Gordon Maskew Fair Award

The Gordon Maskew Fair Award honors one of the pioneers of environmental engineering, Dean Fair. In addition to his own exemplary career, his living legacy includes hundreds of prominent practicing engineers and eminent professors who continue to emulate his values. He taught his students not only the technical aspects of the field but inspired them to use their skills to protect and enhance environmental quality.

Through the Fair Award, the Academy seeks to identify Board Certified Environmental Engineers, Members or Scientists who have contributed to the status of the environmental engineering or science professions by:

Exemplary professional conduct
Recognized achievements in the practice of environmental engineering and science
Significant contributions to the control of the quality of the world's environment

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

2022 Gordon Maskew Fair Award Recipient

Glen T. Daigger, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, NAE

Dr. Daigger is currently Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan and President and Founder of One Water Solutions, LLC, a water engineering and innovation firm. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for CH2M HILL (now Jacobs) where he was employed for 35 years, as well as Professor and Chair of Environmental Systems Engineering at Clemson University.

Actively engaged in the water profession through major projects, and as author or co-author of more than 200 technical papers, five books, and several technical manuals, he contributes to significantly advance practice within the water profession. He has advised many of the major cites of the world, including New York, Los Angles, San Francisco, Detroit, Singapore, Hong Kong, Istanbul, and Beijing.

Deeply involved in professional activities, he is a Past President of the International Water Association (IWA). The recipient of numerous awards, including the Kappe, Freese, and Feng lectures and the Harrison Prescott Eddy, Morgan, and the Gascoigne Awards, and the Pohland Medal, he is a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a Distinguished Fellow of IWA, and a Fellow of the Water Environment Federation (WEF).

A member of a number of professional societies, Dr. Daigger is also a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineers and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Past Recipients

Year	Recipient
2021	Tobiason, John
2020	Reible, Danny
2019	Dzombak, David A.
2018	Reinhart, Debra R.
2017	Hickox, Stephen J.
2016	Rittmann, Bruce
2015	Luthy, Richard G.
2014	McCarty, Perry
2013	Lawrence, Alonzo W.
2012	Sproul, Otis J.
2012	Huang, C. P.
2011	Shuval, Hillel I.
2010	Surampalli, Rao Y.
2009	Wilson, Thomas E.
2008	Haug, R. Tim
2007	Stahl, Jim F.
2006	Singer, Philip C.
2005	Marini, Robert C.
2004	Conway, Richard A.
2003	Johnson, Jr., Charles C.
2002	Schad, Theodore M.
2001	Lue-Hing, Cecil
2000	Pohland, Frederick G.
1999	Eckenfelder, W. Wesley
1998	Orlob, Gerald T.
1997	Woodruff, Paul H.
1996	Loehr, Raymond J.
1995	Weber, Jr., Walter J.
1994	Gilbert, Jerome B.
1993	Sorber, Charles A.
1992	Carroll, William J.
1991	Busch, Paul L.
1990	Garrison, Walter E.
1989	Geyer, John C.
1988	Longest, II, Henry L.
1987	Canham, Robert A.
1986	Lagnese, Jr., Joseph F.
1985	Bacon, Vinton W.
1984	Malina, Jr., Joseph F.
1983	Stern, Arthur C.
1982	Gloyna, Earnest F.
1981	Rohlich, Gerard A.
1980	Gibbs, William R.
1979	Lawler, Joseph C.
1978	Kappe, Stanley E.
1977	Weston, Roy F.
1976	Boyce, Earnest
1975	Gilbertson, Wesley E.
1974	Butrico, Frank A.
1973	Ludwig, John H.
1972	Okun, Daniel A.
1971	Coulter, James B.