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This honor is awarded annually to an individual who is distinguished as both a researcher and educator and has demonstrated his or her ability to give engaging oral presentations. The Distinguished Lecturer visits approximately 12 institutions and gives at least one talk from two lecture topics. The Distinguished Lecturer proposes the two topics, and each institution chooses one of these as the formal presentation. All travel expenses for the Distinguished Lecturer are paid for by AEESP, and visited institutions must contribute a fixed fee of $1,000 to help support these costs. Host institutions may arrange for presentation of both lectures, but in such cases, any additional housing and boarding costs must be borne directly by the host institution. The Distinguished Lecturer receives a $1,000 honorarium at the conclusion of their lecture tour.

Selection of the speaker is made by the Distinguished Lecturer Committee. Suggestions for choice of Distinguished Lecturer may be sent to the chair of the Distinguished Lecturer Committee at any time, but with the understanding that final selection is entirely in the hands of the committee and that this committee may already have qualified nominees in mind from suggestions made in previous years. The Distinguished Lecturer Committee usually makes it decision for the coming academic year by January or February.

Year Recipient Affiliation
2009 Dr. Mark M. Benjamin University of Washington
2008 Dr. Tony Fane The University of New South Wales
2007 Dr. David Allen University of Texas at Austin
2006 Dr. Joan Rose Michigan State University
2005 Dr. Rene Schwarzenbach Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) Zurich, Switzerland
2004 Dr. Bruce E. Rittmann Northwestern University
2003 Dr. Philip C. Singer University of North Carolina
2002 Dr. C.P. Leslie Grady, Jr. Clemson University
2001 Dr. Vernon L. Snoeyink University of Illinois
2000 Dr. Calvin H. Ward Rice University
1999 Dr. Alberto E. Cassano National University of Litoral, Argentina
1998 Prof. Jerry Schnoor University of Iowa
1997 Dr. William Pretorius South Africa
1996 Dr. Makram T. Suidan University of Cincinnati
1995 Dr. Alexander Zehnder Swiss Inst. for Water Poll. Cont. (EAWAG) and ETH, Zurich
1994 Dr. James J. Morgan California Institute of Technology
1993 Dr. Saburo Matsui Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
1992 Dr. Frederick G. Pohland University of Pittsburgh
1991 Dr. Willi Gujer Swiss Inst. for Water Poll. Cont. (EAWAG), Zurich
1990 Dr. Walter J. Weber, Jr. University of Michigan
1989 Dr. Petr Grau Prague Institute of Chemical Technology
1988 Dr. David Jenkins University of California, Berkeley
1987 Mr. Francois Fiessinger Lyonnaise des Eaux, Paris, France
1986 Prof. Donald O'Connor Manhattan College
1985 Prof. Heinrich Sontheimer Universitat Karlsruhe
1984 Prof. Perry L. McCarty Stanford University
1983 Prof. Donald Mackay University of Toronto, Canada
1982 Prof. Charles O'Melia Johns Hopkins University
1981 Prof. Werner Stumm Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
1980 Prof. Richard Dick Cornell University
1979 Prof. Roger Perry Imperial College, London
1978 Prof. Richard Speece Drexel Institute of Technology
1977 Dr. C. F. Forster Wessex Water Authority, Bristol, England
1976 Prof. Paul Harremoes Technical University of Denmark
1975 No lecturer selected
1974 Kjell Baalsrud Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo
1973 Dr. Klaus R. Imhoff Rhine River Commission, Germany
1972 Prof. G.V.R. Marais University of Cape Town, South Africa
1971 Prof. K. J. Ives University College, London
1970 Prof. Karl Wuhrmann Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
1970 Dr. Elie Eichenberger Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
1969 Dr. A.L. Downing Water Pollution Research Laboratory, Stevenage, England