Capt. R.A. Erchul (USN Ret.) Environmental Leadership Award
The Capt. Ronald A. Erchul (USN - Ret.) Environmental Leadership Award recognizes a Virginian who has made significant individual efforts to better our environment. The award is named for retired VMI Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor, Ronald A. Erchul, Ph. D., the founder of the Environment Virginia Symposium. Nominees will be judged on the basis of vision, expertise, commitment, integrity, communication skills, accomplishments, and diplomacy. Nominees may come from any field of endeavor.
Nominations for the 2010 Erchul Environmental Leadership Award will open in January 2010.
Previous Winners of the Environmental Leadership Award
2009 Recipient
Ann Jennings, Chespeake Bay Foundation
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2008 Recipient
Ward Burton, Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation
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2004 Recipients
Local Government: John Carlock, Deputy Executive Director of Physical Planning, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission.
State Government: David K. Paylor, Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia
Federal Government: David L. Nelms, U.S. Geological Survey
Business and Industry: Robert L. Dunn, Environmental Affairs and Community Relations Manager for DuPont
Not-for-Profit: Katherine (Kay) Slaughter, Senior Attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center
Education: Ann M. Regn, Director of the Office of Environmental Education, Department of Environmental Quality.
2000 Recipients
Public Sector
Tayloe Murphy, former member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Dennis Treacy, Director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Private Sector
Jay Gilliam, Coordinator, Save our Stream, Izaak Walton League
Joseph Maroon, Virginia Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Honorable Mention: Private Sector - Robert Dunn, DuPont & Carol Wampler, Virginia Manufacturers Association Public Sector - John Daniels, Department of Environmental Quality; Harry Gregori, Department of Environmental Quality, & Ann Regn, Environmental Education Coordinator, Department of Environmental Quality
