NAPA joins the friends and family of
Richard Root in mourning his death.
Root, of Root Pavement Technologies, was an active NAPA committee member and served as president of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT) in 1985. He eventually became President/Owner of the Chicago Testing Laboratory and was known as an international expert in asphalt pavements. He taught mix design methodology to hundreds of Department of Transportation and contractor personnel through his work with the lab.