Awards
Geological Society of America, Kirk Bryan Award (Best Paper) to Walter, Robert C., and Dorothy Merritts, 2011, for "Natural streams and the legacy of water-powered mills", published in Science, 2008, v. 319, p. 299-304. Citation and responses at http://www.geosociety.org/awards/11speeches/kirkbryan.htm
Bradley Dewey Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Franklin and Marshall College, 2010 http://www.fandm.edu/news/article/merritts-receives-dewey-award
First-place prize for Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation to Samantha Hartzell ‘12 and Chelsea Payne ‘13 Elizabethtown College at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia on April 14, 2012 https://www.etown.edu/depts/biology/Biology%20Newsletter%202012.pdf
Geological Society of America, Kirk Bryan Award (Best Paper) to Walter, Robert C., and Dorothy Merritts, 2011, for "Natural streams and the legacy of water-powered mills", published in Science, 2008, v. 319, p. 299-304. Citation and responses at http://www.geosociety.org/awards/11speeches/kirkbryan.htm
Bradley Dewey Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Franklin and Marshall College, 2010 http://www.fandm.edu/news/article/merritts-receives-dewey-award
First-place prize for Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation to Samantha Hartzell ‘12 and Chelsea Payne ‘13 Elizabethtown College at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia on April 14, 2012 https://www.etown.edu/depts/biology/Biology%20Newsletter%202012.pdf
Honors
Senate Resolution 283 (2008) The State of Pennsylvania Senate Resolution 283: "Whereas, Professor Walter's and Professor Merritts'' scientific skills, professionalism and ability to communicate this new information have provided invaluable assistance to this Commonwealth and its partners in understanding stream dynamics and integrating this knowledge into restoration efforts of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.."
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2007&sind=0&body=S&&bn=283
