The ASME Medal

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The ASME Medal, established in 1929, is the highest award[1] bestowed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. One medal is awarded annually to recognize “eminently distinguished engineering achievement.”[2]

The medal, inscribed with the words "What is not yet, may be."[3], is awarded with a $15,000 prize.

[edit] List of Recipients
  • 1979: Jacob P. Den Hartog
  • 1981: Robert S. Hahn
  • 1983: Jack N. Binns, Sr.
  • 1984: Aaron Cohen
  • 1985: Milton C. Shaw
  • 1986: Orlan W. Boston
  • 1987: Philip G. Hodge, Jr.
  • 1988: Eric Reissner
  • 1989: William R. Sears
  • 1990: Harley A. Wilhelm
  • 1992: Daniel C. Drucker
  • 1993: Richard H. Gallagher
  • 1996: Robert C. Dean, Jr.
  • 1997: Bernard Budiansky
  • 1999: H. Norman Abramson
  • 2000: Arther E. Bergles
  • 2001: Warren M. Rohsenow
  • 2002: Leroy S. "Skip" Fletcher
  • 2003: Norman R. Augustine
  • 2004: Bradford W. Parkinson
  • 2005: Robert E. Uhrig
  • 2006: Richard J. Goldstein
  • 2007: Dean L. Kamen

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dawson, Virginia P., 1996, 'Knowledge Is Power: E. G. Bailey and the Invention and Marketing of the Bailey Boiler Meter', in Technology and Culture, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Jul., 1996), pp. 493-526
  2. ^ The ASME Medal - Society Awards
  3. ^ 'The American Engineer' volume 14, 1944-1945, p.24