Gary Estes
Gary Estes

Gary Estes

Special Recognition Award

The following is the text found on the Special Recognition Award presented to Gary Estes at the 2017 California Extreme Precipitation Symposium held at the University of California, Davis on July 11, 2017.

Special Recognition Award

Gary Estes, CEPSYM Founder

The Professional Community would like to thank you for your time and effort in the organization and presentation of the California Extreme Precipitation Symposium. The nearly quarter century of focused attention on the unique aspects of extreme precipitation in California, the latest research, new applications of technology, and historical perspective has greatly benefitted the community.

Presented 11 July 2017
California Extreme Precipitation Symposium

At the Event

David Ford, also a recipient of a Special Recognition Award at the 2017 Symposium, surprised Gary with this award during David's comments.

In the portion of David's comments where he introduces the Special Recognition Award for Gary, David refers to a "word cloud". Download the file [PDF .1 MB] containing the referenced word cloud slides. And see David Ford's Special Recognition Award.

Background

Gary is the founder and program coordinator of the California Extreme Precipitation Symposium. Since 1994, he has pulled together science and technology researchers, consultants, and students to share information about flood risk, flood management, flood events, and extreme precipitation in general throughout California.