sarah Pillsbury, NEWWA, A Section of AWWA Ron Hargrove, North Carolina Section Ron Ron Hargrove, North Carolina Section Tyler Converse, Ohio Section Aziz Ahmed, OWWA, A Section of AWWA Dan Kegley, Pacific Northwest Section Curt Fontaine, Pennsylvania Section Sue Schneider, South Carolina Section Erin Steever, South Dakota Section Bruce Curtis, Texas Section Elston Johnson, Texas Section Darlene Mormon, Virginia Section Mark Sankoff, West Virginia Kelly Braden, Western Canada Section Frank Miller, Wisconsin Section
Samuel Agnew, Alabama-Mississippi Section Carrie Bohan, Alaska Section Alan Forrest, Arizona Section Mike Chaulk, Atlantic Canada Section Glen Brown, British Columbia Section Patricia Tennyson, California–Nevada Section Uzi Daniel, California–Nevada Section Rachel A. Ellis, Chesapeake Section Kim Kunihiro, Florida Section Arthur Frank Banks Jr., Georgia Section Jeffrey Pearson, Hawaii Section Randall Russell, Indiana Section Pam Gill, Intermountain Section Ed Moreno, Iowa Section Bruce Allman, Kansas Section Brad Montgomery, Kentucky–Tennessee Section Gerardo Garza González, Mexico Section Richard E. Benzie, Michigan Section David Brown, Minnesota Section John Brummer, Missouri Section Mary Poe, Nebraska Section David G. Polcari, New England Section Joseph A. Bella, New Jersey Section Judith A. Hansen, New York Section Brent Reuss, North Carolina Section Joe Ferguson, North Dakota Section Robert L. Davis, Ohio Section Kari Duncan, Pacific Northwest Section Patricia Stabler, Pennsylvania Section Bud Spillman, Rocky Mountain Section James M. Summers, South Carolina Section Michelle Carter, South Dakota Section Blake Weindorf, Southwest Section Wayne Owen, Texas Section Brent Locke, Texas Section Gary St. John, Virginia Section Mary Hutson, West Virginia Section Paul C. Wobma, Western Canada Section Kelly Zylstra, Wisconsin Section
David Stejkal, Alabama-Missiissippi Section Tom Wolf, Alaska Section Thomas. M Galeziewski, Arizona Section Greg Penny, Atlantic Canada Section Steve Brubacher, British Columbia Section Heather Collins, California-Nevada Section Scott Rovanpera, California-nevada Section Nicolle Bouolay, Chesapeake Section John Hudak, Connecticut Section Mark Lehigh, Florida Section Glenn Page, Georgia Section Joanna Seto, Hawaii Section Ted Meckes, Illinois Section Charlie Chapman, Indiana Section Bryan Phinney, Intermountain Section Dale Watson, Iowa Section Dan Defore, Kansas Section Dorothy Whitlock Rader, Kentucky-Tennesee Section Daniel Salas Limon, Mexico Section Clyde Dugan, Michigan Section Uma Vempati, Minnesota Section Raed Armouti, Missouri Section TBD, Montana Section Teresa Konda, Nebraska Section Ronald von Autenried, New Jersey Section Richard Gell, New York Section Dr. James P. Malley Jr.,, NEWWA - A Section of AWWA Jack Moyer, North Carolina Section N/A, North Dakota Section Ian Douglas, )WWA, A Section on AWWA Jeff Swertfeger, Ohio Section Bob Ward, Pacific Northwest Section Chris Crockett, Pennsylvania Section TBD, Puerto Rico Section Marie-Claude Besner, Quebec Section Melissa Elliot, Rock Mountain Section Angela G. Mettlen, South Carolina Section Joe Munson, South Dakota Section Ben Bridges, Southwest Section Shay Roalson, Texas Section Russell Navratil, Virginia Section Samual Anderson, West Virginia Section Jeff O'Driscoll, Western Canada Section Dave Lewis, Wisconsin Section
