Kate Gleason Award
As the first woman to be welcomed into ASME as a full member, Kate Gleason helped pave the way for other women to enter and thrive in the field of engineering.
The Gleason Award seeks to honor an individual female engineer who is a highly successful entrepreneur in a field of engineering or someone who had a lifetime of achievement in the engineering profession.
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Nomination Instructions
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| Form of Award: | $2000 , bronze medal, certificate and a $750 travel allowance |
| Limitation(s): | Only women engineers are eligible for this award |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Committee on Honors |
| Nomination Deadline: | September 1 |
| E-mail: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
Kate Gleason Awardees
| 2025 | Karen A. Thole |
| 2024 | Patricia Brackin |
| 2023 | Jayathi Y. Murthy |
| 2022 | Daisie Boettner |
| 2021 | Alba L. Colón-Rodríguez |
| 2020 | Lisa Burton O’Toole |
| 2018 | Awatef A. Hamed |
| 2016 | Helen L. Reed |
| 2015 | Suzanne Jenniches |
| 2014 | Ursula M. Burns |
| 2013 | Ann Dowling |
| 2012 | Edith Stern |
| 2011 | Yvonne C. Brill |