My father, Harry Edward Ashton, passed away this last week, and on this blog I wanted to note that our family was very proud of Dad's professional accomplishments. These included the ASTM William T. Pearce Award in 1983, an ASTM Award of Merit in 1978, and the ASTM W. T. Cavanaugh Memorial Award in 1994. Dad's many technical papers, writing as HE Ashton, are still referenced on the Internet to this day.

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