
MRWA
2010-2012 President Anthony Hauer |
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Greetings to all.
First and foremost allowance for gratitude is in
order. Thanks to John Hardy and the Nomination
Committee for the vote of confidence as President
of MWRA. Hats off to MWRRI and all who made
this year's conference a success. As always, your
performance was impeccable and I commend you
one and all. Also, special thanks to Jack Zink
and Joe Baran for organizing the successful Golf
Tournament and to Joe Conn for the informative
tour of the Port of Gulfport.
Additionally and just a reminder, I look forward to seeing as many members
as possible in February at the Board of Directors Meeting and Legislative
Breakfast at the Old Capitol Inn. There is much work to be done.
Congratulations to Jim Shepard, Ph.D., on his new position at Auburn
University as Dean of the College of Forest Resources and Wildlife. I would
also like to extend a special welcome to Bill McAnally, Ph.D., Department
of Civil Engineering at Mississippi State and MSU Liaison to the Northern
Gulf Institute, as the new MWRA Vice President. Of course I also want to
thank Dean Pennington, Ph.D., of the YMD Water Management District
for his leadership, insight and support as MWRA President for the past two
years. Thank you, Dean.
Special thanks are due to the conference sponsors - without them, it would
be most difficult, maybe impossible, to produce the kind of experience all of
us were treated to: Waggoner Engineering, MS Department of Marine
Resources, Rosedale-Bolivar County Port Commission, Neel-Schaffer,
and Florence & Hutcheson. Heartfelt thanks to all of the sponsors!
Of course I'm pleased the MWRA Board of Directors also voted to have the
2011 Water Conference in Natchez - and I hope to show off my port there
to the membership. Once again, thanks to all, and keep striving to make
Mississippi and her water resources your resource to impact the waterways
and freight ways to the world.
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