Public Health's Francisco receives new award named in his honor

February 26, 2004

Dr. Donald E. Francisco, clinical professor in the UNC School of Public Health’s department of environmental sciences and engineering, recently received an award named in his honor by the American Water Works Association’s N.C. section and the N.C. Water Environment Association.Francisco received the Donald E. Francisco Educator of the Year Award, which honors association members for outstanding service to the association and to the industry through education and training of water and wastewater professionals.Francisco has served 32 years as chair of the Annual Wastewater Schools Committee. This committee oversees two educational programs providing the state’s wastewater treatment operators with intensive training in procedures: The N.C. Annual School Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Program and the Advanced Topics in Wastewater Treatment Program. All state wastewater treatment operators are required to receive certification in these programs.

Francisco, a UNC faculty member since 1973, received the School of Public Health’s 1996 Harriet Hylton Barr Distinguished Alumnus Award, recognizing alumni contributions to public health. He received the 1994 George Warren Fuller Award, given by the American Water Works Association’s N.C. section to recognize distinguished service in the water supply field. In 1986, he received the N.C. Water Environment’s Arthur S. Bedell Award.

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