Hugh Smith, Jr., Alabama-Mississippi Section Floyd J. Damron, Alaska Section Marie Pearthree, Arizona Section Douglas N. Brownrigg, Atlantic Canada Section Len Clarkson, British Columbia Section Dr. Issam Najm, California-Nevada Section Joe Guistino, California-Nevada Section Rudy S. Chow, Chesapeake Section Stephen E. Pratt, Connecticut Section Carl Larrabee, Jr., Florida Section Brian Skeens, Georgia Section Mike G. Ramsey, Illinois Section Marty A. Wessler, Indiana Section Gerard Yates, Intermountain Section Robert M. Green, Iowa Section James A. Epp, Kansas Section Kay Sanborn, Kentucky-Tennessee Section Florentino Ayala Vazquez, Mexico Section Timothy D. McNamara, Michigan Section Patrick T. Shea, Minnesota Section Jim Urfer, Missouri Section Jeffrey M. Ashley, Montana Section Robert Pierce, Nebraska Section Stephen R. Blankenship, New Jersey Section William C. Becker, New York Section Stephen Estes-Smargiassi, NEWWA, A Section of AWWA Vicki P. Westbrook, North Carolina Section Dr. Wei Lin, North Dakota Section Karen Hawkins, Ohio Section Nick Benkovich, OWWA, A Section of AWWA Bill L. Evans, Jr., Pacific Northwest Section Steve E. Tagert, Pennsylvania Section Exel F. Colón Rivera, Puerto Rico Section Christian Sauvageau, Quebec Section Michael Berry, Rocky Mountain Section Douglas B. Kinard, South Carolina Section Tanya Miller, South Dakota Section Patty Thompson, Southwest Section Jennifer L. Elms, Texas Section Jeanne Bennett-Bailey, Virginia Section Louis Wooten, West Virginia Section W. Calvin Sexsmith, Western Canada Section Patrick S. Planton, Wisconsin Section
James L. Watterson, Alabama-Mississippi Section Leslie "Les" Syvertson, Alaska Section Matthew Rexing, Arizona Section Peter J. Hanlon, PENG, Atlantic Canada Section Colwyn Sunderland, British Columbia Section Edgar G. Dymally, California-Nevada Section Sue Mosburg, California-Nevada Section Edward G. Hallock, Chesapeake Section Peter B. Galant, Connecticut Section Jason P.F. Parillo, PE, Florida Section Kathy Nguyen, Georgia Section Ken Ota, Hawaii Section Greg Swanson, Illinois Section Duane Gillis, Indiana Section Scott W. Paxman, Intermountain Section John R. Dunn, PE, Iowa Section Michael G. Orth, PE, Kansas Section Hal Bathrop, Kentucky-Tennessee Section Alfredo Ortiz Garcia, Mexico Section Brian D. Steglitz, PE, Michigan Section Carol Blommel Johnson, Minnesota Section Nicholas L. Burns, Missouri Section Greg Lukasik, Montana Section Christopher P. Woodcock, NEWWA, A Section of AWWA Eric Lee, Nebraska Section Brandino Cacallori, New Jersey Section Daniel Seaver, PE, New York Section Barry D. Shearin, North Carolina Timothy J. Paustian, PE, North Dakota Section Jim Smith, OWWA, A Section of AWWA Melinda Raimann, Ohio Section Melinda Friedman, Pacific Northwest Section Gary L. Burlingame, Pennsylvania Section Luis M. Melendez-Fox, Puerto Rico Section Mathieu Laneuville, Quebec Section Elizabeth Carter, Rocky Mountain Section Curtis M. Dillard, PE, South Carolina Section Gavin M. Graverson, South Dakota Section David "Newton" White, Southwest Section Christianne Castleberry, Texas Section Karen J. Levy, Virginia Section Walter M. Ivey, West Virginia Section Garry E. Drachenberg, PE, Western Canada Section Kevin Richardson, PE, BCEE, Wisconsin Section
Hunter Arnold, Alabama-Mississippi Section Edward A. Sorenson, Alaska Section Patricia M. Kennedy, Arizona Section Mark Butler, Atlantic Canada Section Jennifer Crosby, British Columbia Section Marsi A. Steirer, California-Nevada Section Andrew D. Eaton, California-Nevada Section John DiFonzo, Chesapeake Section Robert Wesneski, Connecticut Section Richard S. Ratcliffe, Florida Section Randall Lynn Campbell, Georgia Section Ross Kaneko, Hawaii Section Terry McGhee, Illinois Section Jeffrey A. Morris, Indiana Section Mark Stanley, Intermountain Section Marty Hoffert, Iowa Section Richard Pedrotti, Kansas Section Richard B. Harrison, Kentucky-Tennessee Section Randall A. Roost, Michigan Section Juan Ramon Gonzalez Niño, Mexico Section Bert Tracy, Minnesota Section Carl J. Anderson, Montana Section