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David Keith Todd Distinguished Lecture Series
The Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRA) created the David Keith Todd Distinguished Lecture Series to honor Dr. David Keith Todd (GRA 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient) for his enormous contributions to groundwater science and technology, and to foster interest and excellence in applied groundwater science and technology. Annually, the lectureship is awarded to qualified individuals who personify Dr. Todd's lifelong dedication to groundwater resources. Specially created lectures are offered in Northern and Southern California at universities, statewide and regional GRA events and GRA's Annual Conference and Meeting.
Following the 2011 DKT lecturers Dr. John Bredehoeft (Northern California) and Dr. Saint (Southern California) the Lecture Series is in its second year, and will feature Dr. John A. Cherry and Dr. William Alley.
The lectures will be supported in 2012 by GRA, co-sponsor contributions, lecturers' organizations and hosting academic institutions. GeoSyntec Consultants and Regenesis are the 2012 Lecture Series co-sponsors.
For additional information on the David Keith Todd Distinguished Lecture Series or to indicate your organization's interest in hosting next year's David Keith Todd Lecturer, please contact the chair of GRA's Education Committee, Dr. Thomas Harter at thharter@ucdavis.edu.
John A. Cherry, Ph.D., Director of the University Consortium for Field-Focused Groundwater Contamination Research and Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph (Lecturer for Northern California locations)
John A. Cherry holds geological engineering degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. in hydrogeology from the University of Illinois. He was a faculty member at the University of Manitoba for four years before joining the faculty at the University of Waterloo in 1971 where his research focused on field studies of the migration and fate of contaminants in groundwater and groundwater remediation. He retired from the University of Waterloo in 2006 and was granted the title Distinguished Professor Emeritus in 2007. He co-authored the textbook "Ground Water" with R.A. Freeze (1979) and co-edited and co-authored several chapters in the book "Dense Chlorinated Solvents and Other DNAPLs in Groundwater" (1996). In addition to research concerning subsurface contaminant behavior, he has participated in development of several technologies for groundwater monitoring and remediation and co-holds several patents. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and has received awards for groundwater contamination research from scientific and engineering societies in Canada, the United States and the U.K. He held the Research Chair in Contaminant Hydrogeology at the University of Waterloo (1996-2006) and is currently the Director of the University Consortium for Field-Focused Groundwater Contamination Research, established in 1988, and is an adjunct professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Guelph. Dr. Cherry received GRA's 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award.
William Alley, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey Emeritus (Lecturer for Southern California locations)
Dr. William M. Alley served as Chief of the Office of Groundwater for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Dr. Alley has published over 80 scientific publications, including the text Regional Ground-Water Quality. He has served on national and international committees for UNESCO and the National Research Council, as a Director for the National Ground Water Association (NGWA) Scientists and Engineers Division, on the U.S. National Committee of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, and as Associate Editor for Ground Water and the Hydrogeology Journal. Dr. Alley is a recipient of the NGWA John Hem Award, the USGS Shoemaker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Communication, the Department of Interior Distinguished Service Award, the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award, and the Groundwater Foundation E. Benjamin Nelson Government Service Award. He received a B.S. in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.S. in Hydrogeology from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University. |
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GRA WEB SPONSOR
FOR FEBRUARY 2012
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