The Technology Award is named in honor of Roy P. Trowbridge as part of the Soaring Eagle Awards. The Industrial Fasteners Institute initiated the Soaring Eagle Awards in 2001 to recognize "those persons who have ascended far beyond the expected in their contributions to the North American fastener industry and the many industries it serves."
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Biography
Roy P. Trowbridge served as a Director of Engineering Standards for General Motors Corporation. He was the first to industrialist representing a major user to recognize the importance of mechanical fasteners to the assembly function. During his term as President of ANSI(American national Standards Institute), he provided leadership for a special Study Committee to Develop the Optimum Metric Fastener System which involved a total re-engineering of mechanical fastener concepts for a completely new metric system of mechanical fasteners.
Award
The Roy P. Trowbridge Technology Award honors an individual who has contributed to the advancement of fastener application engineering, and has materially added to the pool of knowledge relating to the design and application of mechanical fasteners and formed parts.