Pictured left to right are Richard C. Benson, dean of the College of Engineering, Virginia Tech and an ASME Fellow, Mrs. Myrna Zamrik, Justin Klein and Sam Zamrik. The Zamriks are from State College, Pa.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) presented its first ASME/Virginia Tech Memorial Scholarship to mechanical engineering (ME) graduate student Justin Klein of Catonsville, Md..
The scholarship, managed by the ASME Foundation, marked the realization of a campaign to grow the ASME/Virginia Tech Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund, which was established shortly after the tragic shootings that took 32 lives on the Virginia Tech campus on April 16, 2007.
“Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering is extremely pleased that ASME organized this effort and was able to fund the first scholarship. Justin is an excellent student and very deserving of this honor,” said Richard Benson, dean of the college and the Torgersen Chair of Engineering.
ASME current Past-President Sam Y. Zamrik and ASME Auxiliary Past-President Myrna R. Zamrik visited the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg to present the scholarship to Klein who is advised by National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipient Nakhiah Goulbourne, an assistant professor of ME.
The scholarship was made possible by the generous outpouring of donations from ASME members and staff, divisions, students and many other supporters. The Zamriks said, “The ASME/VT Memorial Scholarship will grow to ensure that Virginia Tech engineering graduate students, like Justin, can pursue their education and dreams.”
Mrs. Zamrik, who raises money for ASME through the auxiliary, presented the check to Klein.