People

Heinrich L. Baumgarten, head of Papiertectnische Stiftung (PTS, or Paper Technology Foundation) in Munich, has been named one of 14 new TAPPI Fellows for his work in pulp and paper technology as a researcher, educator, and statesman. He is the president of the Paper and Board Standardization Committee in DIN (German Institute of Standardization); president of the European Standardization Committee (CEN) for Pulp, Paper and Board; and head of the German delegation to the ISO committee that is working on standards for paper permanence.
William E. Scott, chairman of the Paper Science and Engineering Department at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, has also been named a TAPPI Fellow. He served on the TAPPI Board of Directors for the last three years, and has chaired a number of committees and technical programs. He is a member of the TAPPI Paper Permanence Committee (Ad Hoc).
James C. Abbott, who was a moving force in organizing the 1988 Paper Preservation Symposium, has been elected to the TAPPI Board of Directors.