The John Wesley Powell Award is a United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) honor award that recognizes an individual or group, not employed by the U.S. federal government, for noteworthy contributions to the objectives and mission of the USGS.

The award is named for John Wesley Powell

John Wesley Powell

John Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions...

, the distinguished scientist and explorer who was the second director of the USGS, serving from 1881 to 1894, and who made the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River

Colorado River

The Colorado River , is a river in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The watershed of the Colorado River covers in parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states...

. The first award was given in 1971.

Awardees

1971

• George R. Shanklin, retired Director of Division of Water Policy and Supply, State of New Jersey (State and Local Government)
• Raymond J. Heringer, Director of the work experience program at Ravenswood High School
  Ravenswood High School
  Created in 1958, Ravenswood High School served the East Palo Alto area of San Mateo County California until its closure in 1976. During its lifetime, East Palo Alto was the low income area in the shadow of its more affluent neighbors Menlo Park, Atherton and Palo Alto...
  
  , East Palo Alto, California
  California
  California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
  
   (Private Citizen)

1972

• Wallace W. Hagan, Director and State Geologist, Kentucky Geological Survey
  Kentucky Geological Survey
  The Kentucky Geological Survey is a department of the University of Kentucky that provides information on the geology of Kentucky.According to its website, the KGS "conducts research, collects data, and serves as the State's official archive for data on petroleum, coal, minerals, ground water, and...
  
   (State and Local Government)
• C.R. Baskin, Chief Engineer, Texas Water Development Board (State and Local Government)
• L.J. (Bud) Maher, Assistant Publisher, Huron Daily Plainsman
  Huron Plainsman
  The Daily Plainsman, also referred to as the Plainsman, is a newspaper in Huron, South Dakota, United States. The paper is owned by the News Media Corporation. It started operation in 1886 and is still in production today.- External links :...
  
  , Huron, South Dakota
  Huron, South Dakota
  Huron is a city in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 12,592 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beadle County. Huron was the home of now-defunct Huron University since 1897. Huron is also the home of the South Dakota State Fair...
  
   (Private Citizen)

1976

• David M. Evans, Geologic Engineer from Colorado School of Mines
  Colorado School of Mines
  The Colorado School of Mines is a small public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources. Located in Golden, Colorado, CSM was ranked 29th, in America among national...
  
   (Industry)
• R.S. "Rock" Howard, Executive Secretary of Georgia Water Quality Control Board (State and Local Government)
• Susanne B. Wilson, Councilwoman of City of San Jose, California
  San Jose, California
  San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
  
   (Private Citizen)
• Dr. Clarence J. Velz, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan
  University of Michigan
  The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
  
   (Academia)

1978

• John P. Snyder, privately-employed chemical engineer, Madison, New Jersey
  Madison, New Jersey
  Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 16,530. It also is known as "The Rose City".-Geography:Madison is located at ....
  
   (Private Citizen)

1981

• Professor Thomas H. Pigford, University of California
  University of California
  The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
  
   (Academia)
• Kazutaka Saiki (State and Local Government)

1983

• S.L. Groff, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Montana
  Butte, Montana
  Butte is a city in Montana and the county seat of Silver Bow County, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. As of the 2010 census, Butte's population was 34,200...
  
   (State and Local Government)

1986

• Abel Wolman
  Abel Wolman
  Abel Wolman was an American inventor, scientist, professor and pioneer of modern sanitary engineering. His work in supplying clean water spanned eight decades.-Background:...
  
  , Emeritus Professor, Johns Hopkins University
  Johns Hopkins University
  The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
  
  , Baltimore, Maryland School of Engineering and School of Hygiene and Public Health (Academia)
• Stephen E. Reynolds, New Mexico
  New Mexico
  New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
  
   State Engineer (State and Local Government)

1988

• Dr. Hugo F. Thomas, Director and State Geologist, Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, Connecticut
  Hartford, Connecticut
  Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
  
   (State and Local Government)
• John McPhee
  John McPhee
  John Angus McPhee is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, widely considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction....
  
