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ASMECreates Award in Rememberance of Patrick J. Higgins

For Immediate Release

May 6, 2003

Contact: David W. Viola, Technical Director (847) 884-9764

Schaumburg, Ill. — The ASME Council on Codes and Standards has announced that it has created an award in remembrance of Patrick J. Higgins, past vice president of the association's standardization department. Higgins had been chairman of the Main A112 Plumbing Materials and Equipment Committee for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for 18 years, and a member of ASME's Council of Codes and Standards three years. In the summer of 2001 he assumed the chair of ASME's Board of Standardization, of which he had been a member for 10 years.

The ASME Patrick Higgins Award will recognize individuals who have contributed to the enhancement of standardization through contributions to the development and promotion of ASME codes and standards or conformity assessment programs. According to ASME officials, there is currently no award to recognize achievements and contributions in codes and standards/conformity assessment fields. Recipients will receive a medal, an embossed certificate and a $1,000 honorarium, and one recipient will be chosen each year.

ASME is seeking donations to create a trust fund of $25K for the program. To make your donation, checks should be made out to "ASME - Pat Higgins Medal" and mailed to the following address: Mr. Steve Weinman, ASME, Three Park Avenue, New York NY 10016-5990.