Institute Medals and Prizes (df10ad2f-ae9f-4e5e-ae74-19e3d6c5e7f1)

ASIDE from the John Fritz Medal, in which the Institute partici¬pates through its representation on the John Fritz Medal Board, the Institute itself has four awards it may make annually, as fol¬ lows the Robert W Hunt Medal and Prize, the J E. Johnson, Jr , Award, the James Douglas Medal, and the William Lawrence Saun¬ders Medal ROBERT W HUNT MEDAL AND PRIZE The partners of Robert W Hunt established a fund which was, presented to the Institute at a fitting ceremony on May 27, 1920, to establish an annual medal and a sum of money to be awarded tinder the following rules¬ 1 The award shall consist of two prizes first of a gold medal, second of a sum of money, a certificate to accompany each prize The money prize shall not be awarded to a member' over 40 years of age, but under unusual circumstances, both prizes may be allotted to one per son provided that he is not over 40 years of age In general it will be understood that the Committee shall award the money prize to the younger men, rather than the medal 2 The awards shall be made not oftener than once a year to that person or persons contributing to the Institute the best original paper or papers on non and steel The scope of the term "iron and steel" shall be determined by the sub-committee consideing the awards In general, papers dealing with the practical side of the subject have preference over those dealing with the theoretical side in recognition of the fact that Captain Hunt's main con¬ti ibutions to the industry have been in the improvement of production and quality of material