 Flanders became president of the National Machine @-@ Tool Builders Association in 1923 . He served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ( ASME ) from 1934 to 1936 . He was vice president of the American Engineering Council in 1937 . Throughout the 1930s , Flanders served as chairman of the Screw @-@ Thread Committee of the American Standards Association . In 1942 he was awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal . In 1944 the ASME awarded him the Hoover Medal for his “ public service in the field of social , civic and humanitarian effort [ s ] . ” The British Institution of Mechanical Engineers made him an honorary member . 
