The Edwin F. Church Medal, established in 1972, is awarded to an individual who has rendered eminent service in increasing the value, importance and attractiveness of mechanical engineering education. Education is used here in its broadest sense of preparation for any aspect or level of mechanical engineering through any appropriate mechanism including universities, technical institutes, professional society educational activities, continuing education programs of professional societies and private groups, in-house professional development programs of industrial concerns and governmental agencies, programmed learning and self-instruction systems.

Nominees may or may not be professional educators. However, the award is not intended to recognize professional educators on that merit alone.

The ‘eminent service’ to be considered for the award as performed by the professional educator must be above and beyond the nominee’s normal activities. Excellence in teaching, research, administration and publications by professional engineering educators is not pertinent unless that activity is outside the usual scope of the nominee’s organization or institution.

The Edwin F. Church Medal may be made to one recipient of any age who need not be a member of ASME. It is administered by the General Awards Committee which secures nominations and makes recommendations to the Committee on Honors which selects the recipient.

The Church Medal was established from a bequest of Edwin F. Church, Jr. (1879-1964), loyal member of ASME, devoted supporter of ASME student activities, dedicated teacher, and for thirty-two years professor of mechanical engineering and head of the department at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.  

Form of Award:	$2500, Bronze Medal, Certificate and Travel Expense supplement to attend the meeting presentation.
Limitation(s):	Services performed within the context of an individual’s normal employment are not eligible
Nomination Deadline:	February 15
Nomination Sent To:	District Leaders
Nomination Approved By:	General Awards Committee (GAC)
Administrative Responsiblility:	District Leaders
Committee Chair:	J.A. Falcon
Phone Number:	310-556-0738
Email:	falconj@asme.or
Awarded By:	Committee on Honors (COH)

Edwin F. Church Medal Recipients

1973	Wilbur R. Leopold	1985	Emil L. Martinec	1997	Dean Kamen
1974	Hobart A. Weaver	1987	Garland H. Duncan	1998	Allan D. Kraus
1975	Harry Conn	1988	Dale E. Klein	1999	Woodie C. Flowers
1976	Frank W. Von Flue	1989	Adolph T. Molin	2000	John H. Lienhard
1979	Kenneth A. Roe	1990	James R. Welty	2001	Frank Kreith
1980	Dennis K. Bushnell	1991	Joseph A. Falcon	2002	William S. Hammack
1981	Neal P. Jeffries	1992	Stephen Juhasz	2003	Devendra P. Garg
1982	Clinton H. Britt	1993	Larry C. Oyen	2004	David Lavery
1984	Milo Price	1994	Avram Bar-Cohen	2005	Vincent Wilczynski