Stanley E. Kappe Award

The Stanley E. Kappe Award honors the man whose dedicated leadership, strong devotion, and tireless efforts contributed so much to the growth and advancement of AAEE during the period he served as its Executive Director, 1971 to 1981.

This Award is presented to the Board Certified Environmental Engineer or Board Certification Environmental Scientist who has performed extraordinary and outstanding service contributory to significant advancement of public awareness to the betterment of the total environment and other objectives to the Academy.

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

Richard W. Corneille

2013 Stanley E. Kappe Award Recipient: Richard W. Corneille, P.E., BCEE, PMP

Richard Corneille has been the AAEES Southern California Representative for the past 20 years. During this period, he has organized and overseen certification interviews and tests for more than 450 BCEE candidates. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont and an M.S. in Sanitary Engineering from Northeastern University. Mr. Corneille has more than 40 years of professional experience in water and wastewater projects.

He started his professional career in 1970, working for Metcalf & Eddy in Boston. He worked overseas for M&E in Saudi Arabia for three years and then relocated to Southern California with the firm in 1978. He left M&E in 1986, and worked for the City of Redlands as utilities director responsible for the City’s water and wastewater facilities from 1986 to 1989. He returned to the private sector to CDM Smith and was a vice president and project manager in Southern California. He has managed several major projects for CDM Smith including the design of the Groundwater Replenishment System for Orange County Water District and Orange County Sanitation District, which is the largest indirect potable reuse treatment system in the world. This project won the ACEC National Project of the Year in 2009 and the E3 Design Grand Prize in 2008. Mr. Corneille retired from CDM Smith in January 2013, and is currently a consultant to the company.

In addition to AAEES, he has been active, serving as President of the SB-Riverside Branch of ASCE, and Water Resource Division Chair of the Cal-Nevada Section of AWWA. He is a life member of WEF and ASCE.

Currently he serves as an elected Board Member for the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District. He has been on the Board for seven years and is currently the Board President.

Past Winners

2012 -- Stephen G. Lippy
2011 -- Sandra L. Tripp
2010 -- Michael W. Selna
2009 -- Stephen P. Graef
2008 -- Brian P. Flynn
2007 -- Matthew Dominy
2006 -- Wayne F. Echelberger, Jr.
2005 -- H. Lanier Hickman, Jr.
2004 -- Robert C. Williams
2003 -- DeVere W. Ryckman
2002 -- William C. Boyle
2001 -- William P. Dee
2000 -- Charles A. Willis
1999 -- Richard A. Conway
1998 -- Charles O. Velzy
1997 -- Alvin F. Meyer, Jr.
1996 -- Joseph F. Lagnese, Jr.
1995 -- Frederick G. Pohland
1994 -- Alan H. Vicory
1993 -- Peter B. Lederman
1992 -- Robert C. Marini
1991 -- William H. Busch
1990 -- Robert R. Perry
1989 -- Louis L. Guy, Jr.
1988 -- Howard E. Hesketh
1987 -- Ralph C. Graber
1986 -- James B. Coulter
1985 -- Donald L. Snow
1984 -- Charles F. Niles, Jr.
1983 -- Ralph C. Palange

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