Compass Distinguished Achievement Award

COMPASS DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Compass Distinguished Achievement Award is presented to any individual who has sustained a career marked by achievements that have had significant impact on the fields of marine science and technology.

2024 RECIPIENT - Jennifer Wozencraft

Jennifer Wozencraft, a Research Physical Scientist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, has made significant contributions to marine science and technology. As Director of the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX), she leads advancements in coastal mapping technologies and manages the USACE National Coastal Mapping Program. Her work supports critical areas such as regional sediment management navigation, and environmental restoration. 


PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS OF THE COMPASS DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

  • 2023: Dr. Kankani Katija
  • 2022: Dr. Deidre M. Gibson
  • 2021: Daniel Rudnick
  • 2020: Craig McLean, Capt. (Ret.)
  • 2019: David Rivera
  • 2018: Mike Read
  • 2017: Margaret Davidson
  • 2017: Julius Rockwell, Capt. (Ret.)
  • 2016: Dr. Kathryn Sullivan
  • 2015: Drew Michel
  • 2014: Bjorn Jalving
  • 2013: Dennis "Mike" Egan
  • 2012: Robert Winokur
  • 2011: Bruce Gilman
  • 2009: Calvin A. Gongwer
  • 2008: James R. McFarlane
  • 2007: Andrew M. Clark
  • 2006: Martin Klein
  • 2005: Howard Shatto
  • 2004: Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. (Ret.)
  • 2003: James Cairns
  • 2002: Norman B. Estabrook
  • 2001: Adm. James D. Watkins (Ret.)
  • 2000: David Himmelfarb
  • 1999: RAdm. J. Bradford Mooney, Jr. (Ret.)
  • 1998: Robert W. Corell
  • 1997: Sylvia A. Earle
  • 1996: Don Walsh
  • 1995: Edward A. Frieman
  • 1994: John Norton Moore
  • 1993: Ned A. Ostenso
  • 1992: William McFarlane
  • 1991: Walter H. Munk
  • 1990: Joseph R. Vadus
  • 1989: W. Stanley Wilson
  • 1988: Robert M. White
  • 1987: Robert B. Abel
  • 1986: James R. McCullough
  • 1985: Phillip Eisenberg
  • 1984: Jerome Namias
  • 1983: Hon. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
  • 1982: Jack W. Boller (Ret.)
  • 1981: Athelstan F. Spilhaus
  • 1980: Robert Cohen
  • 1979: Carl H. Savit
  • 1978: David H. Wallace
  • 1977: Robert D. Ballard
  • 1976: William Q. Wick
  • 1975: William A. Nierenberg
  • 1974: Kenneth O. Emery 
  • 1973: Warren S. Wooster
  • 1972: Butler King Couper
  • 1971: Fred N. Spiess
  • 1970: Willard Bascom
  • 1969: Allyn C. Vine
  • 1968: James M. Snodgrass
  • 1967: Roger Revelle
  • 1966: Henry B. Bigelow