Boston: MRS Fall Meeting in Review
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ll Meeting Program Chairpersons (left to right) Jagdish Narayan, Paul Peercy, and Walter Brown. Meeting. An AIP spokesperson called the center notch and credited with the high-quality, probing "very successful for a first-time professional interaction evident in the classrooms. The attendees, service," noting that a strong representation of as well, indicated their satisfaction with the level recent graduates as well as seasoned professionals and depth of material covered. The level of success anticipated for this short sought out the services offered by the center. course series was surpassed, according to David Lecture/Award Highlights A large audience gathered for Monday evening's Zehner, 1984 co-chairman of the Education Plenary Lecture to hear Dean Eastman, director of Committee responsible for short course activities. the IBM Watson Research Center's Advanced He reflected on the fact that the last series of Packaging Technology Laboratory, speak on courses, held in conjunction with the 1983 MRS "Major Facilities for Materials Research." Dr. Fall Meeting, consisted of three courses with a total Eastman's address was a long-awaited sequel to the enrollment of 41 students. 1983 Plenary Lecture in which Dr. George Key"The Fall Meeting courses," he stated, "are an worth, Presidential Science Advisor and Director indication of the desire for solid, timely continuing of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, education programs by members of the Society . . . addressed the need for evaluating major materials and the success of the short course program is a research facilities in this country. As co-chairman result of the enthusiastic members who have of the committee formed to study these needs, Dr. worked hard to make it high caliber." Eastman discussed the criteria used by the com- The Whole—Only as Good as Its Parts mittee and the conclusions it drew concerning Zehner's comments can be extrapolated to the equipment needs and research priorities. (See Dr. Fall Meeting as a whole. The efforts of Program Eastman's lecture in this issue.) Chairpersons Walter Brown, Jagdish Narayan, And what do bi-colored python rock snakes and Paul Peercy, and the 43 symposia chairpersons, have to do with materials research? They are an as well as the vigor with which the attendees indispensible part of it, according to Von Hippel participated throughout the week, generated a Award recipient Walter L. Brown of Bell Labor- landmark MRS meeting. The technical program atories. Dr. Brown touted the qualities essential for contained a rich blend of technical information scientists to be effective, while entertaining a from the many disciplines inherent in materials ballroom full of Fall Meeting attendees at the research. And, as was obvious from the discussions Wednesday evening award ceremony. (See more among attendees in and outside of the sessions, on the ceremony and comments about him from new ideas were spawned which will develop into new challenges and applications that will unhis admiring colleagues in this issue.) doubtedly be
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