First Presentation of the American Welding Society's Lincoln Gold Medal
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Date: 1937
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4388
Colonel Glen F. Jenks (b. 1880) (left, in front), chairman of Award Committee of the American Welding Society, presented the Lincoln Gold Medal to Thomas M. Jackson (1883-1967) (right). In the back row were: E. R. Fish (left), American Welding Society senior vice president; Alfred E. Gibson (middle), executive vice-president of Wellman Engineering Company and American Welding Society president; and Miss M. M. Kelly (right), American Welding Society secretary. Jackson, chief electrical and welding engineer at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania, received the medal for his paper "Welding in Tanker Construction."
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4388
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SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4388]
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