Apr 01, 2005

For their outstanding contributions in the field of petroleum products and lubricants, the 2004 George V. Dyroff Award of Honorary Committee D02 Membership has been given to Susan E. Litka, coordinator for projects and proposals at the Gas Technology Institute in Des Plaines, Ill.; Dr. Salvatore J. Rand, a consultant based in Sanibel Island, Fla.; and Dr. Edmund W. White, retired from the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Annapolis, Md., where he was a research chemical engineer. ASTM International Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants administers the award. Litka resides in Arlington Heights, Ill., Rand in Sanibel Island, Fla., and White in Silver Spring, Md.

Litka, an ASTM International member since 1983, serves on both D02 and D03 on Gaseous Fuels. She is an ASTM fellow and 1999 Award of Merit recipient who has also been honored by D02 with an Award of Appreciation in 1989; Awards of Excellence in 1994, 1996, and 1998; and the Lowrie B. Sargent Jr. Award in 2001. Also a member of the American Chemical Society, Litka earned her bachelor's in chemistry from North Central College in Naperville, Ill., and her master's in analytical chemistry from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

In her position at the Gas Technology Institute, Litka assists project managers in finding and preparing funding proposals as well as tracking outcomes. She previously had retired as manager of Library and Information Services at the UOP Research Center, where she had spent most of her career as an analytical chemist in the gas chromatography, physical analysis, and electron microscopy laboratories.

Rand, who joined ASTM International in 1983, works on several D02 groups, and he is currently second vice chair of the D02 main committee. D02 has honored Rand, a 1999 ASTM Award of Merit winner, with an Award of Appreciation in 1993 and the Sydney D. Andrews ASTM Scroll of Achievement in 2003. Outside ASTM International, Rand is a member of the American Chemical Society and a past chair of the ACS Mid-Hudson Section.

A senior consultant for Texaco Research Lab in Beacon, N.Y., for much of his career, Rand managed a fuels test laboratory there. He graduated from Fordham University in New York City with a B.S. in chemistry and earned his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.

A former D02 chair who has been involved with ASTM since 1967, White serves on both technical and coordinating subcommittees, and he has served as a U.S. delegate to meetings of the International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 28 on petroleum products and lubricants. White's contributions to ASTM International have been recognized with a 1990 Award of Merit, a 1993 Sydney D. Andrews ASTM Scroll of Achievement, and a 2003 Lowrie B. Sargent Award. Outside ASTM International, White is a 50-year member of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, a Sigma Xi member, and a former board member and honorary member of the International Association for the Stability and Handling of Liquid Fuels.

White earned a B.A. in pre-engineering from Columbia College in New York City, a B.S. and master's in chemical engineering from the Columbia School of Engineering in New York City, and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. While his early career focused on alkali manufacturing, the majority of his career concentrated on petroleum fuels, fuel stability, and fuels for U.S. Navy use. Listed in Who's Who in the World, White has written a number of articles for professional journals.

 

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