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W.T. Cavanaugh Memorial Award

ASTM International is seeking nominations for the William T. Cavanaugh Memorial Award. This annual award is granted to a person of widely recognized eminence in the standards system who has made extraordinary contributions to the field of national and international voluntary standards.

Nominees for the Cavanaugh Memorial Award may or may not be members of ASTM International, and the title of honorary member is bestowed on all of its recipients. Established in 1987, the award honors William T. Cavanaugh, who served as chief executive officer of ASTM from 1970 until 1985. During his service, Cavanaugh firmly established ASTM as the world leader in the development and dissemination of voluntary consensus standards.

Nominations should describe each candidate's qualifications as completely as possible. Nomination packages should include relevant information about the candidate's professional background; outstanding contributions made within ASTM International as well as other standards organizations or professional societies; and all offices and special positions held in each organization. In addition, any of the candidate's accomplishments to advance the efforts of the global standards community should be specifically identified, including standards interactions with governments, industry or academia as well as any past honors, citations and awards that relate to voluntary standards. No more than two individuals will be selected for the Cavanaugh award in a single year.

The deadline for submissions for the Cavanaugh Award is April 1. Nominations should be sent to the Executive Committee, c/o the President's Office, ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428.

For a copy of the award criteria, contact Maureen Houck, ASTM International (phone: 610-832-9594; mhouck@astm.org).

President's Leadership Award

Nominations are now being sought for ASTM International's President's Leadership Award. The award salutes the inspiration and positive contributions of individuals early in their ASTM career who have significantly advanced the society's mission through extraordinary accomplishment, example and vision.

The President's Leadership Award was established by the ASTM board of directors in 2007 to recognize outstanding leadership within the first five years of an individual's association with ASTM International.

The deadline for nominations for the President's Leadership Award is Feb. 1. For more information, contact Barbara Smith, ASTM International (phone: 610-832-9684; bsmith@astm.org).

Dudley Medal

The ASTM International Committee on Publications is soliciting candidate publications from ASTM committees for the Charles B. Dudley Medal Award. Each committee may submit one publication for consideration.

The award honors an outstanding contribution that has a widely recognized impact on a particular field of ASTM interest and has been documented in ASTM literature. A minimum of three years must have elapsed between the date of publication of a nominee and the nomination deadline of April 15. Publications with the same scope cannot win the award twice within 10 years (for example, two editions of the same work).

Eligible candidate publications include:

Submissions should be made on or before April 15 and must contain this information:

Submit nominations to Kathy Dernoga, Committee on Publications, ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Dr., P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. For more information, contact Kathy Dernoga, ASTM International (phone: 610-832-9617; kdernoga@astm.org).

Ogden Memorial Award

Committee B10 on Reactive and Refractory Metals and Alloys seeks nominations for the H.R. (Russ) Ogden Memorial Award, which recognizes individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the science and technology of reactive and refractory metals. Nominees need not be ASTM International members.Any or all of the following achievements will be considered as the basis for giving the award:

The H.R. (Russ) Ogden Award, established in 1983 in honor of the first chairman of Committee B10, may be presented annually to one recipient.Nominations are due May 1 in the form of a letter describing the nominee and outlining the special service on which the award would be based. For more information and for format details, contact Jeffrey Adkins, ASTM International (phone: 610-832-9738; jadkins@astm.org).