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The ASME Foundation supports next generation engineers through a proven and powerful arc of programs that address every stage of an engineer’s journey, from early inspiration and learning—to career engagement and the development of life-changing innovations that improve quality of life.

By joining one of the ASME’s Foundation Giving Societies, you can carry forward your legacy and encourage the next generation of engineers. Your gift provides support for ASME programs that inspire ideas, ignite passion, and develop future engineering leaders.

The Thomas Edison Society ($250–$999)

Established in 2019, The Edison Club is named in honor of America’s greatest inventor, pioneer of innovation, and member of ASME, Thomas Alva Edison. Comprised of ASME members who provide unrestricted gift dollars of $250 or more during a single fiscal year to the ASME Foundation.

Joseph Abbin
Lilia Abron
Robert Anders
Anthony Arbore
Richard Baker
Edward Banzy
Oscar Barton
Kenneth Bean
John Becque
Dale Bell
Stephen Bellato
Scott Benedict
Michelle Bernard
Nicole Bernard
Andrew Bicos
William Bish
Michelle Blaise
James Blasko
Michael Bohse
William Borter
John Briesemeister
Donella Brockington
Gayle Cadwallader
Melissa Carl
Don Caudy
Ying Chen
Clifford Chou
Tsu-Wei Chou
Chandra Clouden
William Clyburn
David Coe
Thomas Cooper
Gretchen Crutchfield
Carol Dahl
Glenn Davidson
L. Berkley Davis
Pete Deubler
Claude Dickerson
Lee Dodgion
Michael Drosjack
Nandini Duraiswamy
Nicole Dyess
Morley Farquar
Eugene Farrell
Xue Feng
E. Burrell Fisher
Freeman Fraim
Calvin Frantz
E. Nick Friesen
William Garofalo
Morgan Gendel
Burzoe Ghandhi
Robert Giardina
Jacques Giovanola
Donald Glover
Jessica Gmeinder
John Greaney
Kenneth Grimes
Louis Haggerty
Carla Harris
C Brett Harrison
Danielle Holley
Wyndolyn Holmes Alexander
Sonya Hopson
W.Gordon Hunt
Barry Hyman
Erica Infuso
Daniel Isaman
Seita Isshiki
Richard Jackson
Sundiata Jangha
Marshall Jones
John Joseph
Tom Kuhn
Kishor Kulkarni
Robert J La Rose
Rebecca Lakhani
Noshir Langrana
Thomas Larson
Benjamin Layno
John Leland
Hersheng Lin
Karl Linck
Donald Lincoln
Kimberly Lloyd
Yinji Ma
Warren Maddox
Robert Mantz
David McClure
Victor McCrary
Thomas McKeown
Gregory Michna
Keith Miles
William Miller
John Minichiello
Charles Moore
Fred Newman
Eric Nicholson
Sanford Nobel
William Oberkampf
Allysa Oliver
George Papadopoulos
Steven Papaganeres
Johne Parker
Eli Paster
Thomas Pelt
Thomas Pestorius
Albert Peterson
Richard Phillips
Kenneth Porter
Valentine Povinelli
J David Powell
Allian Pratt
Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Yusef Rashid
Ryan Reardon
A. Thomas Roberts
Karen Russo
Robert Schuman
Derrick Scott
Edmund Seiders
Cornelius Shih
Bob Sims
Fredric Sinder
Mark Smolin
Richard Snow
Mary Grace Stefanchik
Donald Suberroc
Leonard Suelter
Lydia Thomas
Robert Thresher
John Tielking
Linda Townsend
Stephanie Viola
Hairui Wang
Heling Wang
Chen Wei
John Wesner
Neil Wilmshurst
David Wilson
James Wilson
Michelle Wilson
Gregory Wisian
Edward Wolcott
William Wolfram Jr.
David Wright
Yao Zhang

The Alexander Holley Society ($1,000)

The Alexander Holley Society was established in 2011 in honor of Alexander Lyman Holley (1832–1882), a mechanical engineer who helped found ASME and revolutionized steel production in the United States. It recognizes the leadership of individuals who make an annual commitment of $1,000 or more to the ASME Foundation.

