ST. PAUL, Minnesota – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters recently selected Corps of Engineers St. Paul District employee and Markesan, Wisconsin, native, Steve Adamski as the recipient of its 2015 Bert P. Pettinato Pride in Public Service Award.
The award is named after Bert P. Pettinato who served the Nation and the Corps with distinction over his long career. It is presented annually to a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers legal services community who has demonstrated the ideals of "pride in public service" through leadership, concern for people and a personal belief that public service is both a noble calling and a public trust.
“Steve was recognized for his 30 years of public service that have been marked by a huge array of unique challenges. He is, without a doubt, one of the finest public servants working within the Corps and is nationally recognized for his pride in being a public servant and his willingness to share his wealth of knowledge," stated G. Rogers Sloan, division counsel for the Mississippi Valley Division, of which the St. Paul District is assigned. “Steve not only met every challenge thrown at him, but he has made the St. Paul District's processes for dealing with future challenges immeasurably better.”
Adamski has worked in the St. Paul District’s office of counsel since July of 1985 and is currently serving as the district's deputy district counsel. He earned his jurist doctorate in 1984 from the Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Bar and has received numerous awards and recognitions during his federal career to include the Corps' 1994 Joseph W. Kimball award for highest potential for legal achievement; the 2006 Ramon J. Powell award for legal scholarship; the U.S. Department of Justice's Certificate of Commendation for support of environmental litigation in support of the Corps' Clean Water Act program; and the Corps’ 2011 George Wolfe Koonce award for legal achievement and professional performance, the Corps’ Outstanding Attorney of the Year award.
The nearly 650 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the Corps’ Fiscal Year 2014 $100 million budget, nearly 1,600 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $155 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.
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