Past Chairs of the Nebraska Section AWWA
- 1946 Guy E. Bell, City of Fairbury
- 1947 A.S. Reiff, Hastings Utilities
- 1948 A.S. Reiff, Hastings Utilities
- 1949 Guy E. Bell, City of Fairbury
- 1950 Vern Livingston, Nebraska City Utilities
- 1951 C.W. Burdick, City of Grand Island
- 1952 Ralph H. Lancaster, City of Kearney
- 1953 H.L. Morris, UNL Engineering
- 1954 C.B. Elliott
- 1955 Bert Gurney, Bert Gurney Associates
- 1956 E. Bruce Meier, Kirkham Michael Consulting Engineers
- 1957 George H. Beard, Layne Western
- 1958 C.L. Fisher, City of Lincoln
- 1959 William Sommers, City of Fremont
- 1960 Emil C. Wagner
- 1961 R.E. Arraj, City of Kimball
- 1962 Joseph J. Rossbach, Jr., Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 1963 G.H. Allen, City of Ord
- 1964 John E. Olsson, Olsson Associates
- 1965 Lee Blocker, Lincoln Water System
- 1966 R.W. Laing
- 1967 Frank E. Phelps, City of Grand Island
- 1968 E.D. Ingram
- 1969 Raymond H. McLeod, manufacturers’ representative
- 1970 Joseph P. Laferla, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 1971 Floyd Sanks, City of Sidney
- 1972 Richard Erixson, City of Lincoln
- 1973 Richard D. Hawes, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 1974 Robert D. Catton, HDR Inc.
- 1975 Joseph Thissen, Nebraska City Utilities
- 1976 Milton Launer, City of Fremont
- 1977 Dean McNiven, manufacturers’ representative
- 1978 Ron Kasperbauer, Rockwell Meters
- 1979 Dean W. Orcutt, City of Holdrege
- 1980 W. James Wells, Jr., Wells Engineering
- 1981 Donald L. Lees, Layne Western
- 1982 Joseph L. Gerlt, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 1983 Tim St. Onge, City of Scottsbluff
- 1984 Carl Bodensteiner, Olsson Associates
- 1985 Richard Robinson, City of Lincoln
- 1986 Dr. Dewey Andersen, UNL Civil Engineering
- 1987 Burton A. Johnson, JEO Consulting Group
- 1988 Jerome G. Obrist, Lincoln Water System
- 1989 David Lane, City of Sioux City
- 1990 Merlin E. Lindahl, City of Columbus
- 1991 Orville R. Davidson, City of York
- 1992 Paul E. Dammann, City of Seward
- 1993 Dennis C. Hirschbrunner, HDR Inc.
- 1994 Lynn A. Wegehaupt, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 1995 Don A. Franklin, Bert Gurney Associates
- 1996 Steve Kelley, Beatrice Board of Public Works
- 1997 John G. Miriovsky, Lincoln Water System
- 1998 Terrance A. O’Brien, JEO Consulting Group
- 1999 Richard A. Koenig, Nebraska Health & Human Services
- 2000 Joel G. Christensen, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 2001 Charles (Chip) A. Haas, HDR Inc.
- 2002 Chris J. Koenig, HDR Inc.
- 2003 Dennis Watts, Norfolk Water Department
- 2004 Kristine Ranslem, City of Albion
- 2005 Larry Andreasen, Fremont Department of Utilities
- 2006 Anthony (Tony) P. Bilek, Mc2 Inc.
- 2007 Michael Wentink, Nebraska Health & Human Services
- 2008 Kevin P. Tobin, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 2009 Dr. Bruce Dvorak, UNL Civil Engineering
- 2010 John S. Olsson, Olsson Associates
- 2011 Teresa Konda, HDR Inc.
- 2012 Rob Pierce, League of Municipalities
- 2013 Eric Lee, Lincoln Water System
- 2014 David Lathrop, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
- 2015 Doug Woodbeck, Nebraska Health & Human Services
- 2016 Ben Day, Olsson Associates
- 2017 Chad Roberts, City of Norfolk
- 2018 Eric (Rick) Melcher, City of Aurora
- 2019 Milo Rust, City of Chadron
The year indicated is the year in which the preponderance of the term is actually served. Chairs typically assume office in November of the preceding year.
