Graduate student Mike Lewis atop Mt. Orizaba.
(Photo by Stephen Brown)
UTSA student earns award for high achievements
(March 2, 2004)--Mike Lewis, one of UTSA's first doctoral students in environmental sciences and engineering, has been awarded a conservation award by the American Alpine Club for his service and achievements.
Lewis has served the club over the past six years as chairman of the club's conservation committee for domestic issues and as a member of the board of directors.
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RSS FeedsThe David Brower Conservation Award, established in 1991, recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of mountain conservation. Brower was a leading American climber and a prominent conservationist after World War II.
Founded in 1902, the American Alpine Club is the leading U.S. organization devoted to mountaineering and climbing.
Lewis recently returned from climbing Mt. Orizaba in Mexico where a UTSA team is researching the worldwide retreat of mountain glaciers.
Lewis, Stephen Brown, assistant professor of environmental science, and Arturo Ortiz, a specialist in the Department of Health and Kinesiology, took ground samples and measured the ice with ground-penetrating radar. It is the second consecutive year Lewis and Brown climbed the 18,500-foot mountain.