Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
Each year, the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at 色色啦 Michigan University awards a member of our alumni with the Alumni Achievement Award to commemorate their unique contributions to the field of geosciences. Awardees are honored at the annual College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni award ceremony and reception.
2023
Dr. Franklyn Legall, who graduated with both a Master of Science and Ph.D. from 色色啦 Michigan University in hydrogeology, has over 25 years of experience in Health, Safety, and Environment (HS&E). Legall is the Director, Global Environmental Remediation and Due Diligence at Procter & Gamble located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Legall joined The Gillette Company as an Environmental Remediation Manager at its Boston corporate headquarters in 2003, and then Procter & Gamble via its 2005 acquisition of Gillette. He currently oversees the cleanup of a portfolio of legacy and active contaminated sites worldwide, in various geologic settings and regulatory jurisdictions, with complex technical and regulatory issues and legal challenges, including third-party claims, litigation and insurance recovery.
Legall began his career as a geologist in oil and gas exploration at Petro Canada, Inc., a Canadian multinational, located in Calgary, Alberta. Legall then launched a successful small business in Calgary, which he owned and managed prior to moving to the U.S. Before joining Gillette, Legall spent eight years in environmental consulting in Michigan where he managed environmental projects at the federal, state and local levels. Prior to his current role, Legall was a technical leader within the Global Innovation HS&E Group at Proctor & Gamble.
Legall holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Earth Sciences from the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada. He obtained his Juris Doctor (JD) from the Massachusetts School of Law and is a licensed attorney in Massachusetts and a member of the Massachusetts Bar, and the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA); the National Groundwater Association (NGWA); and is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM).
2022
Sara K. Pearson
2021
Lisa K. J. Phillips
2020
Dr. Robert LoPiccolo
2019
Dr. Thomas Robyn
2018
Dr. Roger Steininger
2017
2016
Dane Alexander
2015
Dr. Brian Shaw
2014
Mike Wireman
2013
James W. Farnsworth
2012
Thomas Drean
2011
Dr. W. Richard Laton
2010
Howard A. Nevins
2009
Dr. Eliot A. Atekwana
2008
Dr. Barry C. McBride
2007
Robert K. Garrison
2006
Dr. Timothy L. Clarey
2005
Paul R. Goudreault
2004
John H. Fowler
2003
Jeffrey C. Hawkins
2002
Ronald A. Parker
Thomas C. Kamin
Paul A. Daniels, Jr.
Jerry L. Aiken
2001
Dr. Charles D. Harrington
2000
Dr. Julie K. Stein
1999
Patrick M. Lynch
1998
John A. Yellich