Each year, UCOWR recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the organization and names them as Friends of UCOWR. The 1997 Friends of UCOWR are: Faye Anderson, Patrick Brezonik, Yacov Haimes, and Theodore Shad.Faye Anderson was recognized as a Friend of UCOWR for her work on the Universities Water Information Network. Ms. Anderson first worked from the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) while enrolled as a graduate student in the Department of Geography at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale. When the U.S. Geologic Survey and UCOWR collaborated to start the Universities Water Information Network (UWIN) in 1993, Ms. Anderson designed this Web site and served as its Information Specialist, overseeing its database development and informational content. Since that time, UWIN has become an established source of information for water professionals on the World Wide Web and well over 100,000 hits are made to the server each month.
She has made over a dozen presentations at professional meetings about UWIN and edited an Update on "Water Related Information Resources on the Internet." She is currently finishing her Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics and Water Resources Planning at SIUC. Her dissertation topic is "An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Planning Approaches in Urban Water Supply Systems."
Patrick Brezonik was named a Friend for his many years of leadership and service within the UCOWR organization. He is a Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering and Director of the Water Resources Center at the University of Minnesota. Prior to assuming his present position in 1981, he spent 15 years on the faculty of the University of Florida. A water chemist and limnologist by background (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1968), he has authored or co-authored over 100 publications, primarily in the areas of nutrient cycling processes, lake eutrophication and acidification, and trace metal biogeochemistry. He also is the author of a recent text/reference book, Chemical Kinetics and Process Dynamics in Aquatic Systems. His current research interests focus on mercury cycling, chemical processes at the sediment-water interface, and aquatic photochemistry. As a faculty mentor he has advised approximately 20 Ph.Ds and 50 M.S. students during his academic career. He played a leading role in the development of an innovative interdisciplinary graduate program in Water Resources Science at the University of Minnesota and serves as the program's director. He was chair of the National Association of Water Institute Directors (1988-90) and President of UCOWR (1991-92), and he served two terms on the UCOWR Board of directors. A past member of the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council, Professor Brezonik has served on several NRC Committees. He recently chaired the NRC's Committee on the future of the Science of Inland Aquatic Ecosystems, which produced the 1996 book, Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Education in Limnology.
Theodore M. Schad was named a Friend of UCOWR for his instrumental role in the formation of U.S. water policy and his longtime association with UCOWR. He received a degree in civil engineering at The John Hopkins University and has over forty years of experience in natural resources engineering and policy. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, and a member of the National Academy of Public Administration. After fifteen years in planning of water resources projects with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, he became principal examiner for water resources in the U.S. Bureau of the Budget. After this, he was employed by The Library of Congress as a consultant on engineering and public works to members and Committees of Congress, and later, as Deputy Director of the Congressional Research Service. He served as Staff Director to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on National Water Resources from 1959 to 1961, producing a report which led to the enactment of the Water Resources Research of 1964 and the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965. From 1968 to 1973, he was Executive Director of the National Water Commission, following which he served successively, as Executive Secretary of the Environmental Studies Board and Deputy Executive Director of the Commission on Natural Resources at the National Research Council. After retiring from that position in 1973, he has been a consultant on several studies and served as Executive Director of the national Ground Water Policy Forum at The Conservation Foundation.
Yacov Y. Haimes has made substantial contributions to the planning, management, and operation of water resources systems through his pioneering work on the theory and methodology of systems engineering and risk management. His numerous publications and editorial efforts, and his work with federal and state agencies have strongly influenced the practice of water resources systems engineering.
Dr. Haimes earned his B.S. degree in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry from the Hebrew University, and M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in Systems Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, and a Registered Professional Hydrologist (Ground Water). He holds the Lawrence R. Quarles professorship in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia, and is a member of the Systems Engineering and Civil Engineering faculties.
