William D. Hatfield Award
Type: Individual
Description: The William D. Hatfield Award is given to operators of wastewater treatment plants who through their outstanding performance and professionalism deserve commendation. The Member Associations control the process of selection but the Federation has set up a general system of criteria. These include a successful system of reports from the operator to his superiors that fulfill the informational requirements of his supervisors and provide the operator with a forum for suggestions for improvements. Consideration is also given to the financial acumen of the candidate and use of a good public relations program. Finally the nominee should have contributed to the dissemination of information concerning advancements in the field. The award was established in honor of Dr. William D. Hatfield’s years of service as a treatment plant operator.
Criteria:
- Member of the Water Environment Federation
- Documentation of a successful system of reports from the operator to his or her superiors that fulfill the information requirements and provide the operator with a forum for suggestions for improvements.
- Use of a good public relations program.
- The nominee should have contributed to the dissemination of information concerning advancements in the field
Awarding Organization: Water Environment Federation
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Previous Awardees:
2023 Sean Greig
2022 Chelsea Little
2021 Cheri Cousens
2020 Jeffrey Gamelli
2019 Jeffrey Kalmes
2018 Francis Russo
2017 Raymond Vermette
2016 Roger Ignazio, Jr.
2015 John Adie
2014 Stephen Sloan
2013 Arthur Enderle
2012 James Clifton
2011 Howard Carter
2010 Dana Clement
2009 Richard Persson
2008 David Billips
2007 Ronald Mercier
2006 Gary Kuczarski
2005 Daniel Drezek
2004 Mickey Nowak
2003 Richard Seymour, Jr.
2002 Arnold Bevins
2001 Carl Almquist
2000 Mark Bernier
1999 John Hart
1998 Charles Tyler
1997 Matthew Isles
1996 Thomas Azevedo
1995 Thomas A. White
1994 George Laney
1993 Michael Bisi
1992 Michael Pacillo
1991 Carmine Goneconte
1990 Thomas Todd
1989 Lorraine Sander
1988 Robert Gaipo
1987 George Ravenscroft
1986 Jeanette Brown (Semon)
1985 Eric Teittinen
1984 Raymond Lynch
1983 Harry Jackson
1982 Emil Holland
1981 Thomas Newton
1980 Charles Pitkat
1979 William Finenco
1978 Thomas Thompson
1977 James Dostal
1976 Raymond Field
1975 Anthony Ventetuolo
1974 Martin Weiss
1973 Gordon Lambert
1972 James Connell
1971 John Hartley
1970 John Roberts
1969 Anthony Ventetuolo
1968 J. Gilmore Shea
1967 Timothy Murphy
1966 Alvin Bean
1965 Paul Kelley
1964 Paul Manter
1963 Ernest Munroe
1962 Walter Thompson
1960 Steven Stankey
1959 Clarence Hickey
1957 Walter Anderson
1956 George Craemer
1951 George Craemer
1951 John Szymanski
1950 John Szymanski
1947 John Szymanski
1946 Walter Kunsch
