George Lubin Memorial Award

The SAMPE George Lubin Memorial award is given in honor of George Lubin (1913-1984), who was a “giant” in the plastics industry. From the time he graduated from the City College of New York (1936), George was an innovator, educator, author, international consultant and lecturer who always searched for ways to do things better … and succeeded.

The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering hereby establishes the SAMPE George Lubin Memorial Award to provide recognition of individuals who have meritoriously fostered the advancement of material and process technology and/or enhanced the attainment of the objectives of the Society.

Only one Nominee is selected to receive the SAMPE George Lubin Memorial Award annually.

Nominee Requirements:

1. Nominees shall have already attained national or international name recognition in the materials and processes field.
2. Nominees are not required to be a member or a former member of SAMPE.
3. Nominees must have provided significant contributions to the field of materials and processes over a broad spectrum in at least one of the following ways:
   • Actively working in the technology and making important technological contributions;
   • Promoting the application of advanced materials and materials technology to research or hardware applications for an extended period of time; or
   • Supporting the materials and processes community and fostering its objectives through legislative, education, or management actions.
4. Examples of some significant contributions or achievements include but are not limited to:
   1. Received national or international recognition via award from government, industry, or technical society.
   2. Performed as Congressional Fellow or as assistant to the Secretary or Undersecretary of Defense.
   3. Elected chair, president or division manager of a Fortune 500 company.
   4. Carried a major program to successful conclusion (e.g., program manager of B-1 program), or introduced a new material or process with high (demonstrated) expected usage potential to the materials community (e.g., developed pultrusion process).
   5. Promoted to the highest science/technical position of a Fortune 500 corporation (e.g., chief engineer/scientist, fellow or advisory engine
   6. As professor or faculty of a major university, successfully conducted material or process research studies that yielded basic scientific data pertinent to future hardware applications (e.g., superconductivity).

• A nominee for the George Lubin Award must be recognized for accomplishments over and above those cited in nominations for other SAMPE awards, if any.

Nominations shall be by any of the following:

1. SAMPE Chapter in the nominee’s locale
2. SAMPE Member
3. SAMPE non-member with concurrence of a SAMPE Chapter chair

Award Recipients:

• Will be recognized at the SAMPE Awards Ceremony at the annual fall CAMX Conference and Exhibition.
• Recipients will receive all-expense paid trip, conference registration and reserved table(s) at the SAMPE Awards Ceremony at CAMX.

Nominations are due February 15, 2024

Questions? Contact SAMPE Awards at awards@sampe.org or by phone at +1.626.521.9460.