The Urban Water Resources Research Council of the Environment and Water Resources Institute, an institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Ben Urbonas of our staff at their annual meeting in Salt Lake City in July 2004. The inscription on this award reads: "In recognition and appreciation of your long-standing contribution to the improvement of urban stormwater management in the United States and the world, and for the leadership you provided to the profession and to our Council." This award in a way also recognizes the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District as a long-standing leader in the field of stormwater management and its role in developing technology in this field that serves the public and the nation. Congratulations Ben!