On November 7, a surprise presentation took place during the National Board Meeting of the ASME Auxiliary at the Congress meeting in Orlando, Fla.

Each year, all members of the ASME Board of Governors, senior vice presidents and the Auxiliary are allowed to give a Dedicated Service Award. Except for the award that the Auxiliary is allowed to give, these awards generally go to members of ASME.

Given the usual circumstances, it was a surprise and pleasure when Susan Skemp, a member of the Board of Governors, decided to give her award this year to Marcia Zwiep from the ASME Auxiliary, for her exemplary work as the president of the Auxiliary for the past two years.

This is indeed an honor, and one that Marcia was not aware of until the night before the award was presented. It was the work of Irma Bennett many years ago that allowed Auxiliary members to be considered for these awards. I am sure that on behalf of Marcia, we are all grateful to the work Irma did in this area.

The Auxiliary received a letter of appreciation from the daughter of Marge Diederich for the Farny Scholarship, which was given in her name. James Nelson, who attends Drexel University, was the recipient of this scholarship.

Since the presentations by Auxiliary members at the Spring Regional Administrative Conferences and the Regional Student Conferences were so well accepted, it was decided by the Board of the Auxiliary to continue the program that was set up by Nina Webb.

If there are any volunteers, I am sure Nina would like to hear from you. Her number is (321) 452-3717, in the winter. During the summer months, she can be reached at (706) 745-4003. She can be e-mailed anytime at jtwebb@digital.net.

— Ella Baldwin-Viereck
Auxiliary publicity chair

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