Old Guard Early Career Award
Established in 1994, this award recognizes outstanding early career engineers who have advanced quickly in their professional careers, have participated in advancing their education, have shown leadership in ASME activities and have volunteered actively in their communities.
The Old Guard is made up 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 ASME Student and Early Career Engineer Development
| Form of Award: | $5,000 honorarium, paid membership for life and plaque (First Place) $2,000 honorarium, paid membership for life and plaque (Second & Third Place) |
| Limitation(s): | The applicant must be a current ASME Member who has received a baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering no less than four (4) years and no more than eight (8) years before the application deadline, February 1 annually. |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Old Guard Committee |
| Nomination Deadline: | February 1 |
| Send To: | F. McKivor |
| Special Award Committee Chair: | D. Armstrong |
| Phone Number: | 212-591-7094 |
| Email: | |
| Award By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
OLD GUARD EARLY CAREER AWARD RECIPIENTS
| 1995 | Brian K. Miller | 2010 | Aaron J. Ryan |
| 1996 | Robert E. Lund | 2011 | Julie A. Kulik |
| 1997 | Jeff A. Gessaman | 2012 | Anita Rebarchak |
| 1999 | Connie J. Buynacek | 2013 | Jared B. Garrison |
| 2000 | John T. Maine | 2014 | Andres E. Rondon Marin |
| 2002 | Susan M. Shumate | 2015 | Twishansh Mehta |
| 2003 | Kenneth P. Horne | 2016 | Nathaniel Taylor |
| 2004 | Matthew L. Robinson | 2017 | Katie Correll |
| 2005 | Howard Berkof | 2018 | Michael P. Brundage |
| 2006 | Catherine Q. Lengsfeld | 2019 | Lee Clemon |
| 2007 | Candice A. Bauer | ||
| 2008 | Jennifer R. Jewers | ||
| 2009 | Kalan R. Guiley |
OLD GUARD EARLY CAREER AWARD RUNNERS-UP
| 1995 | Larry C. Dickinson Lisa M. Meline |
2010 | Victoria S. Blocker |
| 1996 | John M. Siegel | 2011 | Eduardo J. Barrientos |
| 1997 |
Diana L. Gerrish |
2013 | Scott J. Curran Ryan M. Neil |
| 1999 | Brandon G. Muramatsu Jan E. Shumate |
2014 | Jennifer S. Cooper |
| 2000 | Alison T. Nack Craig D. Redding |
2016 | Bryony L. DuPont Kyle M. Richter |
| 2002 | Crystal Heshmat Mira K. Sahney |
2017 | Mohammad E. Haque |
| 2003 | Blake T. Larson Matthew L. Robinson |
2018 | Bodhayan Dev Daniel Preston |
| 2004 | Mark R. Martin John Randazzo |
2019 | Tran Mah-Paulson Kushi Sellahennedige |
| 2005 | Joel Gillard Stacy R. Sanning |
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| 2006 | Timo Marquez Arreaza | ||
| 2008 | Annmarie Connor Eric J. Ruggiero |