Arthur L. Williston Medal

The Old Guard provides the travel funds for the winner of this medal to come to the ASME IMECE each year to be recognized at the Member/Student Luncheon. The funds come from the earnings of the Gus C. Nick Trust Fund of which the Old Guard Committee is the trustee.

The Arthur L. Williston Medal is presented for the best paper submitted in the annual competition on a subject chosen to challenge the engineering abilities of engineering students in conformance with the annual contest guidelines. 

A contestant must be an ASME Student Member or Member who received a baccalaureate degree not more than two years before the deadline date for submission of papers. In 1987, the award was expanded to recognize second and third place papers.

Arthur L. Williston, ASME Member, established the medal in 1954.

Form of Award:

$1000, Bronze Medal, Certificate and Travel expense supplement to attend the award presentation

$500 and Certificate (2nd)

$250 and Certificate (3rd)

Limitation(s): Student Member or Member (graduated not more than 2 years) ASME sponsor. The paper must be based on the work of an individual and not a team.
Administrative Responsibility: General Awards Committee (GAC)
Nomination Deadline: February 7
Nomination Sent To: General Awards Committee (GAC)
Committee Chair: G.A. Anderkay
Phone Number: 212-591-7094
Email: mckivorf@asme.org
Awarded By: Committee on Honors (COH)

 

ARTHUR L. WILLISTON MEDAL RECIPIENTS

First Place
1956 John A. Welsh 1982 John H. Pilarski 2006 Tyler E. Schnug
1957 Walter P. Logeman 1983 Max R. Casada 2007 Michael Steel
1959 Rowe A. Girardini 1984 Eddie E. Ferrer 2008 Raymond M. Meyer
1960 Marc Fishbein 1985 Henry M. Quillian III 2009 Michael Simmons
1961 James R. Stewart 1986 Stephen J. Schoonmaker 2010  Andrew Neal Rister
1962 Charles H. Recht 1987 Thomas C. Davis 2011 Prabal Goyal
1964 Kenneth E. Gawronski 1988 Christian L. Struble  
1965 LaRoux K. Gillespie 1990 Robert J. Stehlik  
1966 Eddie R. Howe 1991 Matt Pruszynski  
1967 L. Thomas Cooper III 1992 Sean L. Neilson
1968 Frank A. Ralbovsky 1993 Michael J. Zinngrabe
1969 Arlo Fossum 1994 Michael J. Zinngrabe
1970 Steven H. Carlson 1995 Daniel A. Fletcher  
1971 James A. Willms 1996 Jeffrey M. Otto
1972 Dennis L. Sandberg 1997 Laura R. Foster
1973 Frank H. Roubleau, Jr. 1998 Darrick A. Dean
1974 James J. Callas 1999 Matthew E. Myers
1976 Enud David Laska 2001 Amip Shah
1977 Harry W. Groot 2002 Anne M. Hines
1978 Jitendra S. Goela 2003

David L. Damm
1979 Steven E. Stephens 2004 Marie H. Hoffman
1980  Charles S. Macaulay 2005 Valerie Stringer

 

Second Place

1988 Michael E. Kennedy 1999 Donna L. Hall 2011 Nathaniel D. Taylor
1989 David A. Walker 2001 David L. Damm  
1990 Randall W. Meinert 2002 Andrew E. Karl  
1991 Kenneth Skoug III 2003 Scott A. Fisher
1992 Gilroy S. Ames 2004 Paul F. Tatum
1993 Wade LaGrenade 2005 John Q. Bolton
1994 Jeffrey Craig Morris 2006 Amanda M. Thomas
1995 Connie J. Bleidorn 2007 Lori Michelle Neidig
1996 Che J. Barnes 2008 Walter S. Fredenhagen III 
1997 Kenneth P. Horne 2009 Tessa Rae Knott   
1998  Elizabeth M. Mastal 2010 Elizabeth Betterbed

 

Third Place

1988 John Ellenz 1997 Brian D. Myers 2009 Elizabeth Betterbed
1989 Deborah S. Schenberger 1998 Aaron Marsh 2010 Andrew W. Corwell
1990 John E. Davison 1999 Koh Boon Kiat 2011 Jericho Paolo O. Rivera
1991 Kathleen A. Conley 2001 Anne Hines
1992 Kingman Tang 2003 Christopher L. Murphy
1993 Daniel A. Fletcher 2004 Aashish Kalra
1994 Daniel A. Fletcher 2006 Joy K. Adjorlolo
1995 Anthony T. Lomma 2007 Danielle Kimberly Williams
1996 Ookyong Kim 2008 Chris L. Cohoat

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