Goethals Medal

The Goethals Medal is a national award given annually by the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) to a registered engineer who is also a member of SAME prior to nomination. The nominated engineer must have made eminent and notable contributions in engineering, design, or construction in the past five years.

The award is named in honor of General George Washington Goethals, a civil engineer and United States Army officer best known for his work as Chief engineer on the Panama Canal and his service in WWI as Acting Quartermaster General.Scientific and Technical Societies of the United States and Canada. (1961) - Canada, p355.McCullough, David (1977), The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914, New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 505-508.

Past award winners

1956 Dr. David B. Steinman 1957 Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler 1958 Col. Walker L. Cisler 1959 John W. Sibert, Jr. 1960 Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis III 1961 Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Hayes III 1962 Lt. Col. E. Robert de Luccia 1963 CoI. Ralph A. Tudor 1964 John P. Davis 1965 Edwin E. Abbott 1966 Rear Adm. Robert R. Wooding 1967 Capt. Albert Rhoades Marshall 1968 Col. Jerome 0. Ackerman 1969 Wendell W. Ralphe 1970 Dr. Arsham Amirikian 1971 Robert Y. Hudson 1972 Dr. Michael Yachnis 1973 Robert H. Hayes 1974 Col. John E. Catlin, Jr. 1975 James Polk Stafford, Jr. 1976 Henry W. Holiday 1977 Garland L. Watts 1978 Arthur Casagrande 1979 E. Montford Fucik 1980 Robert J. Taylor 1981 Michael A. Kolessar 1982 Euclid C. Moore 1983 George J. Zeiler 1984 Dr. Alexander G. Tarics 1985 Edward Cohen 1986 William L. Stevens 1987 Dr. Ralph J. Portier 1988 Gary S. Gasperino 1989 No winner 1990 Karl Rocker, Jr. 1991 William A. Keenan 1992 Dr. Robert D. Wolff 1993 Ralph B. Snowberger 1994 Eugene J. Fasullo 1995 Richard E. Carlson 1996 John C. Gribar 1997 Lt. Col. Wendell L Barnes, USA 1998 Douglas F. Burke 1999 James E. Tancreto 2000 Robert J. Taylor 2001 Robert M. Moore 2002 Arthur H. Wu, Ph.D. 2003 Dennis M. Firman, P.E., ACC/CEC 2004 Ralph T. Kaneshiro, P.E. 2005 Capt. Tracey J. Spielmann, P.E., USAF 2006 Capt. Tracey J. Spielmann 2007 Dominick M. Servedio 2008 Ruben D. Cruz, Ph.D. 2009 Lt. Col. Brian Files, P.E., PMP, USAF (Ret.) 2010 Lt. Col. Monte S. Harner, USAF 2011 Col. David E. Anderson, P.E., USA 2012 Capt. Martin Smith, P.E., USN (Ret.) 2013 CDR Matthew Beck, P.E., USCG 2014 Joanie A. Campbell, P.E. 2015 Cdr. Roland De Guzman, P.E., CEC, USN 2016 Christine Garrett, P.E. 2019 Melanie Kito, P.E.

Goethals Medal

Bron en licentie