2023 Honors & Awards Recipients

Each year, the Air & Waste Management Association recognizes individuals and companies for outstanding accomplishments in the promotion of a clean environment through its Honors and Awards Program. These awards were created by the Association to encourage environmental professionals, educators, researchers, and industry leaders to serve as models for others to emulate and, in doing so, further the mission and objectives of the Association.

The 2023 award recipients are:

Lung-Wen Antony Chen – Frank A. Chambers Excellence in Air Pollution Control Award
Merlyn L. Hough – S. Smith Griswold Outstanding Air Pollution Control Official Award
C. Flint Webb – Charles W. Gruber Association Leadership Award
Judith C. Chow – Honorary Membership
Delbert Eatough – Honorary Membership (Posthumous)
Lindsay Rice Salvador – Outstanding Young Professional Award
Chih C. Chao – Fellow A&WMA Member
Robert Mentzer Jr. – Fellow A&WMA Member
Christopher Emery et. al – Arthur C. Stern Distinguished Paper Award

Section & Chapter Awards
Mid-Atlantic States Section — Minasian Award Winner
Georgia Chapter — Chapter Cup Award Winner

Congratulations to this year's student and young professional award recipients! Check out which students and YPs are doing the best at fulfilling the A&WMA mission.

2023 Student Award and Scholarship Recipients
2023 YP Best Paper Award Winners