Patrick Connelly, NEWWA, A Section of AWWA W. James Wells, Nebraska Section Mark A. Tompeck, New Jersey Section Amanda L. Bauner, PE, ENV SP, New York Section Jeffrey R. Cruickshank, PE, North Carolina Duane Friesz, North Dakota Section Dr. Saad Jasim, OWWA, A Section of AWWA Steve Heimlich, Ohio Section Mark Knudson, Pacific Northwest Section Herbert Spencer, Pennsylvania Section Elpidio Gonzalez, Puerto Rico Section Yanick Fortier, Quebec Section Joe Cowan, Rocky Mountain Section Andrew W. Fairey, South Carolina Section Janel Ellingson, South Dakota Section Curtis Davis, Southwest Section David C. Scholler, Texas Section Michael Hotaling, Virginia Section Shelley W. Porter, PE, West Virginia Section Doug Taniguchi, Western Canada Section Joseph P. Finn, Wisconsin Section
Alabama-Mississippi Section, SAM McELROY Alaska Section, DANA NOVAK Arizona Section, BRANDY KELSO Atlantic Canada Section, JAMIE E. HANNAM British Columbia Section, IRFAN GEHLEN California-Nevada Section, TIMOTHY C. WORLEY, Dr. PANKAJ PAREKH Chesapeake Section, GEORGE HAWKINS Connecticut Section, DAVID RADKA Florida Section, RICHARD T. ANDERSON Georgia Section, BECKY BUTTS Hawaii Section, JOHN MARK STUBBART Illinois Section, JOHN VAN-ARSDEL Indiana Section, ALAN C. WISEMAN Intermountain Section, HANK CHILDER Iowa Section, TIMOTHY S. WILSON Kansas Section, HENRIETTA "HANK" CORCORAN BOYER Kentucky-Tennessee Section, ZACK DANIELS, MICHAEL BERNARD Mexico Section, DR. JORGE INFANTE FUENTES Michigan Section, THOMAS A. IDEMA Minnesota Section, TONY BELDEN Missouri Section, MICKEY BERNARD Montana Section, ROGER (NATE) WEISENBURGER NEWWA, A Section of AWWA, THOMAS R. MORGAN Nebraska Section, KEVIN TOBIN New Jersey Section, CAROL T. STORMS New York Section, JOHN W. FRAZER, JR. North Carolina, ANGELA C. LEE North Dakota Section, GREG WAVRA OWWA, A Section of AWWA, TOM MOULTON Ohio Section, CLIFF SHRIVE Pacific Northwest Section, BILL CARR Pennsylvania Section, JOHN MULDOWNEY Puerto Rico Section, WARNER PALERMO Quebec Section, SYLVAIN BOUDRIAS Rocky Mountain Section, KEVIN BERGSCHNEIDER South Carolina Section, DAVID NIESSE South Dakota Section, JOSEPH ANTHONY HONNER Southwest Section, F. ROBERT CARR Texas Section, RONALD K. TAMADA Virginia Section, KENNETH O. JOHNSTON Western Canada Section, MARK R. KELLER Wisconsin Section, THOMAS J. KRUEGER
LEE JONES, Alabama/Mississippi Section KENNETH A. SMITH, Alaska Section CHRISTOPHER W. HILL, Arizona Section GRAHAM GAGNON, Atlantic Canada Section JUDY SMITH, British Columbia Section ROY L. WOLFE, California-Nevada Section STEVEN A. DENNIS, California-Nev. Section J. SCOTT SHIPE, Chesapeake Section KEVIN BARBER, Connecticut Section CHARLES "CHUCK" CARDEN, JR., Florida Section GUY PIHERA, Georgia Section AUDREY YOKOTA, Hawaii Section DENNIS ROSS, Illinois Section JEFFREY PETERS, Indiana Section DAVID O. PITCHER, Intermountain Section PHIL PROPES, Iowa Section TERRYL A. PAJOR, Kansas Section KAY BALL, Kentucky/Tennessee Section SALOMON ABEDROP LOPEZ, Mexico Section MARK COLEMAN, Michigan Section BILL SPAIN, Minnesota Section BRUCE EDWARD MANNING, Missouri Section NANCY G. CORMIER, Montana Section BRUCE DVORAK, Nebraska Section G. CHRISTIAN ANDREASEN, New Jersey Section MICHAEL T. MARINO, New York Section J. KEVIN REILLY, NEWWA, A Section of AWWA STEVEN D. DREW, North Carolina Section BRETT JOCHIM, North Dakota Section BRIAN BISSON, Ohio Section JOHN BRAAM, OWWA, A Section of AWWA BRENDA LENNOX, Pacific NW Section PATTI KAY WISNIEWSKI, Pennsylvania Section IRMA LOPEZ, Puerto Rico Section CLAUDE DURIVAGE, Quebec Section JOHN H. BAMBEI, JR., Rocky Mountain Section PAUL H. HARGETTE, South Carolina Section JIM ZECK, South Dakota Section LARRY S. LLOYD, Southwest Section DONNA HOWE, Texas Section RICHARD M. DISALVO, Virginia Section MATT STANLEY, West Virginia Section IAN P. WRIGHT, Western Canada Section TONY AVERBECK, Wisconsin Section
