2012 ANNUAL - Ohio Water Environment Association

2012 Lifetime Engineering AchievementOWEA Awards 2012The Lifetime Engineering Achievement Award was established to honor a member who, as an Ohiodesign engineer, has consistently delivered good basic engineering design of wastewater facilitiesover a period of 20 or more years. The awardee must be Active, Lifetime, or Retired member ofOWEA, recognized by his/her peers as having demonstrated a high level of competence in thedesign profession.Cosmo Bertino, P.E.Malcolm Pirnie, ARCADISCosmo Bertino graduated from Notre Dame in 1971 and began his career with a civilengineering firm in Columbus, Ohio. He advanced to larger firms, including a stint asthe Muskingum County Sanitary Engineer.Cosmo worked for many Midwest clients, with his most significant influence in hishometown of Columbus. He led the City’s first major treatment plant upgrade under theClean Water Act. Cosmo is best known for his ability to facilitate teams of client staff andconsultants, accomplished through setting a high standard of engineering excellence,professionalism and fairness.Public Service AwardBill SmithTrustee-Canton Township, Stark CountyThe Elected Officials Award is presented to an elected Ohio officialor officials demonstrating a significant commitment to the protectionand improvement of the water environment. Awardees need not bea member of the Ohio Water Environment Association.Bill Smith has served as Canton Township trustee since 2002. He currently serves on theCanton Local Citizens Advisory Committee. Bill has been an advocate for the citizensof Canton Township and their wastewater infrastructure needs. The job of an electedtownship trustee is sometimes thankless, but Bill has proven that one person can makea positive difference for his neighborhood and Ohio’s streams and rivers.Recent recipients of the Elected Officials Public Service Award have included MayorJohn Quinn, City of Bowling Green; Ann M. Obrecht, Wayne Co. Commissioner; andthe Franklin County Board of County Commissioners.Collection System AwardDan Miller, P.E.Jones & HenryDan’s career is a little different. He has worked for one consultant, Jones & Henry, for 32years. After graduating from the University of Toledo in 1978 with a BSCE, he embarkedon a career performing all types of services for all sizes of treatment plants—from pilotstudies to construction administration. Dan is well-known to community leaders in Ohio,Michigan, and Indiana for providing and sharing his knowledge of improving our waterenvironment.Recent recipients of the Lifetime Engineering Achievement Award include Jim Hays,Chuck Zibble, Michael Atherine, Dennis Long, David Shank and Michael Burgess.Andy PattersonVillage of North BaltimoreThe Collection System Award is presented to an individual forcontributions to the advancement of state of the art wastewatercollection.Andy is the Village of North Baltimore’s Water/Wastewater Superintendent, havingworked there for 25 years. He has been leading the ongoing combined sewer separationconstruction project since 2010. Throughout this important work he has maintained nonprojecttasks while responding to unplanned utility breaks and repairs. Through it all hehas recognized the best possible service to the Village’s residents and businesses isa priority. Andy has remained calm and responded to each and every call as if it’s themost important task he has to do that day. And sometimes it is.Recent past recipients of the Collection System Award include Bob Ellinger, Gary Shafferand Tina Wolff.26 27