Marine Environmental Awards Luncheon

The Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation hosts the 12th Annual Marine Environmental Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, October 30^th at the Battle House Hotel in downtown Mobile. Dr. Larry Madin will be the keynote speaker during the luncheon. Dr. Madin is the Deputy Director Emeritus and Senior Science Advisor at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, MA. He served previously as Deputy Director and Vice President for Research, Director of the Ocean Life Institute, and Senior Scientist and Chair of the Biology Department at WHOI. He started at WHOI as a postdoctoral scholar in 1974 and retired in 2019.

Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation will have the first ever Sessions Brown Award this year. This award was created in 2023 by DISL in the honor of Alabama Senator David Sessions and Representative Chip Brown in recognition of their advocacy for the conservation of the land and waters in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and Alabama watershed. This year’s award will go to Chris Blankenship Commissioner of the Alabama DNCR.

Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation will also recognize an individual and an organization for their outstanding contributions to marine environmental sustainability in the Alabama Gulf Coast Region. The Gulf Coast Marine Environmental Excellence Award will be presented to Dr. Meme Fearn. The Gulf Coast Marine Environmental Leadership Award will recognize Dauphin Island Bird Sanctuaries.

Doors for the Marine Environmental Awards Luncheon will open at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 30th with the program beginning at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $60 a person and can be purchased online at sealabfoundation.org or by calling 251-307-5903. Tables of 8 will also will also be available for purchase. For more information, contact Angie Gaillard at 251-307-5903.