Widera Receives Award

Sam Zamrick (left), 2007-2008 ASME president,
congratulates Dr. G. E. Otto Widera (center)
as he receives the 2009 ASME Dedicated Service Award
from ASME president Amos Holt (right)

Dr. G. E. Otto Widera, professor of mechanical engineering, received the 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Dedicated Service Award for its Pressure Vessels and Piping (PVP) Division at the recent division conference in Prague, Czech Republic.  

In 1983, the ASME Board of Governors established this award to honor “unusual dedicated voluntary service to the Society marked by outstanding performance, demonstrated effective leadership, prolonged and committed service, devotion, enthusiasm and faithfulness.” 
Dr. Widera is a former ASME vice president and has served on the Council on Engineering and the Board on Pressure Technology Codes and Standards.  He was the recipient of the 1995 PVP medal for lifetime achievement and currently serves as editor of the Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology. 

Congratulations, Dr. Widera, on this recognition of your outstanding work for ASME and your profession.