Honors and Awards

2002-03 California Colloquium on Water Lecturership

2001 Trent Dames Civil Engineering Heritage Lecturer of the Huntington Library and Trust

2001 Commencement Speaker for School of Science, California State Polytechnic University, June 9, 2001

2000 Distinguished Alumni Award, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

1999-2001 Society of Sigma Xi College of Distinguished Lecturers

1999 R. J. Shlemon Distinguished Mentor in Applied Geology, Geological Society of America

1996 R. H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer in Engineering Geology Award of the Association of Engineering Geologists and Geological Society of America.

1996 Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America by board action (without petition) in recognition of "contributions to the public understanding of geologic hazards and the need for engineering geology on a national scale" May 29, 1996

1994 E. B. Burwell, Jr. Award of the Engineering Geology Division of the Geological Society of America

1994 Rock Mechanics Award, U.S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering.

1994 Distinguished Project Award (designer), Alta Street Restoration Project for City and County of San Francisco, Northern California Chapter American Public Works Association

1993 Award of Merit in Environmental Education, Association of San Francisco Bay Area Governments

1976 Best Presentation Award, Society of Mining Engineers, 106th Annual Meeting American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Las Vegas, NV, Feb 25, 1976

1976 Outstanding Senior in Geological Sciences for 1976, Pacific Section Society of Economic Geologists and Paleontologists

1976 Outstanding Graduating Senior in Earth Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona