WISA Award
About the WISA
The WISA (Water Industry Service Award) is designed to recognize members of the Nebraska Section of AWWA who, over the years, have untiringly served the waterworks industry.
Past Recipients
- 1982:
Clifford L. Summers, Nebraska Health & Human Services
Theodore A. Filipi, Nebraska Health & Human Services
H.E. (Whity) Mensching, manufacturers’ representative
Arley L. Goodenkauf, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
Virgil Anderson, Village of Marquette
- 1983:
Ed Walters, Lincoln Water System
Bill Patterson, City of Oshkosh
Wayne Bitting, Beatrice Board of Public Works
Laverne Gerdes, City of Cozad
Donald L. Lees, Layne Western
- 1984
Don Block, City Syracuse
Glenn Hawks, City of Lexington
Dan Hudson, City of Ogallala
Asa Kellison, City of Plattsmouth
Stan Sherman, City of North Platte
- 1985
Roland Clark, City of Chadron
George H. Fairfield, City of Kearney
Arnold Liesemeyer, Nebraska City Utilities
Robert J. Olson, City of Grand Island
Clarence Owen, Lincoln Water Systems
- 1986
Paul Ombruni, HDR Inc.
Don Garris, City of Tecumseh
George Wolverton, League of Nebraska Municipalities
- 1987
John Baker, Baker & Associates, Scottsbluff
Carl Davis, Village of Dix
Mike Dose, City of Bellevue
Howard Kellogg, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
Doug Nuttleman, City of Norfolk
- 1988
John T. Baker, Scottsbluff
Mike Dose, City of Bellevue
Howard Kellogg, Metropolitan Utilities District
Doug Nuttleman, City of Norfolk
Carl Divis, Village of Dix
- 1989
Bill Cole, Nebraska City Utilities
Gary DeFoil, Lincoln Water System
Floyd Hein, City of Scottsbluff
- 1990
Leo J. Wilwerding, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
LeRoy Scott, Lincoln Water System
Vern Schulz, City of Wayne
- 1991
Tom Michels, Nebraska Health & Human Services
Bob G. Ranard, City of Grand Island
- 1992
Paul A. Baburek, Baburek Metal Preserving Co., Plattsmouth
George G. Beyer, City of Crete
Donald R. Wiegler, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 1993
Lambert K. Belcha, City of Auburn
Dale E. Lahman, City of Fremont
- 1994
Roscoe Harris, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 1995
Mark Clifford, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 1996
- 1997
Jack L. Daniel, Nebraska Health & Human Services
- 1998
Zoltan Kerekes, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
Jerome G. Obrist, Lincoln Water System
- 1999
Tom Michels, Nebraska Health & Human Services
- 2000
Gerald A. Radek, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
D.R. Correll, City of Wallace
- 2001
Gene Divis, City of David City
Dennis Langdale, Beatrice Board of Public Works
- 2002
Ken Ekeler, City of York
Jim Sell, City of Holdrege
Harlan Simmerman, Village of Elm Creek
Leonard Skala, City of Papillion
Richard Smith, Lincoln Water System
Ross Stebbins, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 2003
Larry Andreasen, Fremont Utilities
Ron Benson, JEO Consulting Group
Bill Fish, Lincoln Water System
Richard Heydenreich, City of Papillion
Ron Mausbach, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
- 2004
George Reed, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
Rick Roberts, Lincoln Water System
Mari Matulka, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
Mike Wentink, Nebraska Health & Human Services
- 2005
Paul Dammann, City of Seward
Jim Haywood, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
Mike Hulquist, City of Alliance
Gary Janssen, City of Waverly
- 2006
Jerry Deal, City of North Platte
Ted Hendrickson, City of Broken Bow
Milo Leslie, City of Auburn
Arthur May, Midwest Assistance Program
Don Noonan, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
Andrew Skorniak, Village of Brule
- 2007
Nick McElvain, Lincoln Water System
Paul Reed, Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha
Douglas Pollack, City of Seward
Wayne Rickers, Beatrice Board of Public Works
Kenneth Swanson, City of Auburn
Douglas Woodbeck, Nebraska Health & Human Services
- 2008
Christy Christensen, City of Papillion
Glenn Dostal, HDR Inc.
Dean Hauptman, Nebraska City Utilities
Dennis Smith, City of Norfolk
Kirk Stocker, City of Kearney
Peggy Young, Beatrice Board of Public Works
- 2009
Orville Davidson, City of York Public Works
Derril Marshall, City of Fremont
Rick Melcher, City of Aurora
Merdith C. "Clint" Schaff, M.C. Schaff Associates, Scottsbluff
Albert Wood, City of Red Cloud
Thomas A. Wurtz, Metropolitan Utilities District
- 2010
Daniel L. Freese, Layne Christensen Co.
Dennis C. Hirschbrunner, HDR Inc.
Howard P. Isaacs, Nebraska Health & Human Services
Timothy Lineweber, Beatrice Board of Public Works
Jeffrey G. Loll, Metropolitan Utilities District
Dennis Watts, City of Norfolk
- 2011
Dr. Les Lampe, Black & Veatch
Scott L. Keep, MUD
Tommy Rudder, City of Beatrice
David Becker, City of York
Warren Sund, City of Fremont
Thomas Leismeyer, City of Nebraska City
- 2012
Jim Bewley - Metropolitan Utilities District
Dale Rickers - City of Beatrice
Pat Heath - City of Gering
Rich Koenig - Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
- 2013
Gene Schroeder, Cedar Knox Rural Water
Brian McCallister, City of Beatrice
James Shields, MUD
- 2014
Mike Nuttelmann, City of Norfolk
Brad Harris, Layne Christiensen
Eric Lee, Lincoln Water Systems
Gary Helwig, City of Plattsmouth
2015
- Lash Chaffin, League of Nebraska Municipalities
- Steve Kelley, City of Beatrice
- Dave Olsen, City of South Sioux City
- John "Mark" Wolff, Metropolitan Utilities District
2016
2017
- Jack Satur, City of Scottsbluff
2018
- Paul Markowski, City of Ord
2019
- Jeffrey Brady, City of Wayne
2020
- Jim McGowen, Schuyler
- Chuck Sliva, Columbus
- John Grimes, Kearney
- Terry Derr, Lyman
