Who Selects ASME Honors Recipients?
The ASME Committee on Honors nominates the candidates for Honorary Membership and the ASME Medal to the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors, by unanimous vote, selects recipients of Honorary Membership and the ASME Medal. By direct delegation of the authority of the Board of Governors, the ASME Committee on Honors selects the recipients of all other ASME honors and awards. For general achievement and literature awards, the General Awards Committee nominates the candidates to the ASME Committee on Honors for selection. For each special award, the relevant award committee nominates candidates to the ASME Committee on Honors for selection. In general the Committee on Honors has the right of veto or of choice but not the right of substitution for candidates who have been nominated by the General Awards Committee or Special Award Committees.
