Lyman A. Ripperton Environmental Educator Award
Nomination Form
The Lyman A. Ripperton Award, established by resolution of the Board of Directors on November 13, 1980, is for distinguished achievement as an educator in some field of air pollution control. It is awarded to an individual, who by precept and example, has inspired students to achieve excellence in all their professional and social endeavors. It recognizes the abilities that only a few in the education profession possess - to be able to teach with rigor, humor, humility, and pride. The recipients of this award are representative of the educators we would have chosen if we had a choice. They are known by the accomplishments of their students.
The recipients of this award are representative of the educators we would have chosen if we had a choice. They are known by the accomplishments of their students.
Lyman A. Ripperton (1921-1978) was a practitioner in education and research for the control of air pollution during his entire professional career. He left the Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District in 1958 to assume a teaching and research assignment in the Department of Environmental Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program in air pollution education he initiated at UNC developed into one of the foremost in the United States. His students numbered in the hundreds, and they assumed positions in every segment of the air pollution control profession. The Lyman A. Ripperton Award may be awarded to members and nonmembers of the Association.
2021 James Blando 2020 Peter Koutrakis Chung-Shin (Jonathan) Yuan 2019 Peter J. Adams 2018 Joshua S. Fu 2016 Gediminas Mainelis 2015 Chang-Yu Wu 2014 Gale F. Hoffnagle 2013 Susan J. Masten 2012 H. Christopher Frey 2011 Kumar Ganesan 2010 Mark J. Rood 2009 William M. Auberle 2008 Peter A. Scheff 2007 John D. Spengler 2006 Karl B. Schnelle 2005 Daniel P.Y. Chang 2004 Robert B. Jacko 2003 Ashok Kumar 2002 C. David Cooper |
2001 Viney P. Aneja 2000 Edward S. Rubin 1999 Larry G. Anderson 1998 Mackenzie Davis 1997 Timothy C. Keener 1996 Louis Theodore 1995 Dale A. Lundgren 1994 Kenneth E. Noll 1993 August T. Rossano * 1992 Thomas J. Overcamp 1991 Arthur C. Stern * 1990 Wayne T. Davis 1989 Joseph J. Soporowski, Jr. 1988 Richard W. Boubel * 1987 Mel W. First * 1986 Howard Hesketh * 1985 Eileen G. Brennan * 1984 Harold Cota 1983 Raymond M. Manganelli * |
* Deceased