ASME Medal, established in 1929, is the highest award that the Society can bestow and is to recognize “eminently distinguished engineering achievement.” Only one ASME Medal may be awarded annually. Although some individuals have been honored by both the ASME Medal and Honorary Membership, each award has been made on the basis of different Accomplishments.
| Form of Award: |
$15,000, Gold Medal, Certificate and Travel Expense supplement to attend the meeting presentation. |
| Limitation(s): |
None |
| Administrative Responsiblility: |
Committee on Honors |
| Nomination Deadline: |
March 1 |
| Nomination Send To: |
Committee on Honors Chair |
| Committee Chair: |
J.W. Cipolla |
| Phone Number: |
212-591-7094 |
| Email: |
mckivorf@asme.org |
| Awarded By: |
Board of Governors |
ASME MEDALISTS
| 1921 |
Hjalmar G. Carlson |
1952 |
Nevin E. Funk |
1984 |
Aaron Cohen |
| 1922 |
Frederick A. Halsey |
1953 |
Crosby Field |
1985 |
Milton C. Shaw |
| 1923 |
John R. Freeman |
1954 |
E. Burnley Powell |
1986 |
Orlan W. Boston |
| 1926 |
R. A. Millikan |
1955 |
Granville M. Read |
1987 |
Philip G. Hodge, Jr. |
| 1927 |
Wilfred Lewis |
1956 |
Harry F. Vickers |
1988 |
Eric Reissner |
| 1928 |
Julian Kennedy |
1957 |
L.M.K. Boelter |
1989 |
William R. Sears |
| 1930 |
W. L. R. Emmet |
1958 |
Wilbur H. Armacost |
1990 |
Harley A. Wilhelm |
| 1931 |
Albert Kinsbury |
1959 |
Martin Frisch |
1992 |
Daniel C. Drucker |
| 1933 |
Ambrose Swasey |
1960 |
C. Richard Soderberg |
1993 |
Richard H. Gallagher |
| 1934 |
Willis H. Carrier |
1962 |
Philip Sporn |
1996 |
Robert C. Dean, Jr. |
| 1935 |
Charles T. Main |
1963 |
Igor I. Sikorsky |
1997 |
Bernard Budiansky |
| 1936 |
Edward Bausch |
1964 |
Alan Howard |
1998 |
Frank Kreith |
| 1937 |
Edward P. Bullard |
1965 |
Johannes M. Burgers |
1999 |
H. Norman Abramson |
| 1938 |
Stephen J. Pigott |
1967 |
Mayo D. Hersey |
2000 |
Arther E. Bergles |
| 1939 |
James E. Gleason |
1968 |
Samuel C. Collins |
2001 |
Warren M. Rohsenow |
| 1940 |
Charles F. Kettering |
1969 |
Lloyd H. Donnell |
2002 |
Leroy S. "Skip" Fletcher |
| 1941 |
Theodore von Karman |
1970 |
Robert Rowe Gilruth |
2003 |
Norman R. Augustine |
| 1942 |
Ervin G. Bailey |
1971 |
Horace Smart Beattie |
2004 |
Bradford W. Parkinson |
| 1943 |
Lewis K. Sillcox |
1972 |
Waloddi Weibull |
2005 |
Robert E. Uhrig |
| 1944 |
Edward G. Budd |
1973 |
Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. |
2006 |
Richard J. Goldstein |
| 1945 |
William F. Durand |
1974 |
Nicholas J. Hoff |
2007 |
Dean L. Kamen |
| 1946 |
Morris E. Leeds |
1975 |
Maxime A. Faget |
2008 |
Frank E. Talke |
| 1947 |
Paul W. Kiefer |
1976 |
Raymond D. Mindlin |
2009 |
Nam Pyo Suh |
| 1948 |
Frederick G. Keys |
1977 |
Robert W. Mann |
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| 1949 |
Fred L. Dornbrook |
1979 |
Jacob P. Den Hartog |
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| 1950 |
Harvey C. Knowles |
1981 |
Robert S. Hahn |
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| 1951 |
Glenn B. Warren |
1983 |
Jack N. Binns, Sr. |
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