125 years of contributions by ASME earns Congressional acknowledgment

The contributions made by ASME during its 125 years of existence received Congressional recognition earlier this year.

A resolution acknowledging ASME and its contributions passed the U.S. Senate on Feb. 15. The same resolution was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 2.

The full text of the resolution is as follows:

S. Con. Res. 13; Concurent Resolution

Whereas in 2005, ASME, incorporated in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, celebrates its 125th anniversary as one of the premier professional organizations focused on technical, educational, and research issues of the engineering community;

Whereas ASME plays a key role in protecting the welfare and safety of the public through the development and promulgation of over 600 codes and standards, including codes governing the manufacture of boilers, pressure vessels, elevators, escalators, petroleum and hazardous liquid pipelines, cranes, forklifts, power tools, screw threads and fasteners, and many other products routinely used by industry and people in the United States and around the world;

Whereas ASME, through its 120,000 members, works diligently to ensure the provision of quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education for young people as a way to foster and encourage the advancement of technology;

Whereas industrial pioneers and ASME members, such as Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and George Westinghouse, helped to build ASME's engineering society even as ASME was helping to build the economy of the United States;

Whereas ASME members help to ensure the development and operation of quality and technologically advanced transportation systems, including automobile, rail, and air travel;
Whereas ASME members contribute to research and development that identifies emerging and future technical needs in evolving and multidisciplinary areas;

Whereas ASME continues to provide quality continuing education programs designed to keep engineers at the cutting edge of technology; and;

Whereas in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the United States of Sept. 11, 2001, ASME members have intensified efforts to develop technologies for homeland security and the protection of the critical assets of this Nation:

Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the Congress — (1) congratulates ASME on its 125th anniversary; (2) recognizes and celebrates the achievements of all ASME members; (3) expresses the gratitude of the people of the United States for ASME's contributions to the health, safety, and economic well-being of the citizenry; and (4) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the president of ASME.

 

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