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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.

Donald Anderson
Kenneth Balkey
Javid Bayandor
Kenneth Bean
Floyd Beine
Scott Benedict
John Bischof
Jack Blaylock
Michael Bohse
George Boyadjieff
Tamara Reid Bush
Gayle Cadwallader
Michael Cahill
David Carmon
Chandra Clouden
Brittany Coats
Stephanie Cone
James Cory
Paul Donavin
Eric and Lettie Eckberg
Kenneth Ewell
Morley Farquar
Mike Farrar
Eugene Farrell
E. Burrell Fisher
Joseph Gallagher
William Garofalo
Robert Gebbia
Guy Genin
Jacques Giovanola
Steven Girrens
Juan Mario Gomez
John Greaney
Michele J. Grimm
Changiz Habibvand
Julia Hedden
Rebecca Heise
Josh Heitsenrether
Patrick Hennessey
Jim Hoefner
R. Michael Hunt
Robert Hunt
John Jones
Roger Kamm
H. Ezzat Khalifa
Robert Klemm
Ritesh Lakhkar
Dan Lamond
Hersheng Lin
Andrea Mahoney
Andrea Mahoney
Matthew Mallet
Robert Mantz
Dana Mccallum
Steven McCracken
Suzanne McKillop
Bruce McMordie
Sanford Nobel
William Oberkampf
Richard O’Connell
Jim O’Sullivan
Nathan Palm
Gregory Paul
James Phelan
Kenneth Porter
Valentine Povinelli
J David Powell
Allian Pratt
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Jeffrey Sander
Robert Sauers
Anand Sethupathy
Robert Skaggs
Kirby Slear
Ron Smelser
Shannon Stott
Angela Stuller
Walter Taylor
Steve Teeter
Janis Terpenny
Bruce Thayer
John Tichy
Mehmet Toner
Marc Ullman
Stephanie Viola
Karen von Loesecke
Glenn Wagner
Jennifer Wayne
Thomas Weaver
James Wilson
Carla Winsor
Joseph Yurso

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.

Bala Balachandran
Jeffrey Basiliere, P. E.
Steven Bernsen
Grama Bhashyam
Daisie Boettner
Stephen Brunkhorst
Wei Chen
Naomi Chesler
Subir Chowdhury
Keyanna Conner
Spencer Daniels
Joseph Davidson
Frank Diebold
Vanzant Family
Fengzhou Fang
Diane Farrell
Jason Feldman
James Froula
Andres Garcia
William Garofalo
Qiaode Jeffrey Ge
John Georgen
Donald Glover
Thomas Greider
David Gross
Kalan Guiley
John Hasselmann
Robert Hauck
Roger Heeden
Jessie Herrera
Regina Hoffmann
Mark Ipri
Eric James
Jennifer Jewers Bowlin
Robert Keating
Catherine Klapperich
Kathleen Kosmoski
Keith Krach
Ritesh Lakhkar
George Landberg
Roxanne Laney
Justine Lease
Xingtao Liu
Hongbin Ma
Calvin Mackie
Andrea Mahoney
Robert Manross
Dale Matthews
Thomas McIlvain
Kajal Mukherjee
Victor Mullin
Bradley Norwood
Grace O’Connell
Brittany Palmer
Peter Petrillo
Allian Pratt
William Racine
John Robinson
Jay Rushing
Armistead Russell
Harry Sangree
Frank Schaaf
A Edward Scherer
Peter Senecal
Anand Sethupathy
Prashant Singh
Robert Skaggs
Bill Smith
Sonya Smith
Neal Spence
Stuart & Shirley Speyer
Alvin Spicer
Arthur Stephens
William Sterrett
Jonathan Stomberger
Howard Stone
Rick Swayne
Shigeru Takaya
Francisco Thiel
Samuel Thomas
David Thompson
John Thompson
Michael Triantafyllou
Mark Turner
Amos Turnipseed
Patrick Vieth
Stephanie Viola
Bruce Warwick
Larry Welch
Chris Wilkie
Justin Young
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.

Sasha Stone
Sheldon Sheps
Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference

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
Balwant Khurana
Melissa & Jeffrey Patterson

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.

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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