The Presidential Citation is a non-competitive award presented by the SME President to recognize an individual or group for achieving goals that strengthen SME through activities including growing SME membership, developing sustainable service projects, giving to the SME Foundation, and building awareness of SME in their local community.
Past Award Recipients
- 2023 – David R. Hammond, Ph.D.
- 2023 – Steven J. Schafrik
- 2023 – J. Eric Shereda
- 2022 – James R. Wickens
- 2022 – Robert J. F. Goodfellow
- 2021 – William W. Edgerton
- 2020 – C. Dale Elifrits
- 2020 – David R. Shaddrick
- 2020 – Kimberly F. Morrison
- 2019 – Barb Filas
- 2019 – Marc LeVier
- 2019 – Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
- 2018 – Chee Theng
- 2018 – Mary M. Poulton
- 2018 – Thomas A. Hethmon
- 2018 – Bruce E. Huber
- 2017 – Douglass Scott Barr
- 2017 – Charles Fairhurst
- 2017 – Abani R. Samal
- 2016 – Harry M. Parker
- 2016 – Mark N. Savit
- 2015 – WAAIME
- 2015 – John O. Marsden
- 2014 – Hugh B. Miller & Courtney Young
- 2013 – Stanley T. Krukowski
- 2013 – Robert V. Washnock
- 2013 – Robert J. Pruett
- 2013 – John N. Murphy
- 2012 – Richard Whiting
- 2012 – Red Conger
- 2012 – Gary Skaggs
- 2011 – Steve Gardner
- 2011 – Rick Lambert
- 2011 – Pam Wilkinson
- 2011 – Mike Sheahan
- 2011 – Mary Korpi
- 2011 – Marie Patterson
- 2011 – Karynne Morgan
- 2011 – John Wiltshire
- 2011 – Gen Bodnar
- 2011 – Charles Morgan
- 2011 – Angie Harmon
- 2010 – Michael Korb
- 2010 – Jessica Elzea Kogel
- 2010 – Hassan El-Shall
- 2010 – Gary Huber
- 2009 – George Richardson
- 2009 – Deborah Sheilds
- 2009 – Dayan Anderson
- 2009 – Carol Russell
- 2009 – Bill Hancock
- 2008 – Raja V. Ramani
- 2008 – Joseph M. Driscoll
- 2008 – Courtney A. Young
- 2007 – S. Komar Kawatra
- 2007 – Robert S. Shoemaker
- 2006 – Nikhil Trivedi
- 2006 – K. Marc LeVier
- 2006 – John N. Murphy
- 2005 – Randall Weeks
- 2005 – Daniel T. Eyde
- 2004 – Raymond L. Lowrie
- 2004 – Jean-Michel M. Rendu
- 2003 – John J. Orologio
- 2002 – Drew A. Meyer
- 2002 – David D. Lauriski
- 2001 – Leonard Harris
- 2001 – Douglas B. Silver
- 2000 – Barbara A. Filas
- 1999 – Robert E. Murray
- 1998 – James D. Mulryan
- 1997 – Lee W. Saperstein
- 1997 – Lee R. Rice
- 1997 – Dirk J. A. VanZyl
- 1996 – Theodore M. Gurr
- 1996 – Eileen Ashworth
- 1996 – Bill A. Hancock
- 1994 – Brij M. Moudgil
- 1993 – William M. Shepard
- 1993 – Donald E. Ranta
- 1992 – Jean-Michel Rendu
- 1992 – Arthur E. Schnaufer
- 1991 – T S Ary
- 1990 – Not given
- 1989 – Gordon C. Presley
- 1988 – Not given
- 1987 – Donald A. Dahlstrom
President's Citation for Local Sections
- 2023 – New York SME Section
- 2020 – Tim Alch
- 2019 – Boise SME Section
- 2018 – Not given
- 2017 – Minnesota Section of SME
- 2016 – Neil & Camille Prenn, Local Section Service
- 2015 – Ing. Romulo Mucho, Peru Section
- 2014 – Kenneth J. Reid, Minnesota Section
- 2013 – Andrea Martin, Wisconsin Section
- 2013 – Richard M. Katz, Alabama Section
- 2012 – Genevieve M. Bodnar, St. Louis Section
- 2011 – Michael C. Korb, Penn Anthracite Section
- 2010 – Rohini Sharma, Tucson Section
AIME Presidential Citation Award Winners
For more information, please contact SME at awards@smenet.org.