REID CAMPBELL, ACWWA, A Section of AWWA TOM WALTERS, Alabama/Mississippi Section RICHARD STECKEL, Alaska Section DON P. MANTHE, Arizona Section LAWRENCE BENJAMIN, British Columbia Section ROBERT CHENG, California-Nevada Section ANDREW DeGRACA, California-Nev. Section JOHN MOORE, Chesapeake Section JOHN HERLIHY, Connecticut Section ANA MARIA GONZALEZ, Florida Section PETER JOHNS, Georgia Section DARYL HIROMOTO, Hawaii Section THOMAS SKELLY, Illinois Section STANLEY DIAMOND, Indiana Section FLORENCE REYNOLDS, Intermountain Section JOEL MOHR, Iowa Section MICHAEL B. HORSLEY, Kansas Section MARTHA SEGAL, Kentucky/Tennessee Section ROBERTO ELIZONDO ORTEGA, Mexico Section GARY LOGSDON, Michigan Section PETER T. MOULTON, Minnesota Section CURT SKOUBY, Missouri Section LOGAN McINNIS, Montana Section JOHN S. OLSSON, Nebraska Section HOWARD J. WOODS JR., New Jersey Section GARY R. MALE, New York Section DAVID PARIS, NEWWA, A Section of AWWA WILLIAM DOWBIGGIN, North Carolina Section DEAN SLETTEN, North Dakota Section BOB STEVENSON, Ohio Section JIM MERRITT, OWWA, A Section of AWWA BRAD PHELPS, Pacific NW Section RUSSELL WILLIAMS, Pennsylvania Section RAFAEL (ALBERT) ORTIZ-DIAZ, Puerto Rico Section DANIEL LeBLANC, Quebec Section LELA PERKINS, Rocky Mountain Section SHANNON LIZEWSKI, South Carolina Section AL ERICKSON, South Dakota Section JERRY W. BAKER, Southwest Section DANIEL K. NIX, Texas Section ALI MAHON, Virginia Section JONATHAN CARPENTER, West Virginia Section DUANE GRIFFIN, Western Canada Section NANCY ANN QUIRK, Wisconsin Section
No Award Presented, ACWWA, A Section of AWWA JIM NELSON, Alabama/Mississippi Section MALCOLM "MAC" MASON, Alaska Section CHAROLOTTE JONES, Arizona Section RONALD GREEN, British Columbia Section PHIL BRUN, California-Nevada Section CHARLES SIHLER, California-Nev. Section JANE M. BAYER, Chesapeake Section MARCEY MUNOZ, Connecticut Section MATT ALVEREZ, Florida Section WILLIAM F. (GENE) CAMP, Georgia Section JON MURAOKA, Hawaii Section KYLA JACOBSEN, Illinois Section MICHAEL D. SIMPSON, Indiana Section BART SIMONS, Intermountain Section MARK DUBEN, Iowa Section THOMAS f. SCHREMPP, Kansas Section BERNIE MALOY, Kentucky/Tennessee Section RAMON AGUIRRE DIAZ, Mexico Section KHALIL Z. ATASI, Michigan Section SCOTT ANDERSON, Minnesota Section THOMAS O. CROWLEY, Missouri Section ARVID "BUTCH" HILLER, Montana Section DENNIS WATTS, Nebraska Section RUSSELL FORD, New Jersey Section PAUL J. GRANGER, New York Section JAMES W. FAY, NEWWA, A Section of AWWA STEVE SHOAF, North Carolina Section MEREDITH QUINN, North Dakota Section DANIEL L. MCVAY, Ohio Section WAYNE STIVER, OWWA, A Section of AWWA STEVE TANNER, Pacific NW Section SERENA A. DiMAGNO, Pennsylvania Section GERARDO R. SARRIERA-RIANCHO, Puerto Rico Section PATRICK NIQUETTE, Quebec Section KAREN CHRISTINA BURGI, Rocky Mountain Section RACHEL CROSBY, South Carolina Section MITCH KANNENBERG, South Dakota Section REBECCA POOLE, Southwest Section RICHARD TALLEY, Texas Section BEATE M. WRIGHT, Virginia Section VINCE McCOMAS, West Virginia Section WILLIAM A. BULLEE, Western Canada Section RICHARD HOPE, Wisconsin Section
