Goethals Medal

The Goethals Medal is a national award given annually by the Society of American Military Engineers to a registered engineer who is also a member of SAME prior to nomination. The nominated engineer must have made eminent and notable contributions in engineering, design, or construction in the past five years.
The award is named in honor of General George Washington Goethals, a civil engineer and United States Army officer best known for his work as Chief engineer on the Panama Canal and his service in WWI as Acting Quartermaster General.

Past award winners

1956 Dr. David B. Steinman1957 Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler1958 Col. Walker L. Cisler1959 John W. Sibert, Jr.1960 Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis III1961 Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Hayes III1962 Lt. Col. E. Robert de Luccia1963 CoI. Ralph A. Tudor1964 John P. Davis1965 Edwin E. Abbott1966 Rear Adm. Robert R. Wooding1967 Capt. Albert Rhoades Marshall1968 Col. Jerome 0. Ackerman1969 Wendell W. Ralphe1970 Dr. Arsham Amirikian1971 Robert Y. Hudson1972 Dr. Michael Yachnis1973 Robert H. Hayes1974 Col. John E. Catlin, Jr.1975 James Polk Stafford, Jr.1976 Henry W. Holiday1977 Garland L. Watts1978 Arthur Casagrande1979 E. Montford Fucik1980 Robert J. Taylor1981 Michael A. Kolessar1982 Euclid C. Moore1983 George J. Zeiler1984 Dr. Alexander G. Tarics1985 Edward Cohen1986 William L. Stevens1987 Dr. Ralph J. Portier1988 Gary S. Gasperino1989 No winner1990 Karl Rocker, Jr.1991 William A. Keenan1992 Dr. Robert D. Wolff1993 Ralph B. Snowberger1994 Eugene J. Fasullo1995 Richard E. Carlson1996 John C. Gribar1997 Lt. Col. Wendell L Barnes, USA1998 Douglas F. Burke1999 James E. Tancreto2000 Robert J. Taylor2001 Robert M. Moore2002 Arthur H. Wu, Ph.D.2003 Dennis M. Firman, P.E., ACC/CEC2004 Ralph T. Kaneshiro, P.E. 2005 Capt. Tracey J. Spielmann, P.E., USAF2006 Capt. Tracey J. Spielmann2007 Dominick M. Servedio2008 Ruben D. Cruz, Ph.D.2009 Lt. Col. Brian Files, P.E., PMP, USAF 2010 Lt. Col. Monte S. Harner, USAF2011 Col. David E. Anderson, P.E., USA2012 Capt. Martin Smith, P.E., USN 2013 CDR Matthew Beck, P.E., USCG2014 Joanie A. Campbell, P.E.2015 Cdr. Roland De Guzman, P.E., CEC, USN2016 Christine Garrett, P.E.2019 Melanie Kito, P.E.