NSF's Bordogna to be first recipient of the ASME JJCCI Medal

Mary James Legatski
ASME Leadership and Diversity

Joseph Bordogna, former deputy director and chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation, has been selected as the first recipient of the ASME Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Inc. Medal. The award will be presented to Bordogna at the Honors Assembly during the Congress on Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Orlando, Fla.

Joseph Bordogna

The ASME JJCCI Medal recognizes outstanding contributions by an individual, company, government entity, school, or other organization toward developing and implementing practices, processes and programs that value and strategically manage diversity and inclusiveness. Bordogna is being recognized for his commitment to diversity in engineering education and within the engineering profession.

Recipients of the medal also receive a certificate and honorarium of $1,000. In addition, their travel expenses are reimbursed, in accordance with ASME Policy P-4.5.

The Center for Leadership and Diversity encourages all ASME members to nominate candidates for the 2006 award. The ASME JJCCI Nominations Committee must receive nomination packages no later than Feb. 1, 2006.

Information on the award is available at www.asme.org/communities/diversities/bdo/JJCCIMedal.htm and www.asme.org/honors/ms71/saa/johnson.html, or by contacting Mary James Legatski at legatskim@asme.org.

 

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