McHugh trust to benefit ASME Foundation

David J. Soukup
ASME Operations

The family of the late James H. McHugh recently announced that he included the ASME Foundation in a charitable remainder annuity trust.

McHugh was the civilian administrator in charge of the design drafting school at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Ill., at the time of his retirement in 1990. He died in 2002.

In 1956, he joined ASME as a student member at Kansas State University, where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering. McHugh also worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, LFM Atchison Division of Rockwell, Lear Jet, the U.S. Army Tank Auto Command and Boeing.

Since the ASME Foundation was founded in 1987, it has received more than $1.5 million in bequests. The 36 members of the more recently formed ASME Archimedes Club have made planned gifts valued at nearly $2 million.

During his life, McHugh held a number of patents, including a design for a run-flat tire. His niece, Melissa Von Renbow, said, "He felt strongly about being an engineer, which is apparent from his long career in engineering, and this would be the reason for his generous bequest to your foundation."

Among his hobbies was art, and he took advantage of his proximity to the University of Illinois by taking courses in the field there. His nephew, Eric Forster, recalled, "My uncle was a lifetime lover of art. His interest in engineering and art was typified by a painting that he did for me of fighter jets in the air."

Charitable remainder annuity trusts allow one to designate more than one beneficiary. In McHugh's case, in addition to the ASME Foundation, he included the Wichita Art Association and the Kansas City Art Institute in his will.

To find out how giving through the ASME Foundation and Archimedes Club can work for you, contact Warren Leonard at leonardw@asme.org or visit the Web at www.foundation.asme.org.

 

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