William Brewster Snow Award
Recognizing Excellence in the Study of Environmental Engineering
Presented to a graduating senior in recognition of demonstrated academic excellence, interest, and enthusiasm in the study of environmental engineering. The names of recipients of this award are inscribed on a plaque displayed in Hudson Hall.
Honor Roll
2023: Alexandra Rivera
2022:
- Qingqi Katherine Li
- Zehua Wang
2021: Renata Rae Starostka
2020: Alexander Weck
2019: Charles Benjamin Pearlman
2018: Karyn Elizabeth Saunders
2017: David Rosen
2016: Jack King
2015: Katherine Brock
2014: Ifeoma Anyansi
2013:
- Grace Cambareri
- Hunter Douglas
- Kala Viswanathan
2012: William Greer Mackebee
2011:
- Trisha Lowe
- Andrew Wood
2010: Jai D. Singh
2009: Samantha E. Beardsley
2008: Lee M. Pearson
2007: Bibek Joshi
2006: Jean Foster
2005: Victor K. Victorsson
2004: Whitney Eriksson
2003: Deborah A. Seibold
2002: Kimberly A. Novick
2001: Sarah V. Dailey
2000: Lauren K. MacWilliams
1999: Alex A. Apotsos
1998: Jesse J. Sturm
1997: Amy L. Watchorn
1996: Alexander G. Agrios
1995: James P. Rizk
1994: Carolyn Nobel
1993:
- Christine M. Petry
- Daniel H. Loughlin
- William L. Carson
1992: Gregory W. Council
1991: James Heydorn
1990: Hans Tandon
1989:
- Julie B. Jennings
- Andrea L. Ryon
1988: Sarah Elizabeth Levin
1987: Michael Kim Hillard
1986: Gerald Michael Hansler, Jr.
1985: Mike Hebert
1984: Rhett Jackson
1983: David Alexander Fairley
1982:
- Becky Cuthbertson
- Hal Davis
1981:
- Mark D. Taylor
- Martha L. Monserrate
1980: Jane Stockman
1979:
- Patricia Gandy
- Karl Helfrich
About William Brewster Snow
William Brewster Snow was a native of Durham, NC, and a widely respected and influential sanitation engineer. He was a member of the Class of 1932—making him among the first to earn an engineering degree from Duke.
Snow served on the faculty of the College of Engineering from 1948 to 1953.
Active in public life, he founded a series of conferences that guided the implementation of North Carolina’s Stream Sanitation Law of 1951.