Rep. Sherwood Boehlert honored with ASME President's Award

The Honorable Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Science Committee, received the ASME President's Award at a reception held in his honor following the Fourth Annual Engineering R&D Symposium, held last month in Washington, D.C.

The award, presented by ASME President Richard E. (Gene) Feigel, was presented to Boehlert in recognition of his leadership in advancing the science, engineering, and technology enterprise and for his years of dedicated service to the House Science Committee. Boehlert will be retiring from office this fall.

ASME President Richard E. (Gene) Feigel (left) presents the ASME President's Award to Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, chairman of the House Science Committee.

Established in 1998, the ASME President's Award provides an opportunity for the office of the president of ASME to provide special recognition to industry or to prominent individuals who have demonstrated significant contributions to the engineering profession.

Rep. Boehlert has served on the Science Committee since 1983, and was elected chairman in 2001. The Committee has jurisdiction over all federal nonmilitary science and technology research and development programs, including NASA, the National Science Foundation, and R&D initiatives within the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Commerce. He is also a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, having served as chairman of its Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment from 1995 to 2000.

Boehlert, who was elected to the House of Representatives in November 1982, joins a distinguished list of past President's Award recipients, including Sheila E. Widnall, Daniel S. Golden, Dean Kamen, Shirley Ann Jackson, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Westinghouse Electric Co., among others.

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