Frank Adamek
Michael Adams
Mahesh Aggarwal
Annemarie Appleton
Shorya Awtar
Bala Balachandran
Kenneth Balkey
Zdenek Bazant
Reuben Bell
Taira Bell
Sidney Bernsen
Lisa Bessler
Andrew Bicos
Gautam Biswas
Keith Bloesch
Daisie Boettner
Betty Bowersox
Gwendolyn Boyd
Stephen Brunkhorst
Jian Cao
Keyanna Conner
Bonnie Costabile
Thomas Costabile
Joseph Davidson
Lynden Davis
Peter DeMarco
Warren DeVries
Nicole Dyess
Todd Fernstrum
Alvin Filstrup
Mark Finley
James Froula
Robert Gao
Robert Giardina
Brent Gilliland
Alicia Grant
John Greaney
Thomas Greider
Robert Grimes
Kalan Guiley
Krishna Gupta
Michele Hagans
John Hallquist
Artis Hampshire-Cowan
John Hasselmann
Bob Hauck
Elizabeth Hedden
Mahantesh Hiremath
Freeman Hrabowski
Haiyan Hu
Patricia Hunt
Susan Ipri Brown
Eric James
Jennifer Jewers Bowlin
Barbara Johnson
Erik Johnson
Michael Johnson
Wayne Johnson
Robert Keating
Madiha Kotb
Ritesh Lakhkar
Karen Lee
Calvin Mackie
Y. Mai
Tobi Majekodunmi
Robert Manross
Richard Marboe
Donald Marshall
Camelia Mazard
Helen Mearns
Thomas Meehan
Keith Miles
Joseph Milton
Thomas Mowry
Jayathi Murthy
J Myers
Sreekant Narumanchi
Jessica Oakes
Jared Oehring
Karen Ohland
John Olin
Gary Park
Jeffrey Patterson
Henry Peelle
Thomas Pestorius
Richard Phillips
Jean Marie Pintus
William Racine
Devesh Ranjan
Guruswami Ravichandran
Ryan Reardon
Kevin Reedy
Michael Reedy
K. Keith Roe
Boris Rubinsky
Steven Rutter
Luis San Andres
Douglas Scarth
A Edward Scherer
Anand Sethupathy
Ting-Leung Sham
Terry Shoup
Carmen Sidbury
J Robert Sims
Robert Skaggs
Susan Skemp
Janay Smith
Sonya Smith
Fotis Sotiropoulos
Nancy Sottos
Walter Sperko
Scott Stallard
John Swanson
Samuel Thomas
David Thompson
John Thompson
Robert Tzou
Patrick Vieth
Stephanie Viola
Thomas Washburn
Dawn White
John Wiechel
David Wing
Justin Young
Sam Zamrik
Mohamed Zarrugh

The Lewis Howard Latimer Society ($10,000–$24,999)

Inventor and engineer Lewis Howard Latimer was born to parents who had fled slavery. Latimer learned the art of mechanical drawing while working at a patent firm. Over the course of his career as a draftsman, Latimer worked closely with Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, in addition to designing his own inventions.

Frank Adamek
Mostafa Aghazadeh
Kenneth & Ruth Anne Balkey
Sidney Bernsen
Lisa Bessler
Gwendolyn Boyd
Elah Bozorg-Grayel
Thomas & Bonnie Costabile
Lynden Davis
Philip DiVietro
Paul Drouin
Gerry Eisenberg
Jeanette Graham
Bob Hauck
Jennifer Jewers Bowlin
Robert Keating
Karen Lee
Shuji Nakamura
Jared Oehring
Thomas & Ruth Pestorius
Keith & Elizabeth Roe
Anand Sethupathy
Terry & Betsy Shoup
John Swanson
Patrick Vieth
John Wiechel
Huayong Yang

The Lillian Moller Gilbreth Society ($25,000–$99,999)

One of the first female engineers, Lillian Moller Gilbreth worked with her husband, Frank, to invent ‘time and motion study,’ analyzing ways to make industrial processes, office tasks, and housework more efficient, reduce human error, and enhance the safety and satisfaction of workers. Gilbreth became the first female engineering professor at Purdue University. In 1965, Gilbreth was the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Kenneth Balkey
Thomas & Bonnie Costabile
Gerry Eisenberg
Bryan Erler
Keith & Elizabeth Roe
John Swanson
Mary Anna Wilson

The James Watt Society ($100,000–$499,999)

James Watt was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen’s 1712 Newcomen steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.

Zdenek Bazant
Richard Goldstein
Edward Grood
Keith & Elizabeth Roe

The Kate Gleason Society ($500,000–$999,999)

Known for several engineering and business firsts including: first female member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, first female president of a national bank, first woman appointed as the receiver of a bankrupt company and first female member of the American Concrete Institute. She was the first woman to be admitted to study engineering at Cornell University.

John Swanson

The George Westinghouse Society ($1m+)

George Westinghouse is best known for inventing an air brake system that made railroads safer and promoting alternating current technology, which revolutionized the world’s light and power industries. George Westinghouse was one of the most prolific inventors and businessmen of the Industrial Revolution. After serving in the Union Army and Navy, he patented several devices, particularly for railroads. He would eventually start the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company to improve alternating current (AC) power generators.

John Swanson

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