Online News-Yarosh and Schwartz Named to ASTM International Board of Directors
Kenneth F. Yarosh of Dow Corning Corp., and Thomas A. Schwartz, P.E., of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc., have been elected to the ASTM International Board of Directors for a term beginning in 2006.
Kenneth F. Yarosh, an associate scientist and the European technical manager, Global Construction Industry, for Dow Corning Corp. in Seneffe, Belgium, has been elected to the ASTM International Board of Directors for a three-year term beginning this year.
Yarosh is first vice chairman of ASTM Committee C24 on Building Seals and Sealants and its executive subcommittee; he serves on a number of C24 subcommittees. Yarosh is also a member of three subcommittees within Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings. He participates in many interlaboratory studies and has worked on the development of a number of key standards for the glazing and weatherproofing industry. In addition, he serves as a global liaison between the sealants industry and Committee C24, and he has been a principal author of technical papers for C24 and E06
symposia.