For his valued leadership and outstanding commitment to Committee D27 on Electrical Insulating Liquids and Gases, demonstrated by his tireless dedication to the development of voluntary standards for the dielectric industry, Thomas G. Lundquist, P.E., an executive engineer with the Salt River Project in Phoenix, Ariz., has received a 2005 Award of Merit and has become an ASTM fellow. The honor is the highest ASTM International recognition to individuals for their contributions to standards activities.

Lundquist lives in Gilbert, Ariz.

An ASTM International member since 1989, Lundquist currently serves as chair of D27, an 85-member committee that is responsible for more than 60 standards. In his years on the committee, Lundquist has been active in developing new standards and updating existing ones, including adding precision and bias statements to methods. His active participation in the Insulating Fluids Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, where he is a senior member, has helped advance the use of ASTM standards referenced in IEEE guides and practices.

Lundquist has been with the Salt River Project for more than 20 years, working in the areas of transmission station design, preparing equipment specifications as well as applications of high voltage equipment. Lundquist has previous industry experience from management, and engineering positions at Westinghouse Electric Corp., and throughout his career, he has focused on power engineering applications for industry and utilities.

Lundquist has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Arizona in Tucson, and an M.B.A. in technology management from the University of Phoenix in Phoenix, Ariz. Outside ASTM International and IEEE, he is a life member of Tau Beta Pi Arizona Alpha.

Release #7137