Goethals Medal
Encyclopedia
The Goethals Medal is a national award
given annually by the Society of American Military Engineers
(SAME) to a registered engineer
whom is also a member of SAME prior to nomination. The nominated engineer must have made eminent and notable contributions in engineering, design, or construction in the past five years.
The award is named in honor of Colonel George Washington Goethals
, a civil engineer
and United States Army
officer
best known for his work on the Panama Canal
.
Award
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given annually by the Society of American Military Engineers
Society of American Military Engineers
The Society of American Military Engineers is an organization for military engineering professionals. According to its , SAME was formed “in the interest of National Defense… bringing together all phases of U.S...
(SAME) to a registered engineer
Professional Engineer
Regulation of the engineering profession is established by various jurisdictions of the world to protect the safety, well-being and other interests of the general public, and to define the licensure process through which an engineer becomes authorized to provide professional services to the...
whom is also a member of SAME prior to nomination. The nominated engineer must have made eminent and notable contributions in engineering, design, or construction in the past five years.
The award is named in honor of Colonel George Washington Goethals
George Washington Goethals
George Washington Goethals was a United States Army officer and civil engineer, best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal...
, a civil engineer
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
and United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
officer
Officer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...
best known for his work on the Panama Canal
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, the canal has seen annual traffic rise from about 1,000 ships early on to 14,702 vessels measuring a total of 309.6...
.
Past award winners
- 1956 Dr. David B. SteinmanDavid B. SteinmanDavid Bernard Steinman was an American structural engineer. He was the designer of the Mackinac Bridge and many other notable bridges, and a published author. He grew up in New York City's lower Manhattan, and lived with the ambition of making his mark on the Brooklyn Bridge that he lived under...
- 1957 Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler
- 1958 Col. Walker L. Cisler
- 1959 John W. Sibert, Jr.
- 1960 Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr.Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr.Samuel Sturgis, Jr. was an American soldier. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and came from a military family. Both his father, Samuel D. Sturgis, and grandfather, also named Samuel D. Sturgis, were West Point graduates and major generals.Sturgis graduated from West Point in 1918...
- 1961 Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Hayes, III
- 1962 Lt. Col. E. Robert de Luccia
- 1963 CoI. Ralph A. TudorRalph A. TudorRalph A. Tudor was a builder, civil engineer and Under Secretary of the United States Interior Department. The Ralph A. Tudor Medal awarded by the Society of American Military Engineers is named for him....
- 1964 John P. DavisJohn P. DavisJohn Preston Davis was an American lawyer and activist intellectual became prominent for his work with the Joint Committee on National Recovery and the founding of the National Negro Congress in 1935. He went on to found Our World magazine in 1946, a full-size, nationally-distributed magazine...
- 1965 Edwin E. Abbott
- 1966 Rear Adm. Robert R. Wooding
- 1967 Capt. Albert Rhoades Marshall
- 1968 Col. Jerome 0. Ackerman
- 1969 Wendell W. Ralphe
- 1970 Dr. Arsham Amirikian
- 1971 Robert Y. Hudson
- 1972 Dr. Michael Yachnis
- 1973 Robert H. Hayes
- 1974 Col. John E. Catlin, Jr.
- 1975 James Polk Stafford, Jr.
- 1976 Henry W. Holiday
- 1977 Garland L. Watts
- 1978 Arthur CasagrandeArthur CasagrandeArthur Casagrande was an Austrian-born American civil engineer who made important contributions to the fields of engineering geology and geotechnical engineering during its infancy...
- 1979 E. Montford Fucik
- 1980 Robert J. Taylor
- 1981 Michael A. Kolessar
- 1982 Euclid C. Moore
- 1983 George J. Zeiler
- 1984 Dr. Alexander G. Tarics
- 1985 Edward CohenEdward CohenEdward Cohen was an Australian merchant and a Victoria State politician. He served as Mayor of Melbourne from 1862 to 1863.-Early life:...
- 1986 William L. Stevens
- 1987 Dr. Ralph J. Portier
- 1988 Gary S. Gasperino
- 1989 No winner
- 1990 Karl Rocker, Jr.
- 1991 William A. Keenan
- 1992 Dr. Robert D. Wolff
- 1993 Ralph B. Snowberger
- 1994 Eugene J. Fasullo
- 1995 Richard E. Carlson
- 1996 John C. Gribar
- 1997 Lt. Col. Wendell L Barnes, USA
- 1998 Douglas F. Burke
- 1999 James E. Tancreto
- 2000 Robert J. Taylor
- 2001 Robert M. MooreRobert M. MooreRobert M. Moore was an Irish-born mayor of Cincinnati.- External links :...
- 2002 Arthur H. Wu, Ph.D.
- 2003 Dennis M. Firman, P.E., ACC/CEC
- 2004 Ralph T. Kaneshiro, P.E.
- 2006 Capt. Tracey J. Spielmann
- 2007 Dominick M. Servedio