The award is named for its first recipient, U.S. President Herbert Hoover, who was an engineer by profession. Established in 1929 to honor “great, unselfish, nontechnical services by engineers to humanity,” the award is administered by a board representing five engineering organizations: the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the American Society of Civil Engineers; the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers; and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Awarded date
2020
Degree of recognition
National/International
Granting Organizations
American Society of Mechanical Engineers/American Society of Civil Engineers/American Institute of Chemical Engineers/American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers