The Old Guard is made up of ASME dues exempt members, those who have reached the age of 65 and have retired. They continue to contribute to the Society and their contributions are used to support the “Old Guard” Prizes and similar Society activities related to the younger members.

The Prizes are awarded annually for the best four presentations of technical papers at the Old Guard Contest during the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress. The contestants are Student Members who won first prize at each Regional Student Conference. All contestants receive an expense-paid trip to the Congress.

The Prize was established in 1956 to recognize the overall winner. In 1981, it was expanded to include second- and third-place winners, and in 1992 a fourth-place winner was added.

OLD GUARD PRIZE RECIPIENTS

FIRST PRIZE
1956	Joseph W. Jacobson	1981	Dan J. Schmitt
	University of Texas		Oklahoma State University
1957	George M. Reynolds	1982	Gary F. St. Onge
	Northwestern University		Union College
1958	Harry Hollinghaus	1983	Jonathan R. Willey
	University of Utah		San Diego State University
1959	James S. Kishi	1984	Jeffrey McAllister
	University of Texas		Brigham Young University
1960	Joseph W. Lindsey	1985	Ed Rissberger
	University of Utah		Columbia University
1961	Joseph J. Marino	1986	Chris Della Corte
	University of Connecticut		Case Western Reserve University
1962	Jay S. Fein	1987	Shannon S. Breon
	Rutgers University		Iowa State University
1963	Walter Clark Dean II	1988	John H. Barrett
	Lehigh University		Tufts University
1964	Robert J. Arnzen	1989	Michael B. Hogan
	Washington University/St. Louis		Auburn University
1965	Joseph P. Collins	1990	Craig N. Gawreluk
	University of Wisconsin		Montana State University
1966	John A. Leo III	1991	Karen S. Schlangen
	Auburn University		University of Minnesota
1967	William E. Hughes	1992	Kevin Naziri
	Brigham Young University		California State Poly/Pomona
1968	Maurice H. Bunn	1993	Irene J. Beyerlein
	Arizona State University		Clemson University
1969	Walter H. Peters III	1994	Jeffrey La Borde
	Auburn University		Louisiana State University
1970	Joseph R. Titone	1995	Kelly Habicht
	Cornell University		San Diego State University
1971	James L. Lee	1996	Janea Stulp
	Auburn University		Colorado State University
1972	Stanley W. Blossom	1997	Scott Wenger
	Oklahoma State University		Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1973	Steven H. Blossom	1998	Victoria E. Wood
	Oklahoma State University		University of Tulsa
1974	Gary L. Smith	1999	Nathaniel Mulcahy
	Oklahoma State University		University of Massachusetts at Amherst
1975	Steven R. Bussolari	2000	D. Kristen Busko
	Union College		Gonzaga University
1976	Paul E. Hollis	2001	Daniel B. Vicario
	University of Washington		Villanova University
1977	Pauline B. Cramer	2002	Jonathan A. Amory
	University of Washington		Trinity College
1978	Jan D. Dozier	2003	Jill Anderson
	Auburn University		Boston University
1979	Zoe D. Kececioglu	2005	Sarah Plymale
	University of Arizona		LeTourneau University
1980	John J. Marsal
	Tulane University
SECOND PRIZE
1982	John I. Macy	1994	Todd M. Beller
	University of Kansas		Purdue University
1983	Richard F. Beaufort	1995	Allan D. Parks
	Brigham Young University		University of Windsor
1984	John DiMarco	1996	Michael Ogg
	University of Dayton		Christian Brothers University
1985	Michael T. Nelson	1997	David B. Lenhert
	Clemson University		Wichita State University
1986	Thomas Cavallaro	1998	Jeremy C. Patterson
	Clemson University		University of NC at Charlotte
1987	Marc Richelsoph	1999	John M.R. Rask
	Vanderbilt University		Le Tourneau University
1988	Rocke R. Koreis	2000	Paul Hvass
	Seattle University		Le Tourneau University
1989	James N. Cantrell	2001	Jared Fryar
	Utah State		University of Portland
1990	Moji I. Ijaz	2002	Marie K. Moran
	Virginia Polytechnic Institute		University of Tulsa
1991	Alan K. Jones	2003	Smitesh Bakrania
	Portland State University		Union College
1992	John Jraiche	2005	Brian Montague
	University of Windsor		Cedarville University
1993	Andrew M. Dudas
	Bradley University
THIRD PRIZE
1982	Douglas R. Watson	1994	Lee R. Johnson, Jr.
	San Diego State University		Union College
1983	Joseph R. Olivier	1995	Wendy B. Schiebout
	Tulane University		Dordt College
1984	Daniel B. Grandmont	1996	Darrin Noe
	Western New England College		Seattle University
1985	Brian D. Berthold	1997	Gretchen Voegler
	University of New Mexico		Union College
1986	Daniel M. Browning	1998	Julie A. Katz
	Oregon State University		Bradley University
1987	Michael L. Hoskins	1999	Kip Jensen
	California State University/Chico		Brigham Young University
1988	Margaret F. Pinnell	2000	John Milos
	University of Dayton		New Jersey Institute of Technology
1989	James L. Kahler	2001	Andre McDonald
	South Dakota State University		City College of New York
1990	Leland G. Hansen	2002	Francis X. Murphy
	Brigham Young University		US Military Academy
1991	Craig J. Speier	2003	Preston Pysh
	University of California at Santa Barbara		U.S. Military Academy
1992	Jerry R. Volcy	2005	Amber Raub Walker
	New Jersey Institute of Technology		U.S. Military Academy
1993	Eric L. Callens
	Louisiana Technical University
FOURTH PRIZE
1992	Eric L. Callens	1998	Mark A. Kurfman
	Louisiana Technical University		St. Louis University at Parks College
1993	Jason A. Pepin	1999	Paula Jean Runge
	University of Massachusetts		Mississippi State University
1994	David R. Smith, II	2000	Cory Cooper
	University of Utah		U.S. Air Force Academy
1995	Brian S. Mansure	2001	Jonathan Slager
	University of Wyoming		Tourneau University
1996	Jesse Adams	2002	David M. Chapin
	University of Nevada, Reno		Union College
1997	Michael Gray	2003	William Erwin
	California Polytechnic State University/San Luis Obispo		Vanderbilt University
		2005	Lincoln Potwin
			Wenthworth University