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Each year, at its Annual Meeting, the Section pays tribute to individuals who have provided exceptional service either to the Section or the public at large through three special awards. The first of these awards is the Judy Florence Memorial Outstanding Service Award which is awarded to a Section member who has rendered outstanding service to the Section but who is not a member of the Executive Council. The recipient of this year’s award was Kelly Martinson. Kelly chaired the Public Interest Committee of the Section and has worked tirelessly to make the Public Interest Conference in Gainesville a continuing success. The second award, the Stephens/Register award, is given to a non-officer member of the Executive Council who has provided outstanding leadership and vision for the Section. Our recipient this year, was Erin Deady who, as vice chair of the Section’s CLE committee, brought creativity, enthusiasm and boundless energy to this most important Section endeavor.

The final award, the Bill Sadowski Memorial Outstanding Service Award, honors the late Bill Sadowski whose tragically shortened life epitomized outstanding public service. The Section conferred this award upon Clay Henderson. Clay’s extensive public service record includes two terms as a local legislator in which Clay was a vigorous proponent of acquiring environmentally sensitive lands and developed the first county endangered lands program. He has also served as President of the Florida Audubon Society as well as numerous other public service appointments. In addition, Clay co-authored the “Save Our Everglades” constitutional amendments that were approved in 1996 and served as a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission and sponsor of the Conservation Amendments to the Florida Constitution ratified in 1988.

At the meeting, the Section also gave accolades to the law school students who submitted the top three papers in the Dean Frank E. Maloney Writing Contest. This year the first place winner was F. Joseph Ullo, Jr., from Florida State University’s School of Law who submitted, “Adding Pollution Trading to Florida’s Total Maximum Daily Load Program.” Second place went to James H. Cummings from Florida Coastal’s School of Law, who submitted “Barefoot in the Dark: Is the Sunshine State Sleeping on Public Rights to Beach Access.” Cathleen C. Kenny from the University of Miami’s School of Law was awarded third place for her paper, “A Survey of the Bush Administration’s National Energy Policy and Its Potential Environmental Justice Implications.”

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October 2006

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