Jackson School of Geosciences Joseph C. Walter Awards
November 6, 2014
The Jackson School of Geosciences Dean’s Office invites nominations for the Joseph C. Walter Awards every year in November. Nominations may be made by any Jackson School employee and all nominations must be made via the online web form for each award below. A call for nominations is made via email. Only one nomination per person per award will be accepted. The award recipients will be recognized at the annual Walter Awards Banquet held in conjunction with the Jackson School holiday party.
The Joseph C. Walter Jr. Excellence Award provides annual awards to faculty, research, and staff in recognition of outstanding service and special contributions to teaching and research programs. No specific guidelines are set for nominations other than demonstrated excellence in one or any combination of the areas of the School – research, teaching, service, professional activity, and administration. The Walter Excellence Award carries a cash award of $2,000.
Past winners:
| 2020 | John Goff, UTIG | |
| 2019 | Gail Christeson, UTIG | |
| 2018 | Dennis R. Trombatore, DGS | |
| 2017 | Michael Young, BEG | |
| 2016 | Peter Flemings, DGS/BEG/UTIG | |
| 2015 | Rich Ketcham, DGS | |
| 2014 | Charlie Kerans, DGS | |
| 2013 | J.P. Nicot, BEG | |
| 2012 | Omar Ghattas, DGS | |
| 2011 | Bill Fisher, DGS | |
| 2010-Fall | Doug Ratcliff, JSG | |
| 2010-Spring | Mead Allison, UTIG | |
| 2009 | Ron Steel, DGS | |
| 2008 | Ian Dalziel, UTIG | |
| David Mohrig, DGS | ||
| Bridget Scanlon, BEG | ||
| 2007 | Shirley Dutton, BEG | |
| Mrinal Sen, UTIG | ||
| Zong-Liang Yang, DGS | ||
| 2006 | Chris Bell, DGS | |
| Martin Jackson, BEG | ||
| Paul Mann, UTIG | ||
| 2005 | Susan Hovorka, BEG | |
| Sharon Mosher, JSG | ||
| Doug Ratcliff, JSG | ||
The Jackson School Staff Excellence Award was designed to recognize classified (administrative, technical, and support) staff who have performed in an exemplary fashion and to encourage others to aspire to superior performance. The Staff Excellence Award carries a cash award of $1,000.
Past winners:
| 2020 | Ben Hester, UTIG | |
| 2019 | Anton Caputo, Monica Kortsha, Laura Martin (JSG) | |
| 2018 | Sara Sieberath, UTIG | |
| 2017 | Lisa Gahagan, UTIG | |
| 2016 | Staci Loewy, DGS | |
| 2015 | Dean Wilcox, Facilities Maintenance Manager | |
| 2014 | Jesse Maisano, DGS | |
| 2013 | Lynda Miller, UTIG | |
| 2012 | Patty Romano, BEG | |
| 2011 | Mark Wiederspahn, UTIG | |
| 2010-Fall | Eleanour Picard, UTIG | |
| 2010-Spring | Julie Duiker, BEG | |
| 2009 | Jan Everett, UTIG | |
| 2008 | Tinley Hald, DGS | |
| Lauren Darcy, JSG | ||
| Wanda LaPlante, BEG | ||
| Judy Sansom, UTIG | ||
| 2007 | Jamie Coggin, BEG | |
| Sheree Courney, JSG | ||
| Ty Lehman, DGS | ||
| Don Yarbro, UTIG | ||
| 2006 | Susann Doenges, BEG | |
| Patty Ganey-Curry, UTIG | ||
| Roger Gary, DGS | ||
| Glynis Morse, JSG | ||
| Dennis Trombatore, honorary | ||
| 2005 | Luciano Correa, JSG | |
| Lynda Miler, BEG | ||
| John Ready, DGS | ||
| Mark Wiederspahn, UTIG | ||
The Jackson School Outstanding Service Award recognizes outstanding service to a unit, the School, the University, or the profession. The Outstanding Service Award carries a cash award of $1,000.
Past winners:
| 2020 | Philip Guerrero, JSG | |
| 2019 | Nicole Evans, JSG | |
| 2018 | Kim LaValley, BEG | |
| 2017 | DGS Female Faculty as a team for their work towards improving JSG workplace environment | |
| 2016 | Brian Zavala, JSG | |
| 2015 | Eric Potter, BEG | |
| 2014 | Sue Hovorka, BEG | |
| 2013 | Cathy Brown, BEG | |
| 2012 | Bob Hardage, BEG | |
| 2011 | Sigrid Clift, BEG | |
| 2010-Fall | Philip Guerrero, JSG | |
| 2010-Spring | Renee Waters, JSG | |
| 2009 | Larry Mack, DGS | |
| 2008 | Jamie Austin, UTIG | |
| Martin Jackson, BEG |
The Jackson School Outstanding Research Award recognizes accomplishments by an individual or a team of faculty or scientists. The Outstanding Research Award carries a cash award of $1,000.
Past winners:
| 2020 | Kerry Cook, DGS | |
| 2019 | Peter Hennings, Ellen Rathje and Alexandros Savvaidis, BEG | |
| 2018 | Danny Stockli, DGS | |
| 2017 | Gail Christeson, UTIG | |
| 2016 | Gulf Coast Carbon Center | |
| 2015 | Marc Hesse, DGS | |
| 2014 | Sean Gulick, UTIG | |
| 2013 | Julia Clarke, DGS | |
| 2012 | Don Blankenship, UTIG | |
| 2011 | Brian Horton, DGS | |
| 2010-Fall | Project STARR | |
| 2010-Spring | Shirley Dutton, BEG | |
| 2009 | Jack Holt, UTIG | |
| Steve Ruppel, BEG | ||
| 2008 | Steve Grand, DGS | |
| Bob Loucks, BEG | ||
| Paul Mann, UTIG | ||
The Jackson School Outstanding Educator Award recognizes accomplishments in any area that promotes the future success of students, staff, or other faculty and scientists through teaching, mentoring, or supervision of undergraduate or graduate research. The Outstanding Educator Award carries a cash award of $1,000.
Past winners:
| 2020 | Sean Gulick, UTIG, DGS | |
| 2019 | Julia Clarke, DGS | |
| 2018 | Tip Meckel, BEG | |
| 2017 | Brian Horton, DGS/UTIG | |
| 2016 | Joe Levy, UTIG | |
| 2015 | Mrinel Sen, UTIG/DGS | |
| 2014 | David Mohrig, DGS | |
| 2013 | Jaime Barnes, DGS | |
| 2012 | Sergey Fomel, DGS | |
| 2011 | Mark Helper, DGS | |
| 2010-Fall | Chris Bell, DGS | |
| 2010-Spring | Jay Banner, DGS | |
| 2009 | Mark Cloos, DGS | |
| 2008 | Bill Carlson, DGS | |
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