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Distinguished Life Membership Award
The California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum’s Distinguished Life Membership Award is given annually to
active or past members who, through long and distinguished service, have made a major contribution to the CWEMF and to the California water and environmental modeling profession. The recipient must have been a CWEMF
member for at least ten years (not necessarily in a row) and been a regular attendee at the CWEMF Steering Committee Meetings and/or Annual Meetings or have other significant contributions to the organization. The CWEMF
Distinguished Life Membership Award is presented each winter at the CWEMF’s Annual Meeting, which is held at the Asilomar Conference grounds, near Monterey, California.
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Award Winner
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2012
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Richard Satkowski
- In recognition of his many years of outstanding service to CWEMF and the water and environmental modeling community. Mr. Satkowski’s outstanding and persistent service predates and extends beyond his seven years as the CWEMF Executive Director. His role in organizing and leading Annual Meetings, technical workshops, modeling protocols and guidelines and several important peer reviews, as well as contributing to the Forum’s administrative and philosophical basis earns him the appreciation and respect of the CWEMF.
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2011
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George Nichol - In recognition of his outstanding leadership as Secretary of the California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum
from 1994 to the present. Dr. Nichol successfully organized and moderated four key technical workshops and has provided valuable assistance at many other technical workshops and Annual Meetings.
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2010
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K.T. Shum - In recognition of his service to the organization as a member and Steering Committee member for over ten years, CWEMF
Vice-Convenor from 2003 through 2004, and CWEMF Convenor from 2005 through 2006. Dr. Shum advanced the mission of the CWEMF by coordinating the San Joaquin River Valley CalSim-II Peer Review and
the Strategic Analysis Framework for Managing Water in California.
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N OMINATIONS
A nomination for CWEMF Distinguished Life Membership must be made by five or more CWEMF members or
the Steering Committee. Nominations are due by February 17, 2013. Nominations should be sent to cwemf@cwemf.org and must consist of a:
- Letter of nomination clearly identifying the nominee and nominator;
- Resume of the nominee
- Brief statement describing the nominee’s accomplishments; and
- Statement describing, in moderate detail, how the nominee meets the award criteria.
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