- The ASME Medal
The ASME Medal, established in
1929 , is the highestaward [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] bestowed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. One medal is awarded annually to recognize “eminently distinguished engineering achievement.” [ [http://www.asme.org/Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/American_Society_Engineers.cfm The ASME Medal - Society Awards ] ]The medal, inscribed with the words "What is not yet, may be." ['The American Engineer' volume 14, 1944-1945, p.24] , is awarded with a $15,000 prize.
List of Recipients
* 1921:
Hjalmar G. Carlson
* 1922:Frederick A. Halsey
* 1923:John R. Freeman
* 1926:Robert Andrews Millikan
* 1927:Wilfred Lewis
* 1928:Julian Kennedy
* 1930:W. L. R. Emmet
* 1931:Albert Kinsbury
* 1933:Ambrose Swasey
* 1934:Willis H. Carrier
* 1935:Charles T. Main
* 1936:Edward Bausch
* 1937:Edward P. Bullard
* 1938:Stephen J. Pigott
* 1939:James E. Gleason
* 1940:Charles F. Kettering
* 1941:Theodore von Karman
* 1942:Ervin G. Bailey
* 1943:Lewis K. Sillcox
* 1944:Edward G. Budd
* 1945:William F. Durand
* 1946:Morris E. Leeds
* 1947:Paul W. Kiefer
* 1948:Frederick G. Keys
* 1949:Fred L. Dornbrook
* 1950:Harvey C. Knowles
* 1951:Glenn B. Warren
* 1952:Nevin E. Funk
* 1953:Crosby Field
* 1954:E. Burnley Powell
* 1955:Granville M. Read
* 1956:Harry F. Vickers
* 1957:L.M.K. Boelter
* 1958:Wilbur H. Armacost
* 1959:Martin Frisch
* 1960:C. Richard Soderberg
* 1962:Philip Sporn
* 1963:Igor I. Sikorsky
* 1964:Alan Howard
* 1998:Frank Kreith
* 1965:Johannes M. Burgers
* 1967:Mayo D. Hersey
* 1968:Samuel C. Collins
* 1969:Lloyd H. Donnell
* 1970:Robert Rowe Gilruth
* 1971:Horace Smart Beattie
* 1972:Waloddi Weibull
* 1973:Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.
* 1974:Nicholas J. Hoff
* 1975:Maxime A. Faget
* 1976:Raymond D. Mindlin
* 1977:Robert W. Mann
* 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 References
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