Nomination Deadline: October 1st

This award and lectureship was established by the Environmental Engineering Division (now the Environmental & Water Resources Institute) and endowed by the firm of Freese & Nichols in honor of their distinguished partner Simon Wilke Freese, F.ASCE. It was instituted by the Board of Direction on November 5, 1975.

Recent winners

  • 2026: Allen P. Davis, Ph.D., P.E., BC.WRE, F.ASCE
  • 2027: Paul K. Westerhoff, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, NAE, M.ASCE

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Rules

  1. At about yearly intervals and upon recommendation of the Governing Board of the Environmental & Water Resources Institute, the Executive Director of the Society will invite a distinguished person to prepare for publication and deliver the Simon W. Freese Environmental Engineering Lecture at an appropriate meeting of the Society.
  2. The lecturer shall be tendered a certificate and an honorarium determined annually by and subject to the approval of the Executive Committee of the ASCE Board of Direction based on the income from the award endowment.
  3. Nominees not selected in a given year will be held over for consideration through the next two cycles.  At the end of the third cycle, nominees not chosen will no longer be eligible for consideration, except that nominators who wish for their candidate to be considered for another three-cycle period must produce a new nomination package.
  4. The lecturer will be selected without restrictions as to Society membership.

Nominations

To nominate, submit the following via the nomination form:

  • A cover letter, signed by the nominator
  • The nominee's CV or biographical information
  • Two or three letters of recommendation (max)

For questions, or concerns regarding the nomination process, please reach out to Awards & Honors at [email protected].

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