Armen named President-Nominee

Emily M. Smith
ASME NEWS

Harry Armen, P.E., who has served ASME in numerous capacities since he joined the Society 21 years ago, was chosen to be the ASME President-Nominee by the Nominating Committee.

Armen's nomination to president-nominee was made during the Summer Annual Meeting in June. His nomination will be voted on by the membership in November. His term of office will begin in June 2004.

Past President Sue Skemp, President Reginald Vachon, President-Nominee Harry Armen.

A Fellow of ASME, Armen is currently director of technology development — Airborne Early Warning and Electronic Warfare Systems at Northrup Grumman, where he has held supervisory and staff positions for 38 years. His responsibilities include the oversight of an $18 million budget and 50 employees.

Armen has been active in ASME since first becoming a member. He served on the Board of Governors for three years, from 2000-2003. Prior to his BOG service, Armen was senior vice president for the Council on Public Affairs. He had been active in CPA since 1992.

His goals as president of ASME include continuing the Society's public service that ensures the health, safety and welfare of society generally, while increasing public awareness of the contributions made by the engineering profession. Armen's other goals are increasing the value of membership, and increasing global recognition, acceptance and use of ASME codes and standards as well as its conformity assessment programs.

During his term of office, Armen said he intends to achieve those goals by ensuring a timely link between ASME's strategic planning and the budget process. He also plans to institute fiscal responsibility, accountability and consistency with ASME's vision, goals and objectives, in all matters brought to the Board of Governors.

 

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