Thornton to receive Hoover Medal.Dr. Charles H. Thornton, P.E., cochairman of The Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc., has been selected to receive the prestigious Hoover Medal at the Honorary Membership Luncheon during the American Society of Civil Engineers “ASCE” redirects here. For the Nigerian stock exchange, see Abuja Securities and Commodities Exchange. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. (ASCE ASCE abbr. American Society of Civil Engineers ) Annual Convention on Nov. 6 at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. Hoover Medal recipients are selected by representatives from five national engineering societies that comprise the Hoover Medal Board of Award (American Society of Civil Engineers; American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers; American Institute of Chemical Engineers The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) is a professional organization for chemical engineers.[1] AIChE was established in 1908 with the purpose of establishing chemical engineers as a profession independent from chemists and mechanical ; American Society of Mechanical Engineers (body) American Society of Mechanical Engineers - (ASME) A group involved in CAD standardisation. ; and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e ). The Hoover Medal, founded in 1929, was established to recognize distinguished public service by engineers to humanity. Previous Hoover Medal recipients include President Dwight D. Eisenhower and President Jimmy Carter, both engineers. Thornton has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in civil engineering, marked by numerous technical and humanitarian awards, and highlighted by work on some of the world's most recognizable structures. His 40 years in the industry is marked not only by professional accomplishments, but by a dedication to community service through his work as chairman and founder of the ACE Mentor Program, a non-profit organization that each year offers guidance and training to 1,800 inner city high schools students in architecture, construction and engineering in 28 cities across the U.S. including: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; NY; Newark, NJ; Stamford, CT; Chicago, IL; and Washington, DC. In addition, Thornton served as President of the Salvadori Center, which each year educates over 2,000 New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. middle school students in mathematics and science using architectural and engineering principles. Thornton holds a B.S. degree from Manhattan College, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the . He has received a number of distinguished honors in his profession including: election to the National Academy of Engineering in 1997; named Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1999; and awarded Engineering News-Record's Award of Excellence in 2001. Thornton's professional experience has included the design of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of projects in the U.S. and overseas, ranging from high-rise buildings, hospitals and arenas, to airports, transportation facilities and special structures. Representative projects include: the New York Hospital, New York; United Center (Bulls and Blackhawks arena) and Comiskey Park in Chicago and the Nashville Arena in Nashville. |
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