SUNY ESF
Feinstone Environmental Awards Recipients
2024
Honoring: David R. Gerber '88, P.E. and Lauren Kochian
2023
Honoring: Frank P. Discenza (Awarded Posthumously), Bruce C. King, and Wendy Marsh
2020
Honoring: Paul Tremont '78, and Rick Fedrizzi
2019
Honoring ESF & Syracuse Community Leaders: Neil and Joanne Murphy, and Joe Martens
2018
Building a Vibrant Community: George W. Curry and William H. McAvoy
2017
Community Stewards: Virginia C. Robbins, and J. Andrew Breuer
2016
Women in Science: Janine Benyus, Nancy Barbour, Anahita Williamson, and Robin Kimmerer
2015
The American Chestnut: Herbert F. Darling, Jr.
2014
Capturing Our Living Environment: Larry Master
2013
Recognizing the Importance of STEM Education: Larry Leatherman
2012
Stewards of the New Frontier: Doreen and Jody Garrett
2011 Green Tie Dinner
Honoring the Edna Bailey Sussman Fund as part of the ESF Centennial Celebration
2010
Celebrating Native Visions for a Sustainable Futures: Lew and Dawn Allyn
2009
Recognizing the Role of Innovative Transportation in Sustainable Communities: E. Scott Kasprowicz and Matthew J. Driscoll
2008
Environmental Entrepreneurship: Jesse M. Fink and Elizabeth C. “Betsy” Mitchell-Fink, and John P. Holdren
2007
Honoring Journalists: John Upton, Tracy Press, Tracy, Calif.; Jeff Kart, Bay City Times, Bay City, Michigan; Honorary Feinstone Environmental award: Andrew C. Revkin
2006
Honoring Science Teachers: Carmen Glenn de Luna, teacher, City School District of New Rochelle, N.Y.; Robert C. Hughes II, teacher, Wayland-Cohocton Central School District, NY; Honorary Feinstone Environmental award: Ross S. Whaley, former ESF President and presently Chairman of the Adirondack Park Agency
2005
Honoring Leaders in Sustainability: Peggy Shepard, executive director of the West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.; Linda Dickerson Hartsock, executive director of the Cortland County Business Development Corporation; Honorary Feinstone Environmental award: Governor George E. Pataki
2004
Honoring Conservation Education Centers: Primary Award Recipients: Aullwood Audubon Center, Reedy Creek Nature Center; Secondary Award Recipients: Prospect Park Audubon Center, Wehr Nature Center; Honorary Recipient: City of Syracuse, New York
2003
Honoring Environmentally Conscientious Business: Primary Award Recipient: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Honorary Feinstone Award Recipient: James T. Walsh—U.S. Congress Representing the 25th District of New York
2002
Honoring Middle and High School Science Teachers: Scott A. Jordan—Science Teacher Cuba-Rushford Middle School Cuba, New York, Nancy E. Driscoll—Science Teacher Thomas C. Armstrong Middle School Ontario Center, New York, Cathy J. Ellis—Education Specialist, Adirondack Wilderness Challenge Schuyler Falls, New York, Allison C. Godshall—Integrated Science and Biology Teacher School of the Future New York, New York, Michael J. Mallon—Environmental Science Teacher, James I. O'Neill High School Highland Falls, New York; Honorary Feinstone Award Recipient: The Honorable Carl L. Marcellino—New York State Senate Representing the 5th District
2001-1998
No awards given
1997
Harry “Skip” Edwards, Crawford, Colorado; Samuel F. Pryor III, Boston, Massachusetts
1996
Anne Anderson, Woburn, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Titus Putnam, Shaftsbury, Vermont
1995
Dan Chapin, Sacramento, California; Polly Dyer, Seattle, Washington; Duncan McFetridge, San Diego, California; Margaret (Peg) Tileston, Anchorage, Alaska
1994
Marie Aull, Dayton, Ohio; Dr. Frederick L Brown, Midland, Michigan; Emily H. Earley, Madison, Wisconsin; Dr. John H. Kaufmann, Gainesville, Florida; Joseph H. Williams, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1993
Robbins Barstow, Wethersfield, Connecticut; Joe Feller, Phoenix, Arizona; Gilbert and Josephine Fernandez, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Kathleen Goddard Jones, Arroyo Grande, California; Ross D. Murphy, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1992
