ASME Medal
ASME Medal, established in 1920, is the highest award that the Society can bestow and is to recognize “eminently distinguished engineering achievement.” Only one ASME Medal may be awarded annually. Although some individuals have been honored by both the ASME Medal and Honorary Membership, each award has been made on the basis of different accomplishments.
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| Form of Award: | $15,000, gold medal, certificate, and a $750 travel allowance |
| Limitation(s): | None |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Committee on Honors |
| Nomination Deadline: | March 1 |
| Email: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Board of Governors |
ASME Medalists
| 1921 | Hjalmar G. Carlson | ||
| 1922 | Frederick A. Halsey | ||
| 1923 | John R. Freeman | ||
| 1926 | R. A. Millikan | ||
| 1927 | Wilfred Lewis | ||
| 1928 | Julian Kennedy | ||
| 1930 | W. L. R. Emmet | ||
| 1931 | Albert Kinsbury | ||
| 1933 | Ambrose Swasey | ||
| 1934 | Willis H. Carrier | ||
| 1935 | Charles T. Main | ||
| 1936 | Edward Bausch | ||
| 1937 | Edward P. Bullard | ||
| 1938 | Stephen J. Pigott | ||
| 1939 | James E. Gleason | ||
| 1940 | Charles F. Kettering | ||
| 1941 | Theodore von Karman | ||
| 1942 | Ervin G. Bailey | ||
| 1943 | Lewis K. Sillcox | ||
| 1944 | Edward G. Budd | ||
| 1945 | William F. Durand | ||
| 1946 | Morris E. Leeds | ||
| 1947 | Paul W. Kiefer | ||
| 1948 | Frederick G. Keys | ||
| 1949 | Fred L. Dornbrook | ||
| 1950 | Harvey C. Knowles | ||
| 1951 | Glenn B. Warren | ||
| 1952 | Nevin E. Funk | ||
| 1953 | Crosby Field | ||
| 1954 | E. Burnley Powell | ||
| 1955 | Granville M. Read | ||
| 1956 | Harry F. Vickers | ||
| 1957 | L.M.K. Boelter | ||
| 1958 | Wilbur H. Armacost | ||
| 1959 | Martin Frisch | ||
| 1960 | C. Richard Soderberg | ||
| 1962 | Philip Sporn | ||
| 1963 | Igor I. Sikorsky | ||
| 1964 | Alan Howard | ||
| 1965 | Johannes M. Burgers | ||
| 1967 | Mayo D. Hersey | ||
| 1968 | Samuel C. Collins | ||
| 1969 | Lloyd H. Donnell | ||
| 1970 | Robert Rowe Gilruth | ||
| 1971 | Horace Smart Beattie | ||
| 1972 | Waloddi Weibull | ||
| 1973 | Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. | ||
| 1974 | Nicholas J. Hoff | ||
| 1975 | Maxime A. Faget | ||
| 1976 | Raymond D. Mindlin | ||
| 1977 | Robert W. Mann | ||
| 1979 | Jacob P. Den Hartog | ||
| 1981 | Robert S. Hahn | ||
| 1983 | Jack N. Binns, Sr. | ||
| 1984 | Aaron Cohen | ||
| 1985 | Milton C. Shaw | ||
| 1986 | Orlan W. Boston | ||
| 1987 | Philip G. Hodge, Jr. | ||
| 1988 | Eric Reissner | ||
| 1989 | William R. Sears | ||
| 1990 | Harley A. Wilhelm | ||
| 1992 | Daniel C. Drucker | ||
| 1993 | Richard H. Gallagher | ||
| 1996 | Robert C. Dean, Jr. | ||
| 1997 | Bernard Budiansky | ||
| 1998 | Frank Kreith | ||
| 1999 | H. Norman Abramson | ||
| 2000 | Arthur E. Bergles | ||
| 2001 | Warren M. Rohsenow | ||
| 2002 | Leroy S. "Skip" Fletcher | ||
| 2003 | Norman R. Augustine | ||
| 2004 | Bradford W. Parkinson | ||
| 2005 | Robert E. Uhrig | ||
| 2006 | Richard J. Goldstein | ||
| 2007 | Dean L. Kamen | ||
| 2008 | Frank E. Talke | ||
| 2009 | Nam Pyo Suh | ||
| 2010 | John Abele | ||
| 2011 | Clayton D. Mote, Jr. | ||
| 2012 | Jan D. Achenbach | ||
| 2013 | Sia Nemat-Nasser | ||
| 2014 | Van C. Mow | ||
| 2015 | James R. Rice | ||
| 2016 | J.N. Reddy | ||
| 2017 | Zdenek P. Bažant | ||
| 2018 | Thomas J.R. Hughes | ||
| 2019 | Reginald I. Vachon | ||
| 2020 | Subra Suresh | ||
| 2021 | Pol D. Spanos | ||
| 2022 | Katepalli R. Sreenivasan | ||
| 2023 | Huajian Gao | ||
| 2024 | Adrian Bejan | ||