Richard Danchik, a consultant based in Pittsburgh, Pa., has received the Moyer D. Thomas Award from ASTM International Committee D22 on Air Quality.  The committee recognized Danchik "for outstanding achievement in the standardization of the sampling and analysis of atmospheres."

ASTM International Committee F23 on Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment has elected Thomas Neal, president and principal consultant of Neal Associates Ltd. in Guilford, Conn., as its new chairman.  The committee consists of approximately 250 members responsible for more than 40 standards related to the protective clothing industry.

Ronald J. Ebelhar, senior principal at H.C. Nutting Co. (a Terracon Company) in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been named the new chairman of ASTM International Committee D18 on Soil and Rock. The 900-member committee is responsible for more than 350 standards published in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards.

Stephen Luko, statistician at Pratt & Whitney, Division of United Technologies, in East Hartford, Conn., is the new chairman of ASTM International Committee E11 on Quality and Statistics.  The committee consists of approximately 230 members who oversee more than 20 standards published in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards.

John T. Riley, professor emeritus, Western Kentucky University, has been appointed chairman of ASTM International Committee D05 on Coal and Coke.  The 315-member committee is responsible for more than 75 international standards related to the effective industrialization of coal, including classification, sampling and  preparation.

James Tann, president, Brick Institute of America-Mid East Region, in Canton, Ohio, has been appointed chairman of ASTM International Committee C15 on Manufactured Masonry Units.  The 260-member committee is  responsible for more than 60 international standards related to masonry units, including fired clay and shale, concrete and sand-lime units.