Sanitarian Award

The recipient of the Sanitarian Award will receive a personalized plaque and $1,500 Honorarium at the IAFP Annual Meeting. Presented to an individual for outstanding service to the public, IAFP, and the profession of the Sanitarian.

  • Sponsored by: Ecolab Inc.
  • 2024 Recipient(s): Neil Bogart

Submit a Nomination

Thank you for your interest in this award. Our electronic application/nomination process is currently under development. Please return for updates by early November.

Past Awardees

  • 2023 Deb Smith
  • 2022 Charles Giambrone
  • 2021 Richard Brouillette
  • 2020 Rick J. Heiman
  • 2019 Scott Burnett
  • 2018 Connie M. Freese
  • 2017 Candace Jacobs
  • 2016 Karl Thorson
  • 2015 Joe Stout
  • 2014 Christina Ritchey Wilson
  • 2013 David F. Blomquist
  • 2012 Robert Hennes
  • 2011 Randy L. Elsberry
  • 2010 Jeff Kornacki
  • 2009 Philip S. Wolff
  • 2008 Don Wilding
  • 2007 Charles A. "Bert" Bartleson
  • 2006 Jack Guzewich
  • 2005 Steven T. Sims
  • 2004 Helen M. Piotter
  • 2003 None Given
  • 2002 Dan Erickson
  • 2001 O. D. "Pete" Cook
  • 2000 Norris A. Robertson, Jr.
  • 1999 Gloria I. Swick
  • 1998 Terry B. Musson
  • 1997 Randall A. Daggs
  • 1996 Leon H. Jensen
  • 1995 Everett E. Johnson
  • 1994 Charles Price
  • 1993 Lawrence Roth
  • 1992 Dick B. Whitehead
  • 1991 James I. Kennedy
  • 1990 Leon Townsend
  • 1989 Robert Gales
  • 1988 Kirmon Smith
  • 1987 Erwin P. Gadd
  • 1986 Jay Boosinger
  • 1985 Harry Haverland
  • 1984 Harold Wainess
  • 1983 None Given
  • 1982 Edwin L. Ruppert
  • 1981 Paul Pace
  • 1980 John A. Baghott
  • 1979 Bailus Walker, Jr.
  • 1978 Orlowe Osten
  • 1977 Harold Bengsch
  • 1976 M. W. Jefferson
  • 1975 Samuel C. Rich
  • 1974 Clarence K. Luchterhand
  • 1973 None Given
  • 1972 Ambrose P. Bell
  • 1971 Shelby Johnson
  • 1970 None Given
  • 1969 W. R. McLean
  • 1968 Roy T. Olson
  • 1967 Roger L. Stephens
  • 1966 Paris B. Boles
  • 1965 Harold R. Irvin
  • 1964 None Given
  • 1963 R. L. Cooper
  • 1962 Larry Gordon
  • 1961 Martin C. Donovan
  • 1960 James C. Barringer
  • 1959 William Kempa
  • 1958 Karl A. Mohr
  • 1957 Harold J. Barnum
  • 1956 John H. Fritz
  • 1955 B. G. Tennent
  • 1954 Kelley G. Vester
  • 1953 E. F. Meyers
  • 1952 Paul Corash