International Union of Materials Research Societies Established
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International Union of Materials Research Societies Established The International Materials Research Committee (MRC), a planning body recently formed to develop an umbrella organization for materials societies Worldwide, took the next step in that direction. During the 1990 MRS Fall Meeting, JMRC delegates met and unanimously voted to upgrade the committee's status to that of a full-fledged union with the name International Union of Materials Research Societies,
A major step in international coopération, IUMRS is the first such body for the materials field Worldwide. The Union will serve materials research activities around the world in a manner comparable to the rôles played by IUPAC and IUPAP for the chemistry and physics disciplines. Nearly 30 delegates and observers frorn Australia, Brazil, China-Beijing, ChinaTaiwan, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, United States, and U.S.S.R. were présent. The delegates represented the eight "Founding Adhering Bodies" of the organization, which include the Materials Research Society (MRS); the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS); the Materials Research Society of Japan (MRS-J); the Materials Research Society of India (MRSIndia); the Mexican Materials Research Society (Mexican-MRS); the Australian Materials Research Committee; the Chinese Joint Committee of Societies for Materials (C-MRS, Beijing, China); and the Chinese Society for Materials Science specifically representing Taiwan, China. Représentatives reported on a wide range of international activities that hâve been organized under the aegis of the MRC. Prof. Minkb Balkanski (France) announced the International Conférence on Advanced Materials to be held May 27-31, 1991 'in Strasbourg, France. Dr. Claude Sombret (France) announced the International Symposium on the Scientific Basis
1MRC delegates and international représentatives meet during the 1990 MRS Fall Meeting. Seated (left to right): M. Dôyama, H-D. Li, P. Siffert, and V.M. Castano; standing (left to right): S. Campisano, R.G. Elliman, R.RH. Chang, ET. Wu, V.N. Mordkavich, aiidC.W. White. '
for Nuclear Waste Management to be sponsored by MRS, E-MRS, and the CEA in Strasbourg on November 5-8, 1991. In other parts of the world, the Mexican-MRS was officially established and elected its first officers: Dr. M. José-Yacamân, président; Dr. D. Rios, vice président; Dr. L. Martinez, secretary; and Dr. V. Castano, treasurer. The Materials Research Society of Korea was also initiated and began accepting members as of December 1990, with the full intention of becoming an IUMRS Adhering Body. In addition to establishing the new Union, the delegates unanimously adopted bylaws to accompany the statutes adopted one year earlier in Boston. With the statutes and bylaws, IUMRS has established
its operating procédures as well as the means to raise funds through the Adhering Bodies in order to support international activities and meetings. The officers of the IUMRS are Prof. R.RH. Chang of Northwestern University, président; Prof. Pau
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