| 2025 |
John Hartig, University of Windsor
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| 2023 |
River Institute
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| 2022 |
David Dempsey, Senior Advisor, For Love of Water
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| 2021 |
Margaret Lansing, Chief of Information Services, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
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| 2019 |
Mohiuddin Munawar, Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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| 2018 |
Helen M. Domske, New York Sea Grant
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| 2017 |
Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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| 2016 |
Pranas Pranckevicius, Awarded posthumously, U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office
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| 2015 |
Dave Poulson, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University
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| 2014 |
Tom Henry, Environmental Reporter, Editorial Writer, and Op-ed Columnist, The Blade, Toledo OH
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| 2013 |
Janet Vail, Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University
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| 2012 |
Vicky Harris, Wisconsin Sea Grant and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
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| 2011 |
John E. Gannon, International Joint Commission (retired)
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| 2010 |
Carol Swinehart, Michigan Sea Grant, Michigan State University
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| 2009 |
Rosanne Fortner, Professor Emerita, The Ohio State University, Retired Ohio Sea Grant Educator
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| 2008 |
John R. "Jack" Vallentyne, Inaugural award given posthumously to its namesake, long-time IAGLR member and environmental scientist and educator
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