No Award Presented, ACWWA, A Section of AWWA JIM MILLER, Alabama/Mississippi Section MARK PREMO, Alaska Section PAUL KINSHELLA, Arizona Section EDMUND MOLYNEUX, British Columbia Section PHIL HOLDERNESS, California-Nevada Section DAWN R. WHITE, California-Nev. Section EDWARD BOUWER, Chesapeake Section KEVIN T. WALSH, Connecticut Section ROBERT D. TEEGARDEN, Florida Section SANDY A. SMITH, Georgia Section WOODIE MUIRHEAD, Hawaii Section LAURIE DOUGHERTY, Illinois Section DAN E. HOOD, Indiana Section EVA NIEMINSKI, Intermountain Section JOHN LUTHER, Iowa Section GARRY M. TURNER, Kansas Section ALAN C. CRANFORD, Kentucky/Tennessee Section JOSE LUIS LUEGE TAMARGO, Mexico Section DAVID S. KOCH, Michigan Section DOUGLAS ROVANG, Minnesota Section BARRY KIRCHHOFF, Missouri Section JOHN M. ALSTON, Montana Section LARRY ANDREASEN, Nebraska Section GUIDO VON AUTENRIED, New Jersey Section DENNIS KELLEHER, New York Section ROBERT HOYT, NEWWA, A Section of AWWA MIKE RICHARDSON, North Carolina Section No award presented, North Dakota Section RICHARD LORENZ, Ohio Section SUSAN ANDREWS, OWWA, A Section of AWWA DENNY CLOUSE, Pacific NW Section STANLEY STATES, Pennsylvania Section JUAN CARLOS PEREZ-BOFILL, Puerto Rico Section FRANCOIS BEDARD, Quebec Section MARTIN GARCIA, Rocky Mountain Section GARY R. VISSER, South Carolina Section KRISTIN BISGARD, South Dakota Section LESLIE R. PATTERSON, Southwest Section MARY GUGLIUZZA, Texas Section BETH DRYLIE, Virginia Section DOUG AMOS, West Virginia Section SIMON THOMAS, Western Canada Section LAWRIE KOBZA, Wisconsin Section
CARL D. YATES, ACWWA, A Section of AWWA GLEN I. THOMAS, Alabama/Mississippi Section MITCHELL D. LILE, Alaska Section PATRICIA A. DAVIS, Arizona Section JAMES ALEXANDER WOOD, British Columbia Section TIMOTHY L. WILLIAMS, California-Nevada Section R. RHODES TRUSSELL, California-Nev. Section THOMAS P. JACOBUS, Chesapeake Section DONALD CARVER, Connecticut Section JACQUELINE W. TORBERT, Florida Section GARY McCOY, Georgia Section PAUL J. KEMP, Hawaii Section JOHN E. CALLAN, Illinois Section JOHN A. HARDWICK, Indiana Section RICK D. WHEADON, Intermountain Section JOHN M. HAYS, Iowa Section LANNY L. UDEN, Kansas Section JULIE W. RONEY, Kentucky/Tennessee Section DAVID KORENFELD FEDERMAN, Mexico Section DAVID M. SCHULTZ, Minnesota Section JOHN R. SCHILLING, Missouri Section SCOTT B. MURPHY, Montana Section GLENN H. DOSTAL, Nebraska Section WILLIAM H. PEARCE, New Jersey Section KEVIN CASTRO, New York Section JAMES WEST, NEWWA, A Section of AWWA BARRY M. GULLET, North Carolina Section DEON STOCKERT, North Dakota Section MICHAEL T. CAPRELLA, Ohio Section MAXWELL G. CHRISTIE, OWWA, A Section of AWWA WILLIAM G. BECKMAN, Pacific NW Section R. LEE ROBERTS, Pennsylvania Section GREG MORRIS, Puerto Rico Section BENOIT BARBEAU, Quebec Section JILL L. PETERSON, Rocky Mountain Section CLINT E. SHEALY, South Carolina Section JEFF DeVILLE, South Dakota Section DONALD C. BROUSSARD, Southwest Section CHARLES R. MADDOX, Texas Section TALMADGE PILAND, Virginia Section RAYMOND S. BILEVICIUS, Western Canada Section DON SWAILES, Wisconsin Section
About George Warren Fuller
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Purpose of this award: George Warren Fuller Awards are presented annually by the American Water Works Association to the sections' respective selected members for their distinguished service to the water supply field in commemoration of the sound engineering skill . . . the brilliant diplomatic talent . . . and the constructive leadership which characterized the life of George Warren Fuller.
The award: A George Warren Fuller Award Plaque and pin. Frequency of the award: Annually, if deserved.
Eligibility for the award: To qualify for the award the person must be an Individual Member or a duly appointed representative of an organization member of the American Water Works Association. In the case of a posthumous award, the recipient must have been an AWWA member at the time of his/her death. Each section may make annual Fuller Award presentations equal to its number of Directors on the Association Board of Directors.
