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2007 Honors and Awards Ceremony

 ESS Department  "Honors and Awards"  Ceremony


2007 ESS Teaching Award
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Joanne Bourgeois recieving the 2007 ESS Teaching award
from the presenter Terry Swanson and ESS chair Robert Winglee.


On Thursday May 17th, 2007, the UW Dept of Earth and Space Sciences held its annual Honors & Awards Ceremony, giving out recognition and numerous awards to students, faculty, and staff.   All of these awards are presented for merit recognition via a nomination and vetting process, and the awards are often accompanied by small amounts of cash or scholarships.   ESS Chair Robert Winglee was the Master of Ceremonies, with help from Terry Swanson, Ed Waddington, and Roger Buick.

Best of 2007  ( next section this page )

Table of Photos  from the ceremony

Slideshow of Photos  from the Ceremony

Notes for Speech from the Awards Ceremony
by the host ESS Chair Robert Winglee

History & Description of the awards

2007 Full List of Awardees  ( pdf file )

Donors and Commemorations  ( bottom of this page )

Previous Awads Ceremony Web Pages  ( bottom of this page )  





Best of 2007 :


Barksdale Service Award :
Kathy Gabriel
Barksdale Service Award to Kathy Gabriel
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Top Undergrad 2007 - Jesse Einhorn
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The "Douglas E. Merill" Award
( top ESS Undergrad 2007 ) :
Jesse Einhorn
Undergrad Service Award :
Tara Smiley
Undergrad Service Award to Tara Smiley
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Top Grad Students
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L-to-R : Robert Winglee, Brentwood Higman, Roger Buick, Michael Kokorowski
The "David A. Johnston" Fellowships
( Top ESS Graduate Students 2007 ) :
Brentwood Higman,
Michael Kokorowski






and now a word about some of our donors and commemorations :


Bob Frost in front of foyer Big Screen TV

Everett "Pete" Paup  in fron of Fossiliferous Marble Slab
Kathleen Ellsbury on the Tony Qamar Memorial Bench

Mary Ann Stewart and Ian Stewart on the Richard Stewart Memorial Bench



The Honors and Awards given out here are made possible by the generous contributions of our many supporters, some of whom were able to attend this years awards ceremony.  Pictured above are a few of these wonderful people.

Top Left )    Bob Frost in front of the Big Screen TV that he donated for use by ESS in the Johnson Hall lobby.

Top Right )   Everett "Pete" Paup in front of the Fossiliferous Marble slab acknowledging his support of the the Johnson Hall Rennovation fund.

Bottom Left )   Kathleen Ellsbury, widow of Prof Tony Qamar, is seated on the Tony Qamar Memorial Bench donated by faculty, staff, students, colleagues and friends.  Kathleen presented this year the first Tony Quamar Fellowship to Aurora Burd.

Bottom Right )   Mary Ann Stewart and Ian Stewart  are seated on the Prof Richard Stewart Memorial Bench.




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