The Arthur Sidney Bedell Award was established to acknowledge extraordinary personal service to a Member Association. The award is named for Arthur Sidney Bedell, the second president of the federation who exemplified its purpose by his long devotion and service to the New York Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association, now the New York Environment Association. He was Chief of the Bureau of Sewage and Waste Disposal of the New York State Department of Health.
The award consists of a plaque suitably inscribed with the recipient's name and will be presented by a Water Environment Federation representative at the Kansas Water Environment Association Annual Conference.
Qualification for the award is based on organization leadership, administrative service, membership activity, stimulation of technical functions and may now be awarded every year to a member of the Kansas Water Environment Association.
A representative of the Water Environment Federation presents the award at Kansas Water Environment Associations' Annual Conference Awards Banquet.
Nominations are accepted from KWEA members. Members should submit a one-page biography of their selection and reasons why they feel the person is deserving of this prestigious award.
Please submit the nomination no later than September 30. The nomination is to be mailed or e-mailed to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Kansas Water Environment Association. The nominations will be reviewed and and a selection made by the KWEA Bedell Awards Selection Committee. The KWEA Bedell Awards Selection Committee will report its nominee to the KWEA Secretary-Treasurer by December 1 of the current year so that the nomination can be submitted to the WEF no later than four (4) months prior to the KWEA Annual Conference.
The KWEA Bedell Selection Committee consists of the last three recipients of the award. The most senior of the last recipients is the Chairperson of the Committee.
| Past Recipients of the Prestigious Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Martha Tasker | 1989 | Tim Hobson |
| 2007 | Kim Dominic | 1988 | Lawrence Schmid |
| 2006 | Jerry Vernon | 1987 | James Martin |
| 2005 | Joe Maris | 1986 | Edie Snethen |
| 2004 | Chris Burns | 1985 | John Wynkoop |
| 2003 | Steve Phillips | 1984 | Karl Mueldener |
| 2002 | Rebecca Gagnon | 1983 | Lyold W. Weller |
| 2001 | James Tush | 1981 | L. Dean Strowig |
| 2000 | Joe Mester | 1980 | Leland Durham |
| 1999 | Dick Pedrotti | 1978 | John Bailey |
| 1998 | Herber Schultz, Sr. | 1977 | M. Ray Golly |
| 1997 | Don Snethen | 1975 | Robert Crawford |
| 1996 | Millie Reed | 1971 | Paul Haney |
| 1995 | Steve DeHart | 1968 | J. Howard Duncan |
| 1994 | James Danner | 1964 | Dwight F. Metzler |
| 1993 | Betsy Betros | 1961 | James F. Aiken |
| 1992 | Sylvan Coles | 1958 | Myron K. Nelson |
| 1991 | Duane Morgan | 1955 | Leland Talbot |
| 1990 | John McNitt | 1952 | Roy Binder |