Entry requirements: Submission of a completed AWWA entry form by any section member to the section Fuller Award Committee.
Nomination procedure: Any section member may nominate an individual by submitting the completed entry form to the section Fuller Award Committee. A "citation" or statement of the basis upon which the recommendation is made must be included. Citations should in general contain 40 words or less and be appropriate for introduction of the awardee at the section award ceremony and the Fuller Society Breakfast held during the AWWA annual conference. Editorial adjustments in citations may be made as deemed necessary.
Nomination and submission deadline: Nominations shall be submitted to the section Fuller Award Committee as established by each section. The section Fuller Award Committee Chair shall report the awardee to the Executive Director of AWWA by March 10 including the awardee's full name and address and the citation to accompany the award. This information should also be included as part of the official section meeting report by the section secretary.
Fuller award committee membership: The Fuller Award Committee shall consist of five members of the section and shall be appointed and announced at least six months prior to the section's annual meeting. All members of the Fuller Award Committee, if possible, shall be former recipients of the Fuller Award or the Water Utility Man of the Year Award. If this is not possible, committee members may be chosen from AWWA members who are leaders of the water works industry within the section.
The Fuller Award Committee of each section shall be set up on a rotating basis with one new member being appointed each year by the section chair to serve a five-year term and with the senior member designated chair of the committee. The section secretary should send the name of the Fuller Award Committee Chair to the Executive Director each year. Under this system, each member will become chair in the fifth and final year of his/her service on the committee and will retire from the committee when his/her report for that year is given to the section.
New sections will establish the rotation system by appointing their first committee members for staggered terms of from one to five years and designating the member appointed for one year as the chair. In such instances the earliest recipient of the Fuller Award or the Water Utility Man of the Year Award should be appointed to the committee for a five-year term.
Each member appointed to a section Fuller Award Committee shall be furnished with a copy of these criteria, the attached copy of the statement on the life and works of George Warren Fuller to guide him/her in the exercise of his duties on the committee, and the entry form.
Method of selecting the award recipient: The recipients of the George Warren Fuller Awards are selected by the individual sections of the Association from among their own members in accordance with these criteria. Such selection is presumed to recognize publicly the contribution toward the advancement of water works practice.
Each year the Fuller Award Committee of each section upon reviewing the eligible candidates, shall determine if any member(s) of the section has provided outstanding leadership or has made a significant contribution toward the advancement of the water works practice within the Association and/or the section such that he/she should receive the award. Following selection of an awardee, the committee shall report its selection to the Executive Director who will inform the official representative regarding the award presentation. After the award has been presented the committee will forward its report, including the official citation, to the section secretary.
