Edward J. Cleary Award

The Cleary Award is given to an individual who is an outstanding performer in the management of environmental protection enterprises conducted under either public of private auspices who have demonstrated exemplary professional conduct, personal leadership, originality in devising new environmental protection techniques and sensitivity and responsiveness to social, economic, and political factors in environmental protection.

For the full list of eligibility criteria and information on how you can submit nominations for a worthy Environmental Engineer or Environmental Scientist, click here.

Alan H. Vicory, Jr.

2013 Edward J. Cleary Award Recipient: Alan H. Vicory, Jr., P.E., BCEE

Alan Vicory is a Principal in Stantec’s Cincinnati, Ohio, office where he is leading regulatory interface, watershed planning and water quality initiatives throughout the Southeast region of the U.S. Recognized as a national and international leader on water quality and water resource management issues, Mr. Vicory has extensive experience in these specialized areas, cultivated during his nearly 30 years of work in the industry. For more than 24 years, he served as the Executive Director and Chief Engineer of ORSANCO, an eight-state agency established to control and abate water pollution in the Ohio Basin and for which Edward J. Cleary served as its first Director. Under Mr. Vicory’s leadership beginning in 1987, ORSANCO transitioned to a highly proactive agency with enhanced program capacity and one engaged and influential in national policy development through strong relationships with US Environmental Protection Agency and Congress.

Vicory has served as President of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, and Chairman of the Water Environment Research Foundation. Mr. Vicory is currently Chairman of the Environmental Engineering and Science Foundation as well as the USA National Committee of the International Water Association. He also serves as Chairman of "Confluence," Water Technology Innovation Cluster, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since its establishment in January 2011, Vicory has helped guided Confluence’s rapid development as an important organizational and economic development asset to the Ohio-Kentucky- Indiana Region with global reach.

Past Winners

2012 -- Joseph F. Malina, Jr.
2011 -- Richard F. Lanyon
2010 -- Stephen R. Maguin
2009 -- Walter J. Bishop
2008 -- Jeanette A. Brown
2007 -- Leo Weaver
2005 -- James E. Foxworthy
2003 -- James M. Symons
2001 -- James F. Stahl
1999 -- Thomas M. Hellman
1997 -- N.C. Vasuki
1995 -- Frank Dalton
1993 -- Duane L. Georgeson
1991 -- William K. Reilly
1989 -- Jay D. Hair
1987 -- LTG E. R. Heiberg, III
1985 -- William D. Ruckelshaus
1983 -- William J. Carroll
1981 -- Joseph T. Ling
1979 -- John D. Parkhurst
1977 -- Paul D. Haney
1975 -- Martin Lang
1973 -- Samuel S. Baxter

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