The George Westinghouse Medal is named for
George Westinghouse
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and awarded to in honor of "eminent achievement or distinguished service in the power field of
mechanical engineering
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" by the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. There is a Gold medal (with a $1500 award) and a Silver medal (with a $1000 award). The silver medal may only be awarded to someone under 45 years of age.
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Recipients
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Gold
* 1953:
Alexander G. Christie
* 1954:
Walker L. Cisler
* 1955:
Hyman G. Rickover
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* 1956:
Perry W. Pratt
* 1957:
Alfred Iddles
* 1958:
Frederick P. Fairchild
* 1960:
Ernest C. Gaston
* 1961:
Gerald V. Williamson
* 1962:
Edwin H. Kreig
* 1963:
Abbott L. Penniman, Jr.
* 1964:
Frederick W. Argue
* 1965:
Robert A. Bowman
* 1966:
Robert C. Allen
* 1967:
Robert A. Baker, Sr.
* 1968:
Roland A. Budenholzer
* 1969:
Ralph C. Roe
* 1970:
Charles A. Meyer,
Robert C. Spencer, Jr.
* 1971:
Wilfred McGregor Hall
* 1972:
William S. Lee
* 1973:
Bernard F. Langer
* 1974:
Charles W. Elston
* 1976:
John W. Simpson
* 1978:
Peter Fortescue
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* 1979:
William R. Gould
* 1980:
Fred J. Moody
* 1981:
Earle C. Miller
* 1982:
William T. Reid
* 1983:
Eugene P. Wilkinson
* 1984:
Joseph R. Szydlowski
* 1985:
Eugene A. Saltarelli
* 1986:
Richard J. Coar
* 1987:
Henry O. Pohl
* 1988:
Warren A. Rhoades, Jr.
* 1989:
J. Ed Smith
* 1990:
John J. Taylor
* 1991:
Ralph J. Ortolano
* 1992:
Daniel R. Wilkins
* 1993:
Frederick W. Buckman
* 1995:
Thomas H. McCloskey
* 1998:
Ashwani K. Gupta
* 1999:
Atambir S. Rao
* 2000:
David G. Lilley
* 2001:
Janos M. Beer
* 2002:
Arthur H. Lefebvre
* 2003:
Yassin A. Hassan
* 2004:
Adel F. Sarofim
* 2005:
Subramanyam R. Gollahalli
* 2006:
Ben T. Zinn
* 2007:
Roman Weber
* 2008:
Edwin A. Harvego
* 2009:
Essam E. Khalil
* 2010:
Wlodzimierz Blasiak
* 2011:
Nicholas Syred
* 2012:
Richard R. Schultz
* 2013:
Yiannis A. Levendis
* 2014:
Ryoichi S. Amano
* 2015:
Karen A. Thole
* 2016:
Kenneth Bray
* 2017: Alan Williams
* 2018: Timothy C. Lieuwen
* 2019: Hameed Metghalchi
Silver
* 1972:
William E. Rice
* 1973:
Michael A. Ambrose
* 1974:
Shelby L. Owens
* 1976:
Richard V. Shanklin III
* 1977:
James C. Corman
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* 1978:
Romano Salvatori
* 1979:
Edward W. Stenby
* 1980:
Robert L. Gamble
* 1981:
Ronald Pigott
* 1982:
Leslie D. Kramer
* 1983:
Remco P. Waszink
* 1984:
William J. Bryan
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* 1986:
Joseph A. Barsin
* 1987:
Albert D. LaRue
* 1989:
Leslie D. Kramer
* 1990:
Atambir S. Rao
* 1991:
John B. Kitto, Jr.
* 1993:
Stephen R. Reid
* 1995:
V.K. "Bindi" Chexal
* 1998:
Ting Wang
* 2001:
Susumu Mochida
* 2003:
Jason E. Jenkins
* 2005:
Andrzej Szlek
* 2009:
Somrat Kerdsuwan
* 2010:
Timothy C. Lieuwen
* 2011:
Margaret S. Wooldridge
* 2012:
Weihong Yang
* 2015:
Angela Violi
* 2016:
Elia Merzari
* 2017:
Frédéric Villeneuve
See also
*
List of mechanical engineering awards
References
External links
ASME: George Westinghouse Medals
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Awards of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers