Wayne N. Aspinall Award
The Colorado Water Congress is currently accepting nominations for the 2019 Aspinall Award to be awarded at the 2019 Annual Convention in January. Please see application form below. All nominations must be received by July 1, 2018.
Recipient of the 2018 Aspinall Water Leader of the Year Award
Mark Pifher
Mark Pifher
Painting by Barbara East
The Colorado Water Congress presents the prestigious Wayne N. Aspinall “Water Leader of the Year” Award annually to an individual Coloradan who has long demonstrated courage, dedication, knowledge and strong leadership in the development, protection and preservation of Colorado water.
Honorees reflect those attributes so clearly possessed by the award’s namesake, Wayne N. Aspinall. The late Mr. Aspinall, a lawyer and former longtime member of the U. S. House of Representatives, remains one of the most influential water leaders in Colorado history.
Honorees reflect those attributes so clearly possessed by the award’s namesake, Wayne N. Aspinall. The late Mr. Aspinall, a lawyer and former longtime member of the U. S. House of Representatives, remains one of the most influential water leaders in Colorado history.
Barbara East and Mark Pifher
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Pictured left to right: Mark Pifher, Lewis Entz, Harold Miskel, John Porter, Alan Hamel Eric Wilkinson, Gale Norton, Travis Smith, David Robbins, Bill Trampe, Dick Bratton, Jim Lochhead.
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Recipients of the Wayne N. Aspinall "Water Leader of the Year" Award
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1981 Ival V. Goslin*
1982 Glenn G. Saunders* 1983 Felix L. "Larry" Sparks* 1984 Charles L. "Tommy" Thomson* 1985 W. D. Farr* 1986 Fred V. Kroeger* 1987 Benjamin F. Stapleton* 1988 Ray D. Nixon* 1989 John M. Sayre* 1990 Frank E. "Sam" Maynes* 1991 William H. Miller 1992 John R. Fetcher* 1993 Frank Milenski* 1994 Fred E. Anderson* 1995 J.R. "Bob" Barkley* 1996 Hank Brown 1997 Ralph Adkins* 1998 Stephen L.R. McNichols* 1999 Richard D. MacRavey* |
2000 John Porter
2001 Larry Simpson 2002 L. Richard Bratton 2003 Ray Kogovsek* 2004 Ralph Curtis 2005 Gale A. Norton 2006 David Smith* 2007 Lewis Entz 2008 Don Ament 2009 Tillie Bishop 2010 Alan C. Hamel 2011 Eric Wilkinson 2012 David W. Robbins 2013 Diane Hoppe* 2014 James S. Lochhead 2015 Bill Trampe 2016 Harold Miskel 2017 Travis Smith 2018 Mark Pifher |
*Deceased. We fondly remember those honorees who have passed on.