Sep
25
R.I.P. – C.W. ‘Bill’ Fetter, Jr.
September 25, 2011 | 1 Comment
For the second time in a few weeks I must sadly report the death of another legendary hydrogeologist. Dr. C.W. ‘Bill’ Fetter, Jr., long-time professor (1971-1996) at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and renowned consultant, died on 10 September 2011 after a brief battle with cancer. Here is his obituary. Fetter had a distinguished career as a professor, mentor, consultant, practitioner, [...]
Sep
7
Tributes to A. Ivan Johnson, 3 June 1919 – 31 August 2011
September 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Time for another unpleasant task, that of reporting the death of a giant in the water field. Dr. A. (Arnold) Ivan Johnson, P.E., former AWRA President in 1972, died last 31 August at the age of 92. His funeral was yesterday. Betty, his wife of 62 years, had predeceased him. Here is his obituary in the Denver [...]
Jun
16
Walter R. Lynn, Scholar and Gentleman
June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The term ‘gentleman and scholar’ is terribly overused these days, but in the case of Walter R. Lynn, it is woefully inadequate. This gentle, intelligent, honorable, and wise man was a pillar of the water resources community and humanity for decades. He died last week at the age of 82 after battling cancer. He was [...]
May
1
Celebrating Ken Reid’s Thirty Years at AWRA
May 1, 2011 | 2 Comments
Thirty years ago today, a young man entered the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory (now minus ‘hydraulic’) to assume his new position as the director of the American Water Resources Association, a relatively young (17 years) professional organization whose stock-in-trade was the multidisciplinary approach to water resources. That man is now 30 years [...]
Apr
28
Past President Gerry Galloway Named to Civil Engineering’s Power List
April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
CE News recently named seven people to its Power List. One of them is Dr. Gerald E. ’Gerry’ Galloway, Jr., Past President of AWRA. Here is his entry: Gerald Galloway, Jr., Ph.D., P.E. Professor, University of Maryland Galloway is a Glenn L. Martin Institute professor of engineering for the department of civil and environmental engineering, and [...]
Apr
25
A Day at the Races
April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Ken (left) and Pat Reid of AWRA rolled out the red carpet and their legendary hospitality for a bunch of WaterWonks and other friends at the 90th annual Middleburg Spring Races, Saturday, 23 April 2011. Middleburg, about 20 miles west of Dulles International Airport on U.S. Route 50, is in the heart of Virginia’s horse [...]
Mar
11
So what was I saying about Jim Mercer’s book not being a water book? Shill Alert! Cynthia Barnett is a good friend and both Mary Frances and I reviewed portions of her new book, Blue Revolution. I reviewed and enjoyed her previous book, Mirage, which I referred to as ‘Cadillac Swampland’. I received a newsy email from [...]
Oct
17
A Barren Landscape Indeed: Tom Winter Departs All Too Soon
October 17, 2010 | 1 Comment
I’m always looking for ‘newsy’ posts, but not of this variety – obituaries. It is especially difficult when it involves someone I knew and admired. So it’s especially sad to have report the death of hydrogeologist Tom Winter. The following obituary was written by Tom’s friend and USGS colleague Don Rosenberry and published in the [...]
Mar
28
Dr. Rita Colwell Awarded 2010 Stockholm Water Prize
March 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
Dr. Rita Colwell, a professor at the University of Maryland and at the Johns Hopkins University, has been awarded the 2010 Stockholm Water Prize. The prize, awarded by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), is sometimes referred to as water’s Nobel Prize. From the prize’s WWW site: Dr. Colwell, 76, is widely recognized as one [...]
Mar
18
Asit K. Biswas Lecture: Global Water Crisis – Myth or Reality?
March 18, 2010 | 2 Comments
Thanks to Daniel Collins at Cr!key Creek for alerting me to this. Here is what Daniel says about Dr. Biswas’ lecture: Asit Biswas, an expert in international water resource management, has changed his mind. He no longer believes a world water crisis is a crisis of physical supply. It is, instead, a crisis of management. [...]
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