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ASTM International President James A. Thomas has been awarded the Leo B. Moore Medal by the Standards Engineering Society (SES) for being instrumental in shaping the US National Standards Strategy.
ASTM International President James A Thomas has been awarded the Leo B
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Moore Medal by the Standards Engineering Society (SES).
The medal, which was presented to Thomas at a World Standards Day dinner in Washington, D.C.
on Oct.
13, is the most prestigious honor given by SES.
Thomas was cited for being instrumental in shaping the U.S.
National Standards Strategy to allow for a multiple path approach to international standardization and for leading the way toward greater recognition and acceptance of U.S.-based international standards.
According to the citation accompanying the medal, "Jim is, and has been, a very visible, vocal and persuasive advocate of the private-sector U.S.
standards system and has spoken at countless forums all over the world on the need for market-driven standards as opposed to the trend for government- mandated standards." Thomas, who has served in various positions at ASTM International since 1972, received his bachelor of science degree in industrial relations and his masters in organization and management from LaSalle University.
In addition to being a member of SES, Thomas serves on the board of directors of the American National Standards Institute, and is a member of the Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Standards for Trade Policy Matters of the U.S.
Department of Commerce, the Council for Engineering and Scientific Society Executives, and the American Society for Association Executives.
The Leo B.
Moore Medal was established in 1963 to recognize Leo B.
Moore, then-professor of management (emeritus) at the Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
It is given to an individual for highest achievement, extraordinary contribution, and distinguished service in the field of standardization and its advancement through original research and writing, creative application and development, or professional and public service.
The award was first given in 1963 to the U.S.
Secretary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara.
Established in 1898, ASTM International is one of the largest standards development and delivery systems in the world.
ASTM standards are accepted and used in R and D, product testing, quality systems, and commercial transactions around the globe.
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