2024 Honors and 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 2024 award recipients are:

• Richard A. Wayland – S. Smith Griswold Outstanding Air Pollution Control Official Award
• Bill Palermo – Charles W. Gruber Association Leadership Award
• Frank Shun-Cheng Lee – Lyman A. Ripperton Environmental Educator Award
• Michael Kleinman – Lyman A. Ripperton Environmental Educator Award
• Zaher Hashisho – Lyman A. Ripperton Environmental Educator Award
• Chih C. Chao – Richard I. Stessel Waste Management Award
• Brian Freeman et al. – Arthur C. Stern Distinguished Paper Award

Section & Chapter Awards 
Niagara Frontier Section — Minasian Award Winner 
Central New York Chapter — Chapter Cup Award Winner 

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

2024 Student Award and Scholarship Recipients
2024 YP Best Paper Award Winners