Pagosan receives international prize for water

Photo courtesy Larry W. Mays
Larry W. Mays, a resident of Pagosa Springs and a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Arizona State University, receives the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water — Surface Water Prize in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 15. The award was presented by Crown Prince Salmon Bin Abdulaziz (on Mays’ left), the deputy premier and minister of defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Prince Khaled Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz (on Mays’ right).[/caption]

By Larry W. Mays

Special to The SUN

Larry W. Mays, a resident of Pagosa Springs and a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Arizona State University (ASU), received the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water — Surface Water Prize in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 15.

The award was presented to him at the ceremony by Crown Prince Salmon Bin Abdulaziz, the deputy premier and minister of defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Prince Khaled Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz.

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