Paul K. Whitcraft, director of Quality, Safety and Engineering at Rolled Alloys, Inc., in Temperance, Mich., has been named vice chairman of the ASTM International board of directors for 2007-2008.

Whitcraft also lives in Temperance.

Paul H. Shipp, Ph.D., P.E., has been elected to the ASTM International board of directors for the term 2007-2009. Shipp, a senior research associate for the USG Research and Technology Innovation Center in Libertyville, Ill., advises research and operating management on strategic issues, trends, and developments related to building products, codes, and standards. He also directs research for major projects.

Shipp lives in Libertyville, Ill.

James A. Luppens, project chief, U.S. Coal Assessment, for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Reston, Va., has been elected to the ASTM International board of directors for 2007 to 2009.

Luppens lives in Leesburg, Va.

Earl A. Ruth, director of technology for Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co. in Horsham, Pa., has been named to a three-year term, 2007-2009, on the board of directors of ASTM International. Currently he is also a member of the Tinius Olsen Executive Committee, which has responsibility for the daily operations of the company.

Ruth lives in West Rockhill Twp., Pa.

ASTM International Committee E04 on Metallography awarded the 2006 Mary R. Norton Memorial Scholarship for Women to Erin A. Boyle, a graduate student studying engineering materials at the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario. Her thesis is "Microstructural Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Carburized Low Alloy Steels."

The 2006 ASTM International Walter C. Voss Award honors the leadership and service of Thomas A. Schwartz, P.E., to the international building technology industry for more than 30 years. Mr. Schwartz is president/senior principal and head of the Building Technology Group at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (SGH).

G. Douglas Glysson, P.E., P.H., a hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va., has been elected chair of ASTM International Committee D19 on Water.

Dennis W. Hetzner, Ph.D., a senior materials specialist for the Timken Co. in Canton, Ohio, has been honored with a 2006 ASTM International Award of Merit. Committee E04 on Metallography recognized Hetzner for his "outstanding contributions in advancing the standardization of quantitative materials characterization and leadership" in the committee.

ASTM International Committee F15 on Consumer Products has honored Frances Wallach, Ed.D., president of Total Recreation Management Services in New York, N.Y., with its highest award, the Margaret Dana Award.