George Washington Medal
The Club has been awarding the Washington Medal since 1967 for outstanding contribution to technological progress through engineering management. Traditionally, recognition has been given for technical work; the Club had decided that engineers were contributing to industry in roles far beyond their original technical and scientific endeavors. The George Washington Medal is awarded to an individual for outstanding contribution to technological progress through engineering management and for exemplary support of such technological progress by key decision-makers outside the engineering field. While technological progress is frequently a team effort there is usually an individual who was key in managing the overall effort. It is for this effort that the award is presented.
Past Recipients
1967 Samuel S. Baxter
1968 George E. Beggs, Jr.
1969 Roy G. Rincliffe
1970 Francis G. Tatnall
1971 Chalmer G. Kirkbride
1972 Walter M. Golaski
1973 Roy F. Weston
1974 James L. Everett
1975 Walter H. Herman
1976 Harold E. Vann
1977 Carmen F. Guarino
1978 Samuel T. Hudson
1979 John L. Rumpf
1980 Harry R. Halloran
1981 Richard E. Woodring
1982 Vincent S. Boyer
1983 John J. Lotz
1984 Joseph M. Deveraux
1985 August D. Pistilli
1987 Lewis A. Caccese
1988 Richard A. Mulford
1992 Hank Rowan
1996 C. R. “Chuck” Pennoni
1997 Joseph Bordogna
1999 Constantine N. Papadakis
2005 Harry M. Perks
2006 Lawrence M. Moy
2011 Greg, Keith, Barry and Ray Bentley*
2013 Ed Rendell
2014 Krishna P. Singh
2018 John Grady
*The leadership provided by Greg, Ray, Barry, and Keith Bentley, while more than one person, is different from any other type of team effort, and so it was only fitting that all four be presented with the medal.