1993 Woody Award Goes to John Baglin
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1993 Woody Award Goes to John Baglin
The 1993 Woody Award has gone to John Baglin, honoring the time and effort he has provided to the Materials Research Society. Offered "in recognition of outstanding service and dedication on behalf of MRS as exemplified by Woody White, MRS President, 1984," the award was presented to Baglin by 1993 MRS President Tom Picraux at the Council dinner during the 1993 Fall Meeting. On receiving the Woody Award,
Baglin commented that it was the "most special thing I could imagine happening." He believes in the strong role MRS has in supporting researchers in the materials community. "Working with MRS is stimulating because of the vitality and energy of the people involved—both volunteers and the HQ staff. And it is rewarding because MRS can and does have a unique impact in the progress of materials research, which itself has so much to offer the world community today and in the very exciting future," he said. Baglin was MRS president in 1988, a meeting chair in 1985. He has served as a councillor and symposium organizer, and has chaired various committees. As chair of the Publications Committee, "he was the force behind its existence," according to Picraux. Under Baglin, the committee initiated transfer of proceedings publication from Elsevier to MRS, and recommended initiation of Journal of Materials Research. The Awards Committee, which he currently chairs, has developed and initiated the MRS Medal and the Outstanding Young Investigator Award, and, with headquarters, developed the
current awards brochure. He led the Long Range Planning Committee, developing methodology to generate a comprehensive 10-year MRS plan, and chaired a task force which formulated a plan for MRS electronic processing and network facilities. "It's tremendous fun," Baglin said. "There will be plenty more years for me," he added, saying that it was Woody White himself who encouraged him to volunteer in and "make a difference" to MRS. Baglin is at IBM's Almaden Research Center, where he manages materials physics research in the area of thin film interactions and characterization of materials surfaces and coatings. His research interests are ion beam modification of materials, ion beam analysis, and thin film interactions. In 1983, he co-organized an MRS symposium on Thin Film Interactions, and in 1988 was an organizer of a symposium on Thin Film Adhesion. His recent research has involved ion-beam-enhanced adhesion, such as metal on ceramic and copper on Teflon.
Roy Receives Special Recognition at Fall Meeting
During the 1993 MRS Fall Meeting, when MRS celebrated the 20th anniversary of its first meeting, the MRS Council recognized the contributions of one of the Society's principal architects, Prof. Rustum Roy of Pennsylvania State University. 1993 MRS President Tom Picraux presented Roy with a unique symbol for his contributions—a brilliant-cut 750 carat "diamond" simulated in cubic zirconia.
In making the presentation, Picraux emphasized that Roy had not only been a founder and visionary, but had continuou
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