Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award

The Water Environment Federation Board of Directors established this award in 1993 to recognize individuals for outstanding performance, professionalism and contributions to the water quality analysis profession.

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. KWEA may now name an outstanding laboratory analyst to be honored with this award every year.

Criteria

Must be a member of the Water Environment Federation.
Candidate must be employed at an educational facility laboratory, industrial, commercial, or municipal laboratory which performs wastewater-related analysis, and must have direct analytical responsibilities.
Candidates are eligible for this award only once.
Qualifying criteria may include:
Membership and involvement in professional associations. Examples: Water Environment Federation Committees, Standard Methods Joint Task Groups, MA committees and conferences and conference activities.
Outstanding efforts in the area of wastewater and environmental aquatic analysis, including such items as innovative sampling techniques or solutions to a treatment, analytical or environmental problem.
Involvement in community activities or public relations.
Presentations at professional conferences, meetings, etc. relevant to water quality analysis.
Professional certifications.
Continuing education. o Contributions that have been beneficial to the nominees facility.
Unusual initiative or performance "beyond the call of duty.

Nominations

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 that September 30, of the year. The nomination is to be mailed or emailed to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Kansas Water Environment Association. The nominations will be reviewed and a selection will be made by the KWEA Laboratory Analyst Awards Selection Committee. The KWEA Laboratory Analyst Awards Selection Committee will report its nominee to KWEA Secretary-Treasurer by December 1 of the year so that the nomination can be submitted to the WEF no later that four (4) months prior to the KWEA Annual Conference.

Selection Committee

The KWEA Laboratory Analyst 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	Cathy Ryder	2000	Jane Henry
2007	Becky Roeckers	1999	Sok Ping Lee
2006	Michael Bader	1998	Carolyn Woodhead
2005	Tammy Bailey	1997	Scott Craig
2004	Dale South	1996	Mark Eisenbarth
2003	Brent Lumbart	1995	Rod Philo
2002	Peggy Pearman	1994	Kathy Windham
2001	Tommy Bowman