New Archimedes Club members welcomed at the Congress

Judith Kearney
ASME Foundation

At its annual reception preceding the opening of Congress, the Archimedes Club will formally welcome a number of new members. Formed in 2003, the Archimedes Club honors individuals who have made a planned gift to the ASME Foundation. To date, more than 50 gifts have been committed to the Foundation.

Joining Terry and Betsy Shoup and John and Janet Swanson as they are inducted into the Archimedes Club on Nov. 4 will be Keith and Ruth Thayer, Alma Martinez Fallon, Betty Bowersox, and Sam and Myrna Zamrik.

These donors have chosen to make a gift to the ASME Foundation to help ensure the future of ASME and the profession of mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering. Each of them has expressed their gratitude for all that ASME has given them, both personally and professionally, and the desire to help make that happen for a new generation of engineers.

Gift-planning vehicles used by these newest donors vary from the gift of a life insurance policy to a more complex method, a charitable remainder annuity trust.

New Archimedes Club member Alma Martinez Fallon employed a third approach — a simple bequest in her will. "I named The ASME Foundation as a beneficiary in my will," she said. "It was easy to do, and gratifying to me to know that I am leaving behind a legacy to an organization that has given me so much."

Planned gifts become the platform for the activities of the ASME Foundation. Through the generosity of these donors, the Foundation awards student scholarships, funds projects and programs of the Society through Foundation grants, and supports the Honors and Awards program in recognizing excellence in the profession. These activities help ensure that the best and brightest students advance in their engineering careers, that programs are available through ASME to help engineers on a more advanced level continue to hone their skills, and that achievement is recognized and celebrated.

The world needs engineers. That's why The ASME Foundation is committed to the future of the mechanical engineering profession.

To find out more about the ASME Foundation, visit http://foundation.asme.org.

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