   (Private Citizen)
• Dr. Harold Moellering, Ohio State University
  Ohio State University
  The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
  
  , Columbus, Ohio
  Columbus, Ohio
  Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
  
   (Academia)

1989

• Dr. M. Gordon Wolman
  M. Gordon Wolman
  Markley Gordon Wolman was an American geographer. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Haverford College before being drafted into the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, he returned to Baltimore and graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1949 with a degree in Geography...
  
  , Chairman, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Academia)
• Duane M. Hamann, San Miguel, California
  San Miguel, California
  San Miguel is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,336, up from 1,427 at the 2000 census.-Geography:San Miguel is located at ....
  
   (Private Citizen)

1990

• Genevieve Atwood, Director/State Geologist for Utah (State and Local Government)
• Walter S. Sullivan
  Walter S. Sullivan
  Walter Seager Sullivan, Jr was considered the "dean" of science writers.Sullivan spent most of his career as a science reporter for the New York Times...
  
  , Science Editor for the New York Times (Private Citizen)
• Glass Instruments, Inc. (Industry)

1991

• Michael T. Halbouty (Private Citizen)
• Dr. Lynn R. Sykes, Columbia University
  Columbia University
  Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
  
   (Academia)
• Paleontology Team, Unocal Corporation
  Unocal Corporation
  Union Oil Company of California, dba Unocal is a defunct company that was a major petroleum explorer and marketer in the late 19th century, through the 20th century, and into the early 21st century. It was headquartered in El Segundo, California, United States.On August 10, 2005, Unocal merged...
  
  's North America Oil and Gas Division, Ventura, California
  Ventura, California
  Ventura is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census. Ventura is accessible via U.S...
  
   (Industry)

1992

• A. Ivan Johnson (Private Citizen)
• Professor Carl Kisslinger, University of Colorado (Academia)
• Ray A. Miller, Idaho State Mapping Advisory Committee and Idaho Geographic Information Advisory Committee (State and Local Government)

1993

• Dr. James F. Pankow, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (Academia)
• InterNetwork Inc. (Industry)
• California Department of Transportation (State and Local Government)

1994

• Susan Seacrest, President of the Groundwater Foundation (Private Citizen)
• William R. Walker, Virginia Water Resources Research Center and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech , is a public land-grant university with the main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia with other research and educational centers throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and internationally.Founded in...
  
   (Academia)
• Dr. Kenneth N. Weaver, Maryland Geological Survey (State and Local Government)

1995

• Dr. George M. Hornberger, Department of Environmental Science, University of Virginia
  University of Virginia
  The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
  
   (Academia)
• Alfred H. Vang, Deputy Director, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
  South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
  The ' mission is to serve as the principal advocate for and steward of South Carolina’s natural resources. The agency does so with the following principles:...
  
   (State and Local Government)

1996

• W. Jacquelyn Kious (Private Citizen)
• Nancy L. Parke (Societies and Associations)
• Jack Dangermond
  Jack Dangermond
  Jack Dangermond is an American business executive and environmental scientist. In 1969, he co-founded with his wife Laura the Environmental Systems Research Institute , a privately-held Geographic Information Systems software company...
  
  , Environmental Systems Research Institute (Industry)
• Tri-County Regional Planning Commission (State and Local Government)

1997

• Dr. James Merchant, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, (Educational Institution)
• James M. Harrison, Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission (State and Local Government)
• National Stone Association (Societies and Associations)
• Lawrence E. Callender (Private Citizen)

1998

• Dr. Samuel S. Adams
  Samuel S. Adams
  Samuel S. Adams was an economic geologist who was a leading advocate of cooperation and multidisciplinary collaboration among professional geologists, the business community, the government, and public interests....
  
   (Private Citizen)
• Richard Burton, Monroe County Department of Health, Monroe County Environmental Health Lab (State and Local Government)
• Paul Deshler, Northern Arizona University
  Northern Arizona University
  Northern Arizona University is a public university located in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and has 39 satellite campuses in the state of Arizona. The university offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.As of...
  
   (Educational Institution)
• Garruba, Dennis, Konetzka (Industry)

1999

• California Division of Mines and Geology, California Department of Conservation
  California Department of Conservation
  The California Department of Conservation is a department within the government of California, belonging to the California Natural Resources Agency. With a team of scientists, engineers, environmental experts, and other layabouts, the Department of Conservation administers a variety of programs...
  
