The Donald R. Boyd Award acknowledges extraordinary personal service in the drinking water field. General criteria may include valuable service advancing public understanding and awareness, water quality research or more general contributions deserving of recognition. This award confers recognition to individuals who have made important contributions to the water industry, including as water system employees (regardless of AMWA membership), government officials or private consultants.
The award commemorates Donald R. Boyd, one of AMWA’s founding members and its first president.
The Nominations Committee determines the recipient of the Donald R. Boyd Award, and the award is presented at the fall Executive Management Conference. Nominations are solicited in the summer by a bulletin from AMWA’s national office.
Past AMWA Donald R. Boyd Award Recipients:
2019 Thomas C. Henry
2018 Rudolph S. Chow
2017 Dr. Alison Adams
2016 Michael O. Vann (Posthumous)
2014 Bevin Beaudet
2013 Marcis Kempe
2012 Pankaj Parekh
2011 John Cromwell (Posthumous)
2009 Thomas J. Shaeffer
2008 Robert B. Stephan
2007 Nick Catrantzos
2006 Rep. Lois Capps
2004 Virginia Porter
2002 Frederick Elwell
1999 Alan Manning
1998 Bevin Beaudet
1996 Rep. Michael Bilirakis
1993 Dr. Daniel A. Okum
1992 Dr. J. Edward Singley
1991 William H. Glaze
1990 Joe Cotruvo
1989 Michael B. Cook
1988 Merilyn Reeves
1987 Kenneth Miller