Awards & Scholarships

The Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award was established in 1945 and recognizes the best paper published in AIME's fields in a given period where the lead author is a member with 15 years or less professional experience. This award honors one of the Institute's founders, who served as President and Secretary and was an Honorary Member. A notable miner among the founders was AIME’s 2^nd President and then “Executive Director” for the next 27 years, Rossiter Raymond.  He is noted as being a sailor, soldier, engineer, lawyer, orator, editor, novelist, storyteller, poet, biblical critic, theologian, teacher, and chess-player!  His role in AIME’s founding was so important that a 2000-pound relief in honor of Raymond’s contributions to the Institute was moved from the NY offices to SME in Colorado in 2003 and is still proudly displayed in their foyer.