Honorary Diplomates |
The Honorary Diplomate is AAWRE’s highest honor given to an individual. Since the founding of AAWRE in October 2004, only thirty-nine individuals have been bestowed the Honorary Diplomate, Water Resources Engineers (Hon.D.WRE) status from the Academy. Honorary Diplomate is only granted to an individuals who meet one or more of the following criteria: has attained a position of eminence in the water resources engineering profession, has made a singular noteworthy achievement or sustained noteworthy contributions to the advancement of the water resources engineering profession, or has rendered outstanding service over a sustained period of time in the field of water resources and to the work of the AAWRE.
Leo R. Beard * 1917 - 2009 |
Asit K. Biswas Third World Centre for Water Management Atizapan, Mexico |
![]() Paul F. Boulos Denver, CO |
Herman Bouwer U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory (Retired) Tempe, AZ |
![]() University of Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Rafael L. Bras Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA |
John J. Cassidy Walnut Creek, CA |
Robert A. Clark Tucson, AZ |
Nicholas M. DeNichilo Mott MacDonald Scotch Plains, NJ |
Keith Dunbar K.S. Dunbar & Associates, Inc. San Clemente, CA |
![]() Lorne Gordon Everett Lorne Everett & Associates, LLC Santa Barbara, CA |
Henry Falvey Henry T. Falvey & Associates, Inc. Conifer, CO |
Gerald Galloway University of Maryland College Park, Maryland |
Earnest F. Gloyna * Austin, TX June 30, 1921 - January 9, 2019 |
Mukuteswara Gopalakrishnan India |
Keith Hipel University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
Daniel Loucks Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
Cecil Lue-Hing Cecil Lue-Hing & Associates, Inc. Burr Ridge, IL |
Thomas Maddock Boyle Engineering Corporation Newport Beach, CA |
John Morris Morris Water Resources Consultants Los Angeles, CA |
B.S.K. Naidu Great Lakes Institute of Energy Management & Research Mumbai, India |
Howard Neukrug City of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA |
George Pinder University of Vermont Burlington, VT |
![]() Texas A&M University College Station, TX |
Otis Sproul University of New Hampshire Durham, NH |
Steven L. Stockton U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Washington, DC |
Rao Y. Surampalli Global Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability Lenexa, KS |
George Tsakiris National Technical Univ. of Athens Athens, Greece |
W.E. Bill West Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Seguin, TX |
Don Wood KYPIPE, LLC Lexington, KY |
Ralph A. Wurbs Texas A&M University College Station, TX |
William W.G. Yeh University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
Shaw Lei Yu Oakton, VA |