ASME Scrapbook: Heritage Day Dinner

In conjunction with the Board of Governors Meeting, ASME celebrated Heritage Day on April 7, 2005, at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, where ASME met 125 years ago. Presentations included the Ralph Coats Roe Medal to Win Phillips, the Modern History Project transcripts to the Board of Governors, and the ASME President's Award to Stephen Tritch of Westinghouse. Stevens' Lifetime Achievement Award went to William Cuming. Johnathan Macy accepted, on behalf of Becton Dickinson, the Stevens Award for Excellence and Extraordinary Contributions in the field of mechanical engineering. (Also see Day 2: Romanian Orchestra of Engineers)

April 7, Heritage Day: (left to right) Mary Eleanor Vachon, ASME past president Reginald Vachon, Stevens' president Harold Raveché, ASME president Harry Armen, ASME president-elect Gene Fiegel.		April 7, Heritage Day: Professor Constantin Chassapis, Stevens' director of mechanical engineering
Presentation of plaque recognizing ASME at Stevens in 1880: Stevens' president Harold Raveché, ASME president Harry Armen, Dean George Korfiatis, and Prof. Constantin Chassapis.		Harry Armen with ASME Life Fellow Albertus E. Schmidlin, Stevens' alumnus who has been a member of ASME for 66 years.
Clockwise: Susan Macy, Johnathan Macy, Martin Coyne, Shelby Coyne, Stephen Tritch, Mrs. Raveché, Harold Raveché, Voichita Ghenghea, Petru Ghenghea, Harry Armen, Mary Armen.		Stevens' president Harold Raveché, Edward F. Egan (Stevens' class of 1940 and member of ASME for 65 years), and ASME past president Reginald Vachon.
ASME History and Heritage member and past president Paul Torpey presented archival transcripts of the Modern History Project to Harry Armen.		Past president Winfred Phillips received the 2005 Ralph Coats Roe Medal, named for the father of Stevens' alumnus (ASME past president) Kenneth Roe.
Chief executive of Westinghouse Stephen Tritch accepted the 2005 President's Award from Harry Armen.		Maestro Petru Ghenghea, founder of the Romanian Orchestra of Engineers, with Harry Armen.
DAY 2, April 8: The Romanian Orchestra of Engineers performs at DeBaun Auditorium, where ASME held its first meeting in 1880.
		Seated from left, clockwise: Nancy Deloye Fitzroy, John R. Parker, Marilyn Parker, Phyllis Torpey, Paul Torpey, Winfred Phillips, Elizabeth Capaldi, William Wieblen, and Eileen Wieblen.