The George Westinghouse Medal is named for George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse, Jr was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. Westinghouse was one of Thomas Edison's main rivals in the early implementation of the American electricity system...

 and awarded to in honor of "eminent achievement or distinguished service in the power field of mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering

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" by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering....

. 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 the age of 45.

Gold

• 1953: Alexander G. Christie
• 1954: Walker L. Cisler
• 1955: Hyman G. Rickover
  Hyman G. Rickover
  Hyman George Rickover was a four-star admiral of the United States Navy who directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of Naval Reactors...
  
  
• 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
  Robert C. Allen
  Robert C. Allen is Professor of Economic History at Oxford University and a fellow of Nuffield College.He obtained his BA at Carleton College in 1969 and his PhD at Harvard University in 1975...
  
  
• 1967: Robert A. Baker, Sr.
• 1968: Roland A. Budenholzer
• 1969: Ralph C. Roe
• 1970: Charles A. Meyer
  Charles A. Meyer
  Charles Appleton Meyer was a United States executive who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1969 to 1973.-Biography:...
  
  , Robert C. Spencer, Jr.
• 1971: Wilfred McGregor Hall
• 1972: William S. Lee
• 1973: Bernard F. Langer
• 1974: Charles W. Elston
• 1976: John W. Simpson
  John Wistar Simpson
  John Wistar Simpson was an electrical engineer, who made significant contributions to the development of the nuclear energy. -Biography:He was born in 1914 in Glenn Springs, South Carolina...
  
  
• 1978: Peter Fortescue
• 1979: William R. Gould
• 1980: Fred J. Moody
• 1981: Earle C. Miller

• 1982: William T. Reid
• 1983: Eugene P. Wilkinson
  Eugene P. Wilkinson
  Eugene P. "Dennis" Wilkinson was a United States Naval officer who was selected for three historic command assignments. The first, in 1954, was as the first Commanding Officer of the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine...
  
  
• 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
  John J. Taylor
  John James Taylor was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Education:Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, Taylor attended the common schools, New Ipswich Academy, and Groton Academy....
  
  
• 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
• 2001: Janos M. Beer
• 2002: Arthur H. Lefebvre
  Arthur H. Lefebvre
  Arthur Henry Lefebvre was an innovative leader in the development of science and engineering of the application of fuel sprays in gas turbine combustor systems.-Career:...
  
  
• 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
  Essam E. Khalil
  Essam Eldin Khalil Hassan Khalil is an Egyptian Mechanical Engineer. Khalil is a professor in the mechanical power department at Cairo University. He is the author and co-author of several international researches in HVAC field...
  
  
• 2010: Wlodzimierz Blasiak

Silver

• 1972: William E. Rice
• 1973: Michael A. Ambrose
• 1974: Shelby L. Owens
• 1976: Richard V. Shanklin III
• 1977: James C. Corman
  James C. Corman
  James Charles Corman was a Los Angeles City Council member from 1957 to 1961 and a Democratic Congressman from California between 1961 and 1981.-General:...
  
  
• 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

• 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

External links

• ASME: George Westinghouse Medals