December 8, 2009 - Washington, DC - America’s ethanol industry today congratulates long time industry expert Robert E. Reynolds of Downstream Alternatives upon receiving the Award of Excellence from ASTM International. Reynolds is being recognized for his outstanding and dedicated contributions to fuel standards development and as a consensus builder within ASTM between ethanol and petroleum interests.

“For more than three decades, Bob Reynolds has served this industry extremely well, bringing an immense amount of technical fuel expertise to an ever- evolving industry,” said Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen. “Ethanol wouldn’t have the excellent reputation for quality in the fuel industry without him, nor would it have gained the widespread acceptance and use it enjoys today.”

As a founding member of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) Technical Committee, the longest running technical committee in industry history, Reynolds has contributed uncountable hours and time to research in the transportation fuel system. Specifically, Reynolds is the author of the most widely used technical reference materials for fuel ethanol today, the Changes in Gasoline manual series and the Fuel Ethanol Industry Guidelines.

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