Hoover Medal

The Hoover Medal is an American engineering prize.

It has been given since 1930 for "outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity". The prize is given jointly by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), which administers it. It is named for Herbert Hoover, the first recipient, who was an engineer by profession.

Past recipients

Source:ASME

See also

• List of engineering awards
• List of mechanical engineering awards
• List of awards for contributions to society
• List of awards named after people

References

1. J. Edgar Hoover
2. Herbert Hoover
3. Margaret Hoover
4. Hooverville
5. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
6. Bob Hoover
7. N. R. Narayana Murthy
8. Joseph J. Jacobs
9. List of awards and honours received by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
10. Hoover Institution
11. Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
12. Steve Wozniak
13. Charles Brinckerhoff
14. Lillian Moller Gilbreth
15. John A. McCone
16. Lou Henry Hoover
17. Jimmy Carter
18. James Earl Carter Sr.
19. List of awards for contributions to society
20. Billy Carter