content: UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
  
                                 FORM 8-K
  
             Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 28, 2005
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                TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
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          (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
  
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                Delaware                0-20303             13-2846796
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     (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission        (I.R.S. employer
           of incorporation)          file number)       identification no.)
  
  
         4 Hardscrabble Heights
             P.O. Box 382
             Brewster, NY                                      10509
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         (Address of principal                               (Zip Code)
           executive offices)
  
  
     Registrant's telephone number, including area codes: (845) 277-8100
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                                NOT APPLICABLE
  
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
  
        Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
  the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2 below):
  
  
  [  ]    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
          Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  [  ]    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
          Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  ITEM 5.02.    DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS;
                ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.
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                (c)   Effective February 28, 2005, Touchstone Applied
  Science Associates, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Anne Hunt
  Cheevers as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of
  TASA-Proprietary Division.  The Company has entered into an
  employment agreement with Ms. Cheevers for an initial one-year
  term,  automatically renewable for additional one-year terms,
  subject to early termination notices given by either party prior
  to the expiration of the then current term.  Pursuant to such
  employment agreement, Ms. Cheevers will be paid an annual base
  salary of $170,000, will be eligible to receive an incentive
  bonus (to be not less than $35,000 for the first year of
  employment) and was granted 40,000 options to purchase shares of
  the Company's Common Stock pursuant to the Company's stock
  option plan, at an exercise price of $3.10 per share, subject to
  vesting upon the completion of one year of employment.
                Prior to her employment by the Company, Ms. Cheevers was
  Vice President at The McGraw-Hill Companies' Aviation Group.
  She served as Group Vice President of Marketing of Trilegiant
  Corporation, a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, in Norwalk,
  Connecticut from 1999-2003.  From 1996 through 1999, Ms.
  Cheevers was Vice President of Marketing, Product Development
  and Sales for the Bureau of Business Practice in Waterford,
  Connecticut, a division of Simon & Schuster.  Ms. Cheevers is a
  graduate of the University of Chicago.
  
  ITEM 9.01(c). EXHIBITS.
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                Exhibit 10.1  Employment Agreement, dated as of
  February 28, 2005, Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc.
  and Anne Hunt Cheevers.
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
                                SIGNATURES
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                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                    TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
  Date:  March 4, 2005
  
  
  
                                    By: /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
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                                        Andrew L. Simon
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer
                                        and Chief Financial Officer
  
  <PAGE>
  
                             INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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  Exhibit
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  10.1       Employment Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2005,
             Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc. and
             Anne Hunt Cheevers.
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text: UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                 FORM 8-K
  
             Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 28, 2005
                                                     -----------------
  
                TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
          (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
               -----------------------------------------------
  
                Delaware                0-20303             13-2846796
                --------                -------             ----------
     (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission        (I.R.S. employer
           of incorporation)          file number)       identification no.)
  
         4 Hardscrabble Heights
             P.O. Box 382
             Brewster, NY                                      10509
         ----------------------                                -----
         (Address of principal                               (Zip Code)
           executive offices)
  
     Registrant's telephone number, including area codes: (845) 277-8100
                                                          --------------
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
                                NOT APPLICABLE
  
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
        Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
  the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2 below):
  
  [  ]    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
          Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  [  ]    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
          Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  [  ]    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
          under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  ITEM 5.02.    DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS;
                ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.
                --------------------------------------------------------
  
                (c)   Effective February 28, 2005, Touchstone Applied
  Science Associates, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Anne Hunt
  Cheevers as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of
  TASA-Proprietary Division.  The Company has entered into an
  employment agreement with Ms. Cheevers for an initial one-year
  term,  automatically renewable for additional one-year terms,
  subject to early termination notices given by either party prior
  to the expiration of the then current term.  Pursuant to such
  employment agreement, Ms. Cheevers will be paid an annual base
  salary of $170,000, will be eligible to receive an incentive
  bonus (to be not less than $35,000 for the first year of
  employment) and was granted 40,000 options to purchase shares of
  the Company's Common Stock pursuant to the Company's stock
  option plan, at an exercise price of $3.10 per share, subject to
  vesting upon the completion of one year of employment.
                Prior to her employment by the Company, Ms. Cheevers was
  Vice President at The McGraw-Hill Companies' Aviation Group.
  She served as Group Vice President of Marketing of Trilegiant
  Corporation, a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, in Norwalk,
  Connecticut from 1999-2003.  From 1996 through 1999, Ms.
  Cheevers was Vice President of Marketing, Product Development
  and Sales for the Bureau of Business Practice in Waterford,
  Connecticut, a division of Simon & Schuster.  Ms. Cheevers is a
  graduate of the University of Chicago.
  
  ITEM 9.01(c). EXHIBITS.
                --------
  
                Exhibit 10.1  Employment Agreement, dated as of
  February 28, 2005, Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc.
  and Anne Hunt Cheevers.
  SIGNATURES
                                ----------
  
                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                    TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
  Date:  March 4, 2005
  
                                    By: /s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
                                        -------------------------------------
                                        Andrew L. Simon
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer
                                        and Chief Financial Officer
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
                             -----------------
  
  Exhibit
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  10.1       Employment Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2005,
             Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc. and
             Anne Hunt Cheevers.