Charles and Nina Bradley (joint), Leopold Reserve, Wisconsin; Vivian Menaker, Haines, Alaska; Peter J. Russo, Lyndhurst, New Jersey; Dale Shields, Sarasota, Florida; Richard S. Weinstein, Palm Beach, Florida
1991
Eddie C. Bridges, Greensboro, North Carolina; David L. Harrison, Boulder, Colorado; R. Michael Leonard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Charles Russell, Arvada, Colorado; Clinton B. Townsend, Canaan, Maine
1990
Ruth B. Alexander, Rowley, Massachusetts; Lynn Crosby Gammill, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Sherry F. Huber, Falmouth, Maine; Hugh H. Iltis, Madison, Wisconsin; Dennis Puleston, Brookhaven, New York
1989
George Griffith, Grayling, Michigan and Arthur Neumann, Saginaw, Michigan (joint); Keith Lewis, Block Island, Rhode Island; Clifford Messinger, Mukwonago, Wisconsin; Judie Neilson, Portland, Oregon; John Randolph, Leeds, Alabama
1988
Robert R. Buckmaster, Waterloo, Iowa; Richard P. Buegler, Staten Island, New York; Celia M. Hunter, Fairbanks, Alaska; David L. Newhouse, Schenectady, New York; Frances Stevens Reese, Hughsonville, New York; HONORARY RECIPIENT: Horace M. Albright
1987
George and Olga Berg (joint), Rochester, New York; Joseph and Ilia Fehrer (joint), Snow Hill, Maryland; Thom Henley, Victoria, British Columbia; Kenneth Morrison, Babson Park, Florida; Liane B. and William L. Russell (joint), Oak Ridge, Tennessee
1986
Ray L. Boice, Gering, Nebraska; Arthur P. Cooley, East Patchogue, New York; Ernest M. Dickerman, Swoope, Virginia; Lloyd C. Hulbert, Manhattan, Kansas; Lenore N. McCullagh, Orange Park, Florida; HONORARY RECIPIENT: Russell E. Train
1985
Dorothy Ellis, Thayer, Missouri; Ralph Grossi, Novato, California; Ellen O'Flaherty Pratt, Staten Island, New York; Lois Webster, Aurora, Colorado; Wayne T. Williams, Sonoma, California
1984
Jean Case, Sharon, Connecticut; Walter F. Coxe, Birmingham, Alabama; Jane Remmarck Gulley, Little Rock, Arkansas; Charles C. Haffner Ill, Chicago, Illinois; June Janis, Williamsburg, Michigan
1983
Markham A. Dickson, Jr., Shreveport, Louisiana; Myrt Jones, Mobile, Alabama; A. Timon Primm Ill, St. Louis, Missouri; Edward T. Richardson, Jr., South Portland, Maine; Iva May Warner, Santa Rosa, California
1982
Ezra James Briggs, Caribou, Maine; Arthur W. Cooper, Raleigh, North Carolina; Elsie Quarterman, Nashville, Tennessee; Richard J. Sherry, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Robert A. Witzeman, Phoenix, Arizona
1981
Joseph Fernicola, Brooklyn, New York; Esther Gulick, Kay Kerr, Sylvia McLaughlin (joint), San Francisco, California; Andy Lipkis, Los Angeles, California; Glenn Thompson, Dayton, Ohio; Hubert Vogelmann, Burlington, Vermont
1980
J. Anthony Angell, Seattle, Washington; Theodore M. and Ann 0. Edison (joint), West Orange, New Jersey; Arthur Glowka, Stamford, Connecticut; Barbara Horton, Pasadena, California; Verna F. McNamara, Jekyll Island, Georgia
1979
Miron L. Heinselman, St. Paul, Minnesota; Philip M. Hocker, Jackson, Wyoming; Terrence N. Ingram, Apple River, Illinois; Grace E. Simons, Los Angeles, California; Patricia D. Weinberger, Ojai, California
1978
Alice Berkner, Berkeley, California; Dorothy Erskine, San Francisco, California; Edward C. Fritz, Dallas, Texas; Anna Laura Myers, Santa Barbara, California; Hazel A. Wolf, Seattle, Washington
1977
Barbara Blum, Atlanta, Georgia; Marjorie Harris Carr, Micanopy, Florida; Beula Edmiston, Los Angeles, California; Ralph E. Madison, Louisville, Kentucky; William and Jean Siri (joint), Richmond, California
1976
Vim Crane Wright, Denver, Colorado; Judith Colt Johnson, Baltimore, Maryland; Daniel Malkovich, Benton, Illinois; Jane S. Pinheiro, Quartz Hill, California; George Diel, Twin Rocks, Oregon; HONORARY RECIPIENT: William O. Douglas
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