ASME NEWS Online -- July 2005

The Online Newspaper of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Vol. 24 No. 7/July 2005

Feigel takes over as the Society's 124th president
Last month, Richard E. (Gene) Feigel last month took the helm as ASME's 124th president. The installation took place during the summer annual meeting. Read more.

Shoup to become president in '06
Terry E. Shoup was chosen last month as ASME's president-nominee, effectively becoming its 125th president when he takes office next June. Read more.

Armen thanks colleagues
Harry Armen stepped down as ASME president last month at ASME's summer annual meeting, after his one-year term, expressing his deep gratitude to his volunteer and staff colleagues. Read More.

South Carolina lifts 30-year opposition to ASME Boiler Code
The act, S.581, became effective May 18. Read More.

China Office Opens in Beijing

U.S. Ambassador to China Clark T. Randt Jr. (third from left) attends the May office opening of the Consortium for Standards and Conformity Assessment in Beijing. With Randt are (from left) Red Caveney, API president and CEO; ASME President Gene Feigel; James A. Thomas, president and CEO of ASTM International; Spencer Grieco, vice president, Standards, CSA America; and Chris R. Lanzit, executive director of CSCA. For details, visit www.asmenews.org/latebreaking.

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