   (State and Local Government)
• George A. Thompson
  George A. Thompson
  George A. Thompson was an American inventor and businessman who held many patents in the pumping industry and is credited with the invention of the rotary pump. His many inventions and pioneering spirit led to the creation of Thompson Pump & Manufacturing company.-History:George A. Thompson was...
  
  , Department of Geophysics, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  , Stanford, California (Private Citizen)
• Harlan Tucker, Executive Director, The Friends of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Inc. (Societies and Associations)

2000

• Lloyd S. Cluff, Manager, Geosciences Department, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, San Francisco, California (Private Citizen)
• Susan Carson Lambert, Director, Kentucky Office of Geographic Information, Frankfort, Kentucky (State and Local Government)
• Dr. James N. Gray, Senior Researcher and Manager, Microsoft
  Microsoft
  Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
  
   Bay Area Research Center, San Francisco, California (Industry)
• Thomas D. Barclay, Lead Developer, Microsoft Bay Area Research Center, San Francisco, California (Industry)

2001

• Dr. Emery T. Cleaves, Director, Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore, Maryland (State and Local Government)
• Robert Dean, Vantage Point Productions, LLC, Los Angeles, California (Industry)
• Captain Edward K. Miller, Senior Pilot (retired), Air Lines Pilots Association (Private Citizen)
• Dr. Paul “Ty” Ferre, Assistant Professor, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, Tucson, Arizona (Academia)

2003

• Dr. William J. Plant, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
  University of Washington
  University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
  
  , Seattle, Washington (Educational Institution)
• American Geological Institute
  American Geological Institute
  The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of 45 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 100,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists...
  
  , Government Affairs Program, Alexandria, Virginia (Societies and Associations)
• Delaware Data Mapping and Integration Laboratory (DataMIL), University of Delaware
  University of Delaware
  The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...
  
  , Newark, Delaware (State and Local Government)

2004

• Dr. Gerald E. Galloway, Titan Corporation, Vice President, Enterprise Engineering Group, Reston, Virginia (Industry)
• Dr. Dennis Helder, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, South Dakota State University
  South Dakota State University
  South Dakota State University is the largest university in the U.S. state of South Dakota, located in Brookings. A public land-grant university and sun grant college, founded under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act, SDSU offers programs of study required by, or harmonious to, this Act...
  
  , Brookings, South Dakota (Educational Institution)
• David Perlman, Science Editor, The San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California (Private Citizens/Groups/Organizations)
• Ian Von Essen, Spokane County Information Systems, Spokane, Washington
  Spokane, Washington
  Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
  
   (State and Local Government)

2005

• Dr. Keith C. Clarke, University of California, Santa Barbara (Educational Institution)
• Dr. William L. Graf, University of South Carolina (Educational Institution)
• Larry A. Larson, Association of State Floodplain Managers (Societies and Associations)
• USGS Coalition, (Robert Gropp, American Institute of Biological Sciences
  American Institute of Biological Sciences
  The American Institute of Biological Sciences is a non-profit scientific association that is dedicated to advancing biological research and education.-Overview:...
  
  ; Linda Rowan, American Geological Institute
  American Geological Institute
  The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of 45 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 100,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists...
  
  ; Craig Schiffries, National Council for Science and the Environment
  National Council for Science and the Environment
  The National Council for Science and the Environment is a U.S. based non-profit organization which has a mission to improve the scientific basis for environmental decision-making...
  
  ) (Private Citizens/Groups/Organizations)

2006

• Dr. Samuel Goward, Department of Geography, University of Maryland (Educational Institution)
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources – Office of Water Resources (State and Local Government)

2007

• Dr. Walter J. Arabasz of the University of Utah
  University of Utah
  The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
  
   (Private Citizen)

2009

• Dr. Mary Skopec of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is a department/agency of the U.S. state of Iowa charged with maintaining state parks and forests; protecting the environment; and managing energy, fish, wildlife, land resources, and water resources of Iowa.The Mission Statement: To conserve and enhance...
  
   (State and Local Government)
• Dr. James L. Smith of The Nature Conservancy
  The Nature Conservancy
  The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable environmental organization that works to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive....
  
  (Private Citizen)