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):  April 30, 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))
  
  
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  Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers;
              Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
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        (b)	Effective April 30, 2005, Peter A. Duhamel resigned
  from his position as Senior Vice President of Touchstone Applied
  Science Associates, Inc. in order to pursue other interests.
  
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                                 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.
  
  
  
  Date:  May 2, 2005               TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
  
                                   By: _/s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
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                                       Andrew L. Simon
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer
                                       and Chief Financial Officer
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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):  April 30, 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.
              ---------------------------------------------------------
  
        (b)	Effective April 30, 2005, Peter A. Duhamel resigned
  from his position as Senior Vice President of Touchstone Applied
  Science Associates, Inc. in order to pursue other interests.
  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.
  
  Date:  May 2, 2005               TOUCHSTONE APPLIED SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
                                   By: _/s/ ANDREW L. SIMON
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                                       Andrew L. Simon
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer
                                       and Chief Financial Officer