
AWARDS AND HONORS OVER THE YEARS
October 24, 2013 | Slide Ranch Silver Trowel Award | September 14, 2013 | Russian River Lifetime Achievement Award from Russian RiverKeeper, Healdsburg, CA “To our founder, mentor and friend, for being the first to stand up to gravel miners and those who would harm the River for profit and lack of care, for launching so many strong durable organizations to protect our environment that continue his work today, and for being the best friend the Russian River ever had…” |
June 7, 2013 | Environmental Action Committee of West Marin Peter Behr Steward of the Land Award |
April 20, 2013 | John Muir Association Legacy Conservation Award for 2012 & Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, Congressman George Miller |
July 23, 2011 | Resolution to rename Audubon Canyon Ranch Bolinas Lagoon Preserve to ACR Martin Griffin Preserve |
June 24, 2011 | Award of Excellence For lifetime achievement in environmental advocacy Environmental Action Committee of West Marin |
January 22, 2011 | One of first three “Local Hero” awards for conservation advocacy from Bay Nature |
December 6, 2007 | EECOM 2007 Environmental Leader of Marin Environmental Education Council of Marin |
January 23, 2006 | 2005 City of Belvedere Citizen Emeritus Award |
March 5, 2004 | Excellence in Service to UC Berkeley California Alumni Association Charter Day Banquet SF |
May 2001 | The Western Sonoma County Rural Alliance Noted good deed doer extraordinaire! |
April 20, 2001 | Stanford University Library Association Special Award for Saving the Marin Sonoma Coast |
April 1999 | Public Health Hero Award University of California Berkeley For outstanding effort in restoring the biological health of the Russian River Watershed as documented in Saving theMarin-Sonoma Coast and for work in protecting boundariesof the threatened Point Reyes National Seashore and helping in its acquisition; and For eight years as chairmanof the Public Health Hepatitis B Task Force for the eleven California State Hospitals and eliminating the threat of Hepatitis B; and later chairing their AIDS Task Force |
October 22, 1999 | Stewardship of the Land Award 1999 Sierra Club Marin presented by Kerry Mazzoni, Assembly CA State Legislature |
September 16, 1998 | Chevron National Conservation Award presented at Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, Washington DC |
April 15, 1997 | Ted Wellman Water Award for Preservation and Protection of Russian River Water Resources and successfully negotiating with CAL EPA a Watershed Management Initiative for every river in CA |
April 20, 1993 | Sierra Club Environmentalist of the Year for Changing county plans to strip-mine 2000 acres of the Russian River |
March 18, 1992 | Otto Teller Land Conservation Award Sonoma Land Trust |
October 2, 1989 | Gold Medal for Superior Accomplishment Department of Services of the State of California For his exemplary career with Sonoma Developmental Center, as well as his many contributions to medicine, public health, and wildlife conservation |
February 27, 1988 | Medical Recognition San Francisco Chronicle Words to Live By |