Guy S. Anderson, global quality manager – specialty catalyst, at W.R. Grace & Co. in Columbia, Md., has been named chairman of ASTM International Committee D32 on Catalysts. 

Formed in 1975, Committee D32 includes 12 subcommittees that oversee more than 40 ASTM standards related to catalysts, zeolites and related materials used in their manufacture. Anderson has been a member of the committee and ASTM International since 2005.

Anderson has been with W.R. Grace & Co., a specialty chemicals and materials company, since 1982. He started as a developmental engineer and became quality manufacturing systems manager in 2004 before assuming his current role in 2007. He holds a bachelor’s degree in ceramic engineering from Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y.

In addition to ASTM International, Anderson is a member of the American Ceramic Society and a senior member of ASQ (the American Society for Quality).

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