ASME Presents Presidents Award to Sen. Lamar Alexander

ASME Presents Presidents Award to Sen. Lamar Alexander ASME Presents Presidents Award to Sen. Lamar Alexander ASME President Marc W. Goldsmith (left) presents Senator Lamar Alexander with the Societys Presidents Award. Last month, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), a staunch advocate of national science and technology programs and influential figure behind the America COMPETES Act, was honored as the latest recipient of ASMEs prestigious Presidents Award.ASME President Marc W. Goldsmith presented the award to Alexander following the Republican senators remarks to the Societys 2013 Engineering Public Policy Symposium held on April 23 in Washington, D.C. The award cites Alexander for leadership in advancing the engineering, science and technology enterprise which is so vital to this nation. Sen. Alexander helped to write the America COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science) Act of 2007 and was instrumental in i ts reauthorization in 2010. Among numerous efforts supporting science and technology, Alexander secured emergency funding to continue the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Project. He was named the 2008 Champion of Science by the Science Coalition. Established in 1998, the ASME Presidents Award is presented to individuals and companies who have demonstrated significant contributions to the engineering profession. Sen. Alexander joins a distinguished group of past recipients, including former NASA administrator Daniel S. Goldin Dean Kaman, the founder of For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Westinghouse Electric Company U.S. Naval Academy, and the Apollo 11 astronauts, among others.