Jim Barker Awarded the 2014 Robert N. Farvolden Award

Monday, December 8, 2014
Jim Barker, Water Institute member and Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Emeritus, is the 2014 recipient of the Robert N. Farvolden Award of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Canadian National Chapter and the Canadian Geotechnical Society. The award honours outstanding contributions to the disciplines of earth science and engineering that emphasize the role or importance of groundwater. The award is named after Robert N. Farvolden, the first Chair of the Department of Earth Sciences (1970-76) and then Dean of Science (1977-1982) at the University of Waterloo, who was instrumental in the establishment, development and growth of the hydrogeology program at Waterloo and seen by many as the father of modern Canadian hydrogeology. 
Jim will be formally presented the award at the IAH-CNC annual meeting in October 2015 in Waterloo. Congratulations Jim!