1985 in Review
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on journals and books led by Dave Campbell and John Baglin, respectively. Many more at MRS and AIP as well as the long prestigious list of principal editors of JMR also deserve thanks for the tasks done and the tasks to come. Significant strides in education were also evident in 1985. Several new Student Chapters were formed (see article in this issue of the BULLETIN, and new benefits for students were initiated. In addition, the MRS Short Course Program saw a healthy expansion and was reorganized through the addition of a Short Course Manager Vivienne Harwood Mattox, to plan for this year and beyond. MRS provided its first "on-site" short course in November at and for a corporate research laboratory and will continue to offer this service in the future. Overseeing and leading these efforts with enthusiasm and expertise have been Linn Hobbs and L. Ralph Dawson, cochairs of the Education Committee. Also coming under the heading of education is the significant expansion, authorized by the MRS Council in December, of the MRS History of Materials Research Program through the addition of video documentation. Rustum Roy will be pursuing this vigorously over the next two years. Also described elsewhere in this issue of the BULLETIN is the burgeoning ranks of local Sections of MRS. Sections in New Mexico, North Texas, Southern California, and Western New York have been approved by the MRS Council which brings the number of Sections to six (North Carolina and Northern California having been previously chartered). Overseeing the orderly expansion of these local MRS activities and provided information and advice to those interested in forming local organizations is the Membership Committee chaired by Rod Ewing. Lest too little note be taken of the many smaller but important forward steps taken under the direction of the MRS committees, I mention some typical ones here. A continuing process supervised by the Membership Committee and MRS Secretary Rod Ewing, is the maintenance and revision of the MRS Constitution and ByLaws. Members will continue to see amendments on their annual election ballot which adjust MRS procedures to the changing nature of the Society and of the community it serves. Also under the membership services category is the Job Placement Service, operated at 1984 and 1985 meetings for MRS by the AIP Placement Service. In 1985, the Membership Committee provided a substantively
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revised version of the form submitted by employmenth more fairly reflects the broad multidisciplinary nature of materials research. The year 1985 was the inaugural year for the new standing committee on External Affairs which was ably chaired by Dick Schwoebel. This committee responded to requests from governments agencies dealing with surveys of the impact of federal funding on materials science and technology, with the rationale and consequences of restricted meetings, and with the manning of the new study of materials science and engineering by the National Academies, to name just a few. Al
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