About the Peter S. Thacher AwardThe Peter S. Thacher Award is a memorial to Peter Shaw Thacher of Stonington, Connecticut. Mr. Thacher, a retired diplomat with the United Nations, and Distinguished Fellow with the World Resources Institute, lived the phrase "Think Global, Act Local." He was a Founder and Deputy Executive Director of the UNEP, the United Nations Environmental Programme. Locally, Peter Thacher was a pioneer in using modern computer mapping technologies to assist Stonington in the developing environmentally-sound planning policies. He was an active member of NEARC and an outspoken advocate for GIS.
Annual nominations are sought for the Peter S. Thacher Award. The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated commitment and excellence in using Geographic Information System Technology to achieve success in natural resource management and conservation at the local level. The Award is presented each year during NEARC's Fall Conference. |
Past Recipients
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2022: Rick Chormann
2021: No award given 2020: No award given 2019: Tom Eastler 2018: Sam Wear 2017: Peter August 2016: David Weaver 2015: Caroline Alves 2014: Dr. John Harmon 2013: Fay Rubin 2012: Robert G. Marvinney, Ph.D. 2011: Eileen B. Allen 2010: Lyn Malone |
2009: No award was given this year
2008: Christian Jacqz 2007: Gary Smith 2006: Sandy Prisloe 2005: No award was given this year 2004: John Barge 2003: Jim McLaughlin 2002: Lyman Orton 2001: Glenn Hazelton 2000: Howard Sternberg III 1999: Don and Dorothy McCluskey |