ASME Presents Presidents Award to Sen. Lamar Alexander

ASME Presents President's Award to Sen. Lamar Alexander ASME Presents President's Award to Sen. Lamar Alexander ASME President Marc W. Goldsmith (left) presents Senator Lamar Alexander with the Society's President's Award. A month ago, U.S. Congressperson Lamar Alexander (R-TN), a firm promoter of national science and innovation programs and persuasive figure behind the America COMPETES Act, was respected as the most recent beneficiary of ASME's renowned President's Award. ASME President Marc W. Goldsmith introduced the honor to Alexander following the Republican representative's comments to the Society's 2013 Engineering Public Policy Symposium hung on April 23 in Washington, D.C. The honor refers to Alexander for initiative in propelling the building, science and innovation endeavor which is so fundamental to this country. Sen. Alexander assisted with composing the America COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science) Act of 2007 and was instrumental in its reauthorization in 2010. Among various endeavors supporting science and innovation, Alexander made sure about crisis financing to proceed with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Project. He was named the 2008 Champion of Science by the Science Coalition. Built up in 1998, the ASME President's Award is introduced to people and organizations who have exhibited noteworthy commitments to the building calling. Sen. Alexander joins a recognized gathering of past beneficiaries, including previous NASA director Daniel S. Goldin; Dean Kaman, the author of For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST); Westinghouse Electric Company; U.S. Maritime Academy, and the Apollo 11 space travelers, among others.