Looking Back with Gratitude
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Letter from the President
Looking Back with Gratitude This has been a year of transition, growth, and accomplishment for the Materials Research Society. Hundreds of key volunteers and MRS staff members contributed to this year’s successes, and are building for the future. This column is to recognize their achievements, and implicitly, to invite the volunteers of the future to come aboard. By the numbers: MRS membership has risen above the 13,000 mark, the largest membership ever! In addition, the MRS Web site receives on the order of 100,000 unique visitors every month, demonstrating the increasing reach of our society. The vision and energy of numerous committees and staff members played a part in this growth. Special kudos goes to Membership Affairs Director Gail Oare, and Membership Committee Chair Charles Barbour. By the book and journal: Our MRS proceedings are entering a new age of electronic meeting capture while preserving the high-quality bound volume recording of symposia, thanks to Information Services Chairs Steve Moss and Linda Horton, Bound Volume Subcommittee Chair Cliff Renschler, and the Information Services Committees and Task Forces, supported by Information Services Director Michael Driver. We also salute Gordon Pike, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Materials Research, for his tireless efforts at enhancing the scope and quality of our flagship journal. ‘Til we meet again: MRS staged two hugely successful meetings, inaugurating the Moscone Center venue in San Francisco and increasing the international, government, and entrepreneurial activities at the meetings. Spring Meeting Chairs (Israel J. Baumvol, James J. De Yoreo, Siegfried Mantl, and Thomas X. Neenan) and Fall Meeting Chairs (Shefford P. Baker, Julia W. P. Hsu, Bethanie J. H. Stadler, and Richard A. Vaia), and all of their co-organizers along with Meetings Director Pat Hastings and Meetings Manager Dick Stevens and support staff deserve a round of applause for maintaining the electricity and excitement of our major activity during such volatile times, as well as Exhibit Manager Mary Kaufold and her staff for engaging our corporate partners. Strange and true: The Strange Matter museum exhibition continues to draw record crowds and sign up more venues. The conception and execution of this mammoth project are credited to Project Chair Shenda Baker, Immediate Past President Merrilea Mayo, Secretary Alan Hurd, and Alan Taub, and the tireless support of Project Manager Richard MRS BULLETIN/DECEMBER 2004
Souza. This year, we are also grateful to Oversight Committee members Amy Moll, Ainissa Ramirez, Kaveri Chaturvedi, and Beth Stadler, and also to Shefford Baker, Gene Kim, Mary Anne White, and Eric Garfunkel for their special contributions. Bulletin just in: The MRS Bulletin continues to be a fun and informative read, keeping us up to date on the latest research trends, government issues, people on the move, and emerging fields. We thank Paul Drzaic, Tony E. Haynes, and Helena Van Swygenhoven for developing this year’s theme topics, and Lind
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