It is emphasized that the qualifications for the award specify that the services of the candidate must have been over and above those expected of officers and committee members in fulfilling the obligations or duties assigned to them. It is emphasized that the performance of a nominee must be exceptional and extraordinary. Each section may award the same number of Fuller Awards as the number of its section Directors on the Association Board of Directors.
Presentation of the award: The announcement of the award shall be made a part of the annual meeting of the section granting it and shall be made by the Association's official representative at the section meeting or by the presiding official of the section. The reading of the committee report should be accompanied by the reading of the citation and as much of the prepared statement concerning the life and works of George Warren Fuller as fits the occasion.
The presentation of an award plaque will be made at the Fuller Award Society Breakfast held during the American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Exposition. If, in special cases, the awardee is unable to attend the annual conference, the presentation of the award plaque may be made at the section meeting.
Each awardee automatically becomes a member of the George Warren Fuller Award Society of the American Water Works Association. No initiation fees or annual dues are required for membership in this society. The annual meeting of the society is held at the Fuller Award Society Breakfast at the American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Exposition.
"Little can be said about George Warren Fuller without recalling a thousand and one connections which he has had with sanitary engineering practice in this country and abroad. Amazingly active mentally, he always catalyzed those individuals who were fortunate enough to work with him. An enthusiasm, tempered by seasoned judgment and reinforced by a remarkable technical knowledge, accounting for the fact that his name is identified with almost every important sanitary advance in this country in the last four decades . . . Many, however, are born at the right time who are either ill equipped or are lacking in sufficient vision to make the most of that good fortune. In Mr. Fuller's case, heredity and environmental influence, coupled with remarkable energy, all contributed to the development of a practitioner of outstanding stature. He will be remembered long in the future, as much for his distinctive personal characteristics as for his long list of contributions to sanitary science and practice."
So wrote Abel Wolman editorially in Municipal Sanitation after Fuller's death on June 15, 1934.
George Warren Fuller was born in Franklin, Massachusetts, December 21, 1868, on the farm which was part of the land acquired by the family during the Revolutionary period. Three or four Fullers came to Massachusetts from England before the middle of the Seventeenth Century. The one with whom we are concerned was Ensign Thomas Fuller, who, in 1642, by vote of the people of Dedham, was "admitted"--a prerequisite to citizenship at that time--to the purchase of Martin Phillips' lot. He seems to have been a capable and versatile man.
He was surveyor for several years after 1660 and selectman for fourteen years; he repeatedly represented the community at the general court, was co-trustee of money bequeathed for the establishment of a Latin school and laid out the road to Cambridge as well as many minor ones. He kept the town's ammunition, for which he was paid ten shillings a year, but had considerable trouble in collecting the fee, and at one time remitted part of it in order to obtain settlement. In the succeeding line, down through Grandfather Asa Fuller, who was a Minute Man, there continues to be activity of a civic nature--service as selectmen, court representatives, and the like.
George Warren Fuller was at the head of his class when he attended the Dedham schools. His scholarship was, of course, a source of great satisfaction to his mother. At sixteen he passed the examination for entrance at MIT but, his father having died a few weeks before, it was thought best for him to have a fourth year in high school, after which he was graduated at the head of his class and with the highest marks given up to that time. At MIT he met and came under the influence of such people as William T. Sedgwich, Ellen H. Richards, and Hiram F. Mills, all enthusiastically interested in the new science of public health.
Their influence was felt throughout his life. Following his graduation, he spent a year at the University of Berlin and in the office of Piefke, engineer of the Berlin water works. On his return to Massachusetts, he was employed by the state board of health for some five years, during the latter part of the period being in charge of the Lawrence Experiment Station where he extended the experimental work and studies started by another famous chemist and engineer, Allen Hazen. The Lawrence Experiment Station was then recognized as leading in research on the purification of water supplies and treatment of sewage in this country.
Fuller's brilliant achievements in this field attracted such attention to his ability that he was selected in 1895 to take charge of the experiments at Louisville, Kentucky, in the use of rapid filtration. Immediately after he had accomplished this work, he was offered a similar engagement in Cincinnati, Ohio. These experiments served to remove the questions which had been raised about the adequacy of rapid filtration compared with slow sand filtration for these municipalities, and, at the same time, established the value of mechanical filtration where conditions were such as to warrant its use.
