Gaumer also worked on the Manhattan Project and at the White Sands Missile Range while serving in the Army. Gaumer also received numerous awards during his career, including the Distinguished Engineers Award (National Society of Professional Engineers) and the Apollo Achievement Award (NASA), and served as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.[187] Harry Lawroski (1950 B.S., 1956 M.S., 1959 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering), former president of the American Nuclear Society.[188]