Past Presidents Commend ASME Staff Members for their Efforts in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy

Past Presidents Commend ASME Staff Members for their Efforts in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy Past Presidents Commend ASME Staff Members for their Efforts in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy (From left) ASME Past Presidents Reginald Vachon, Richard Goldstein and Harry Armen during the plaque presentation at ASME Headquarters in New York.At a special presentation at ASME Headquarters in New York, ASME Past Presidents Reginald Vachon, Harry Armen and Richard Goldstein presented ASMEs staff with a plaque recognizing staff members dedication to the Society and to their colleagues in the days following Hurricane Sandys landfall in the U.S. Northeast last autumn.During the presentation, which took place a common area of the new Headquarters called The Hub on March 14, Vachon said that the Committee on Past Presidents had decided at the 2012 ASME Congress in Houston that they wanted to do something to honor the Societys staff members, who had successfully kept two key Society meetings - the Congr ess as well as the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code meeting in Phoenix - on schedule even though both took place just days after the hurricane hit.We wanted to make sure that your outstanding efforts were not unappreciated or unnoticed by the Committee on Past Presidents, Vachon said.In addition to recognizing the staffs dedication to successfully carrying out the two meetings, Vachon said that the plaque also honored the staffs heartwarming and heartfelt action to raise more than $78,000 to support your fellow colleagues. ASME staff members contributed $78,550 to the Staff Helping Staff Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund that was established shortly after the New York office reopened in early November.