Past President Zamrik to be Honored by University of Texas

Later this month, Sam Y. Zamrik, immediate past president of ASME, will be inducted by the University of Texas at Austin into its Mechanical Engineering Hall of Fame. Zamrik is one of eight engineers to receive various honors at the university’s Mechanical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni Ceremony, which will take place on Oct. 24.

Sam Y. Zamrik

Zamrik, who received bachelor’s degrees in both mathematics and mechanical engineering from the University of Texas, will be named to the Hall of Fame for his sustained and meritorious contributions to engineering and engineering management. He will receive a framed certificate at the dinner, and he will be added to a Mechanical Engineering Academy wall of honor, which is currently under construction.

Zamrik is a technical consultant and professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University. In addition to serving as ASME president from 2007–2008, Zamrik was a member of the Board of Governors from 2002–2005, and a vice president of the Materials and Structures Group from 1998–2001. Zamrik, an ASME Fellow, was also active in the Society’s Continuity and Change initiative and chaired both the Project Management and Reorganization Review Teams for the project. He has been an ASME member since 1974.

ASME Life Member Eric L. Jones, vice president of SSM Venture Partners in Austin, will also be named to the Mechanical Engineering Hall of Fame at the ceremony. Jones has been an ASME member since 1958.

Other honorees at the alumni ceremony will include Walt Benson, who will receive the Mechanical Engineering Honorary Engineering Award, and Suman Das and Karen L. Nyberg, who are being honored as Outstanding Young Mechanical Engineers. In addition, Richard D. Relyea and Douglas J. Suttles will be recognized as Distinguished Mechanical Engineers during the ceremony, and Katherine M. Pearsall will be named a charter member of the academy.

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