During his 34 years of practice as a consulting engineer (following the opening of his New York office and, later, the opening of branch offices in Kansas City, Mo.; Toledo, Ohio; and Philadelphia, Pa.), Fuller advised more than 150 cities, commissions, and corporations on their water supply and sewerage problems. His outstanding engagements included Washington, D.C.; New Orleans, La.; St. Louis, Mo.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kansas City, Mo.; Memphis, Tenn.; Wilmington, Dela.; New Haven, Conn.; Lexington, Ky.; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn.; Montreal, Quebec; the Shanghai (China) Water Company; the International Joint Commission (Canada and United States boundary waters); the New Jersey Water Policy Commission; the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission; the Hackensack Valley Sewerage Commission; and the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission of Rhode Island. For many of these engagements, his service included full control over all engineering work involved in the preparation of plans and contracts, as well as the actual construction.
Notwithstanding a busy life in active practice, Fuller gave freely of his time and energy to the advancement of his chosen profession through participation in the activities of technical societies, through contributions to the engineering press, and through educational activities. His record in this respect is outstanding. He was a member of the American Water Works Association (President); the American Public Health Association (President); the Engineering Foundation (Chair); the American Society of Civil Engineers (Vice-President); the American Institute of Consulting Engineers; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Institution of Civil Engineers of Great Britain; the American Chemical Society; the American Society of Bacteriologists; the Engineering Institute of Canada; the Vereines Duetscher Ingenieure; the Association Generale des Hygienistes et Techniciens Municipaux of France; and the Franklin Institute.
Perhaps the most significant of Fuller's characteristics was his belief in organization and his devotion to standardization.
In 1920, at the Montreal Convention of the AWWA, Fuller negotiated the organization of a committee to codify and standardize water works practice. The Association before that time had developed a few specifications documents, but its relation to the preparation of those documents was that of cooperative participation rather than leadership. The group under his leadership and chairmanship was first called the Standardization Council, later the Committee on Water Works Practice. He continued to be a dominant influence in the AWWA during the time its constitution and bylaws were being substantially revised.
At the New York Convention of the AWWA early in June 1934 (only a week before his death), Fuller was in constant attendance, participating in the sessions and continuing even then his stimulation of the activities of the Association and its elected leaders.
With the AWWA, APHA, ASCE and FSWA alone, more than 45,000 professional and technical men in North America are indebted to Fuller for the guidance of their organizational readjustments in the 1920-30 period, which made possible the standing that these associations have today.
George Warren Fuller was first of all a capable engineer, equipped with a mind that never closed a channel to new ideas. He was an inventive technician--first in the laboratory field, later in engineering and design. He was a skilled negotiator, a public relations counsel who never called himself one, but who by such skill persuaded reluctant city officials that they were very wise and right to authorize sanitary improvements. He was a loyal citizen who found himself able and willing to render service to his country during World War I. He was uncannily able to give ear to the ideas and aspirations of younger men in the field and to inspire in them some measure of the spirit of leadership that he possessed. He believed in the organization and assembly of technical and professional men and devoted himself fully to the advancement of their associations and societies to the end that they serve better through planned action and cooperation.
Fitting indeed were the words of M. N. Baker, in his editorial tribute in the Engineering News Record;
"History will be better able than we are to appraise the contributions of George W. Fuller to the art of water purification, but history will not be so well able to appraise Mr. Fuller's personal qualities of understanding, kindliness, sound judgment and tact as are we who have been fortunate enough to have frequent contact with him in our daily work . . . Here also should be recorded an acknowledgment of the debt the profession owes to Mr. Fuller, especially his chosen branch of the profession, for his liberal contributions of time and energy to its professional societies. It can be said without fear of contradiction that it was chiefly through his efforts that the American Water Works Association has been raised from the level of a social group to its present high standing as a technical organization. Mr. Fuller's passing also serves to re-emphasize the youthfulness of sanitary engineering and the fundamental nature of the contributions made by a generation of notable men, now largely departed -- work that centered around the Lawrence experiments and laid the foundation for present design methods and practices of water filtration . . . Fuller's achievements and those of others of his generation are a legacy to be utilized by the present generation to carry the art forward to greater perfection."