Dixy Lee Ray Award

The Dixy Lee Ray Award, established in 1998, recognizes significant achievements and contributions in the broad field of environmental protection. As a general rule, in alternate years achievement in the following areas will be recognized: environmental engineering, including environmental technology and related topics; other environmental areas, including environmental health, environmental sciences, environmental management and policy, and related topics.

The award was established in honor of Dixy Lee Ray’s advocacy to the development of those technologies that serve humanity. She believed that the engineering profession was uniquely qualified to develop and implement environmentally acceptable technologies.

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Nomination Instructions
Nomination Tips

Form of Award:	$1000, bronze medal, certificate, and a $750 travel allowance
Limitation(s):	None
Administrative Responsibility:	Environmental Systems Division
Nomination Deadline:	January 15
E-mail:	persaudl@asme.org
Awarded By:	General Awards Committee (GAC)

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Dixy Lee Ray Awardees

1999	Clyde W. Frank	2016	Jerald L. Schnoor
2000	Seymour K. Padnos	2018	C. Andrew Miller
2001	John F. Elter	2020	Edward S. Rubin
2002	Mohammad A. Al-Sarawi	2021	Ashwani K. Gupta
2003	Ines R. Triay	2022	Haroon S Kheshgi
2004	Pedro A. Gelabert	2024	A. Alan Moghissi
2005	Goetz K. Oertel	2025	Armistead Russell
2006	Richard Pombo
2007	Richard Wilson
2008	Peter Maggiore
2009	Robert G. Watts
2011	Thad W. Allen
2012	Goshi Hosono
2013	Aníbal L. Taboas
2014	Leo P. Duffy
2015	Kaufui V. Wong