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Hoover Medal
The
Hoover
Medal
is an American engineering
prize
.
It has been given since
1930
for "outstanding extra-career
services
by
engineers
to humanity". The prize is given jointly by the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
,
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
,
American Society of Civil Engineers
,
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
, and
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
, which administers it. It is named for
Herbert Hoover
, the first recipient, who was an
engineer
by
profession
.
Past
recipients
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