C.I.A. CHIEF HONORED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000101050001-0
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2014
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 2, 1964
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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frorcrt iv THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
UNITED ENGINEERING CENTER / 345 EAST 47TH STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
Contact: A.J. Lazarus
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757 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
212 MU 8-6900
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FOR RELEASE A.M. DECEMBER 3 1964
C.I.A. CHIEF HONORED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
McCone Awarded Hoover Medal For Community, Government Contributions
New York, New York -- John A. McCone, Director, Central Intelligence
Agency, was awarded today the Hoover Medal at the 1964 Winter Annual
Meeting of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
The medal, given for outstanding contributions in public service,
reflects the humanitarian efforts of the first recipient of the award,
Herbert Hoover.
The award is jointly sponsored by The American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, The Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers,
The American Society of Civil Engineers and The American Institute of
Mining Engineers.
Past recipients of the Hoover Medal include General Dwight D.
Eisenhower, James R. Killian, Jr., Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., and Charles F.
Kettering. ?
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Honorary membership in ASME was conferred by the Society on
Jacob P. Den Hartog, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T.;
.Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; James N. Landis, Vice President, Bechtel Corporation,
and Glenn B. Warren, a consulting engineer.
Allan Howard, General Manager, Gas Turbine Department, General
Electric Company was awarded the 1964 ASME Medal for his outstanding
accomplishments in gas turbine technology as engineer, pioneer and
manager.
The 85th Winter Annual Meeting of The American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, held at the Statler Hilton Hotel, is the largest technical
meeting of its kind in the United States. Subjects ranging from rocketry
and underwater technology to air pollution and education make it the
most comprehensive technical meeting ever held by the ASME.
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