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Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 December 2006
ASTM Founding Committee Award announced
A consultant to the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation, Samuel E Tyson, has received the ASTM Founding Committee Award for work relating to stainless steels.
Samuel E Tyson, a consultant to the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), has been honored with the 2006 Founding Committee Award, the most prestigious award presented by ASTM International Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys Committee A01 recognized Tyson for his leadership and exemplary contributions to A01 in the development and promotion of voluntary consensus standards
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Tyson lives in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, USA.
Involved in ASTM activities since the 1950s, Tyson has, in addition to A01, worked on groups within Committees B02 on Nonferrous Metals and Alloys, E01 on Analytical Chemistry for Metals, Ores and Related Materials, E28 on Mechanical Testing, and F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices.
During the 1990s Tyson chaired the ASTM activity within A01 that represented the United States in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 17, dealing with all steel products.
Tyson is an ASTM fellow and recipient of the Award of Merit, the organization's highest honor for individual contributions to standards activities.
He has also received the Committee F04 Robert E Fairer Award (formerly called the MOSES Award), in 1977 and in 1979, and a 2004 Award of Appreciation from A01.
Tyson started his career with Carpenter Technology Corp.
in Reading, Pa., after he earned his BS in metallurgy from the Pennsylvania State University.
He began in the metallurgy department and rose to be general manager of quality assurance before retiring from the firm.
During his tenure he focused on manufacturing and technology of stainless steel products, the quality control of long-steel products made by his corporation, and standards for steel.
In addition to ASTM International and A2LA, Tyson is a member of ASM International (formerly the American Society for Metals), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Welding Society.
ASTM International Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys is one of 139 voluntary consensus standards-writing committees.
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 research and development, product testing, quality systems, and commercial transactions around the globe.
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