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The ASME Foundation supports next generation engineers through proven and powerful 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 Foundation’s Giving Societies, you build an enduring legacy and empower the next generation of engineers. Your gift supports ASME Foundation programs that inspire ideas, ignite passion, and develop future engineering leaders.

Change Makers Circle

Established in 2024, the Change Makers Circle is a giving society named for donors who are committed to supporting change through monthly sustainer giving.

Robert Appleby
William Bobco
David Bradfield
Susan Ipri Brown
Gretchen Crutchfield
Jamie Gonzalez
Nicole Dyess
Dorothy Keskitalo
Richard Kovacs
A.J. McPhate
Keith Miles
James Peterson
Ryan Reardon
Karen Russo
Anand Sethupathy
Mary Grace Stefanchik
James Strunk
David Wright

The Thomas Edison Society ($250–$999)

Established in 2019, The Edison Society 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 gifts of $250 or more during a single fiscal year to the ASME Foundation.

James Amy
Donald Anderson
Iana Aranda
Kate Ascher
Sabiheh Askari Sobbi
Clyde Babcock
Kenneth Balkey
Oscar Barton
Carlos Beatty
Floyd Beine
Scott Benedict
John Bischof
Jack Blaylock
Michael Bohse
George Boyadjieff
David Bradfield
Gayle Cadwallader
Michael Cahill
Christopher Cantrell
David Carmon
Arin M. Ceglia
James Cory
L. Berkley Davis
Paul Donavin
Nicole Dyess
Eric and Lettie Eckberg
Kenneth Ewell
Morley Farquar
Mike Farrar
Joseph Gallagher
Robert Gebbia
Guy Genin
Jacques Giovanola
Steven Girrens
Juan Mario Gomez
Jeannette Graham
Timothy Graves
John Greaney
Changiz Habibvand
Julia Hedden
Josh Heitsenrether
Patrick Hennessey
Jim Hoefner
R. Michael Hunt
Robert Hunt
Dr. Clifford Janey
Jennifer Jewers Bowlin
John Jones
Roger Kamm
Austin Keller
Katie Kermaani
H. Ezzat Khalifa
Robert Klemm
Seid Koric
Ritesh Lakhkar
Dan Lamond
Hersheng Lin
Mary Grace Luke-Stefanchik
Andrea Mahoney
Heather Malikowski
Robert Mantz
Alexander Marrero Laureano
Alma Martinez Fallon
Dana Mccallum
Suzanne McKillop
Tara McMahan
Bruce McMordie
Gary Menin
Arden Moore
Jon Moser
Mary and Ronald Moya
Ross Mudrick
Caroline Naggiar
William J. Nareski
Sanford Nobel
Richard O’Connell
Jim O’Sullivan
William Oberkampf
Jared Oehring
Karen Ohland
Yuichi Oishi
Nathan Palm
Jeffrey Patterson
Gregory Paul
James Phelan
Kenneth Porter
Valentine Povinelli
Allian Pratt
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
A. Thomas Roberts
Samantha Sanders
Christian Sanna
Robert Sauers
Brittany Schneider
Daniel Schneider
Roy Schwartz
Anand Sethupathy
Daniel Silver
Robert Skaggs
Ron Smelser
Tara Smith
David Soukup
Angela Stuller
Sai Suresh
Walter Taylor
Janis Terpenny
Bruce Thayer
John Tichy
Mehmet Toner
Marc Ullman
Michael Vardaro
Stephen Vasconi
Matthew Vazquez
Stephanie Viola
Glenn Wagner
Thomas Weaver
Neil Yeoh
Joseph Yurso
Jean Zu

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.

Kai-nan An
Bala Balachandran
Jeffrey Basiliere, P. E.
Steven Bernsen
Andrew Bicos
Keith Bloesch
Daisie Boettner
Patsy Brackin
Rodney & Carolyn Brady Foundation
Stephen Brunkhorst
Wei Chen
Naomi Chesler
Ayman Cheta
Subir Chowdhury
Chandra Clouden
Robin Coger
Keyanna Conner
Thomas Costabile
James Creel
Joseph Davidson
William Day
Philip DeAngelo
Warren DeVries
Sam DuRard
Leslie Ezerski
Vanzant Family
Fengzhou Fang
Diane Farrell
C Freeman
Anne Freeman
James Froula
Andres Garcia
William Garofalo
Qiaode Jeffrey Ge
John Georgen
Donald Glover
Thomas Greider
David Gross
Kalan Guiley
John Hasselmann
Robert Hauck
Jessie Herrera
Mark Ipri
Susan Ipri Brown
Eric James
Jennifer Jewers Bowlin
Robert Keating
Kathleen Kosmoski
Keith Krach
Jason Kraus
Roxanne Laney
Thomas Litzinger
Xingtao Liu
Hongbin Ma
Calvin Mackie
Andrea Mahoney
Robert Manross
Roy Mansell
Dale Matthews
Thomas McIlvain
Thomas Meehan
Monica Moman-Saunders, PE
Kajal Mukherjee
Victor Mullin
Bradley Norwood
Jared Oehring
Brittany Palmer
Peter Petrillo
Frederich Pfeiffer
Allian Pratt
William Racine
Christine Reilley
Joseph Rencis
John Robinson
K.Keith Roe & Elizabeth Roe Foundation
Dolors Rosado
Jay Rushing
Armistead Russell
Harry Sangree
Frank Schaaf
A Edward Scherer
Kate Schumacher
Peter Senecal
Anand Sethupathy
Prashant Singh
Robert Skaggs
Dila Sklrelja
Sonya Smith
Bill Smith
Neal Spence
Stuart & Shirley Speyer
Alvin Spicer
Arthur Stephens
William Sterrett
Jonathan Stomberger
Howard Stone
Lester Su
Rick Swayne
Shigeru Takaya
Samuel Thomas
David Thompson
John Thompson
Michael Triantafyllou
Mark Turner
Michael Van Brunt
Patrick Vieth
Stephanie Viola
Bruce Warwick
Aaron Weinerman
Larry Welch
Chris Wilkie
Neil Wilmshurst
Scott Wolfe
Sam Zamrik
Stephen Zawadzki

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.

Susan Margulies

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.

Susan Ipri Brown

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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