Spirit of St. Louis Medal
The Spirit of St. Louis Medal is awarded for meritorious service in the advancement of aeronautics and astronautics.
The successful candidate is expected to give an authoritative lecture in his/her field at the time of the award presentation.
The medal was established in 1929 by Philip D. Ball, ASME Members, and Citizens of St. Louis, Missouri.
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| Form of Award: | $1000, vermeil medal and certificate |
| Limitation(s): | None |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Aerospace Division |
| Nomination Deadline: | September 1 |
| E-mail: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
Spirit of St. Louis Medalists
| 1929 | Daniel Guggenheim | 2000 | John C. Houbolt | ||
| 1932 | Paul Litchfield | 1973 | John F. Yardley | 2001 | Sheila E. Widnall |
| 1935 | Will Rogers (posthumously) | 1974 | Abe Silverstein | 2002 | Thomas J. Kelly |
| 1938 | James H. Doolittle | 1977 | George D. McLean | 2003 | Peretz P. Friedmann |
| 1941 | John E. Younger | 1978 | Paul B. MacCready | 2005 | Robert H. Liebeck |
| 1944 | George W. Lewis | 1979 | Sir Freddie Laker | 2007 | Earl H. Dowell |
| 1947 | John E. Northrup | 1980 | Michael Collins | 2009 | Paul Bevilaqua |
| 1950 | Reinout P. Kroon | 1981 | Edgar M. Cortright, Jr. | 2011 | Abraham E. Karem |
| 1954 | Arthur E. Raymond | 1982 | Frank N. Piasecki | 2012 | William M. Shepherd |
| 1955 | Ralph S. Damon | 1983 | John W. Young | 2013 | David A. Peters |
| 1958 | George S. Schairer | 1984 | Charles S. Draper | 2015 | Dewey H. Hodges |
| 1961 | Samuel K. Hoffman | 1985 | Kurt H. Hohenemser | 2016 | Inderjit Chopra |
| 1962 | Robert H. Widmer | 1986 | Bruce McCandless II | 2017 | Charbel Farhat |
| 1963 | Frederick C. Crawford | 1987 | Elbert L. Rutan | 2018 | Stephen P. Engelstad |
| 1964 | Robert R. Gilruth | 1988 | Edward H. Heinemann | 2019 | Kevin G. Bowcutt |
| 1965 | William H. Pickering | 1990 | Charles Feltz | 2021 | Darold B. Cummings |
| 1966 | Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. | 1992 | Holt Ashley | 2022 | George A. Kardomateas |
| 1967 | Ira G. Hedrick | 1993 | Charles F. Tiffany | 2023 | Wayne Johnson |
| 1968 | George S. Moore | 1994 | Ben R. Rich | 2024 | William A. Sirignano |
| 2025 | Stephen W. Tsai | ||||
| 1969 | G. Merritt Preston | 1995 | Antony Jameson | ||
| 1970 | Clarence L. Johnson | 1996 | Robert G. Loewy | ||
| 1971 | Ralph L. Creel | 1997 | John W. Lincoln | ||
| 1972 | Neil A. Armstrong | 1998 | Charles Kaman |