Mayo D. Hersey Award
The Mayo D. Hersey Award is bestowed on an individual in recognition of distinguished and continued contributions over a substantial period of time to the advancement of the science and engineering of tribology. Distinguished contributions may result from significant original research in one or more of the many scientific disciplines related to lubrication, from excellence and creativity in lubrication engineering practice, or from sustained and forthright efforts and dissemination of information on the theory and practice of lubrication.
To recognize the splendid leadership in lubrication science and engineering of Mayo D. Hersey, this award was established in 1965 by the joint bequest of the ASME Lubrication Division (now Tribology Division) and the ASME Research Committee on Lubrication (now Research Committee on Tribology).
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Nomination Instructions
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| Form of Award: | $2000 and plaque |
| Limitation(s): | None |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Tribology Division |
| Nomination Deadline: | February 1 |
| Email: |
persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
Mayo D. Hersey Awardees
| 2025 | Mitjan Kalin |
| 2024 | Q. Jane Wang |
| 2023 | Luis San Andrés |
| 2022 | Christopher DellaCorte |
| 2021 | Itzhak Green |
| 2020 | Bharat Bhushan |
| 2019 | Lavern D. Wedeven |
| 2018 | Andreas A. Polycarpou |
| 2017 | James R. Barber |
| 2016 | Izhak Etsion |
| 2015 | Ali Erdemir |
| 2014 | John A. Tichy |
| 2013 | Michael M. Khonsari |
| 2012 | Francis E. Kennedy, Jr. |
| 2011 | Farshid Sadeghi |
| 2010 | Frank E. Talke |
| 2009 | Richard F. Salant |
| 2008 | Leon M. Keer |
| 2007 | Hooshang Heshmat |
| 2006 | Koji Kato |
| 2005 | Andrew Jackson |
| 2004 | Hugh A. Spikes |
| 2003 | Jean B.M. Frene |
| 2002 | Michael N. Gardos |
| 2001 | Said Jahanmir |
| 2000 | Bernard J. Hamrock |
| 1999 | David B. Bogy |
| 1998 | Jean Marie Georges |
| 1997 | Albert A. Raimondi |
| 1996 | James A. Greenwood |
| 1995 | Kenneth C. Ludema |
| 1994 | Harold G. Elrod, Jr. |
| 1993 | Alistair Cameron |
| 1992 | Maurice Godet |
| 1991 | Kenneth L. Johnson |
| 1990 | Herbert S. Cheng |
| 1989 | John F. Archard |
| 1988 | Donald G. Flom |
| 1987 | Marshall B. Peterson |
| 1986 | Ward O. Winer |
| 1985 | Ernest Rabinowicz |
| 1984 | Frederick F. Ling |
| 1983 | Donald F. Hays |
| 1982 | E. Erwin Klaus |
| 1981 | Edmond E. Bisson |
| 1980 | Nicolae Tipei |
| 1979 | Duncan Dowson |
| 1978 | Edward A. Saibel |
| 1977 | Robert L. Johnson |
| 1976 | John Boyd |
| 1975 | Arthur F. Underwood |
| 1974 | David Tabor |
| 1973 | Donald F. Wilcock |
| 1972 | Sydney J. Needs |
| 1971 | Dudley D. Fuller |
| 1970 | Merrell R. Fenske |
| 1969 | William A. Zisman |
| 1968 | Ragnar Holm |
| 1967 | Milton C. Shaw |
| 1966 | Harmen Blok |
| 1965 | Mayo D. Hersey |