MRS Birthplace at Penn State Celebrated
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MRS Birthplace at Penn State Celebrated Rustum Roy (The Pennsylva The structure sits on a wooden nia State University), principal platform. The stone sculpture is the design of Manfredo Egger of architect since 1967 and coRio de Janeiro, Brazil and is founder of the Materials Research m a n u f a c t u r e d in his w o r k s Society and 1977 president, and there. Inscribed on the marble Harry C. Gatos (Massachusetts surface of the platform is the Institute of Technology), codedication, "This building is the founder and the first MRS presi birthplace & home for ten years dent (1973-1976), unveiled the of the Materials Research Semi-Perpetual Motion Mobile at Society. The quartz sphere symPenn State's Materials Research bolizes the c o n t r i b u t i o n s of Laboratory (MRL), marking the materials research to the world, birthplace of MRS. During the and its rotation the p o w e r of dedication ceremony held on innovation driven by the everAugust 29, current MRS presi flowing w a t e r of n e w ideas. dent Ronald Gibala (University Present at the unveiling of the Semi-Perpetual Motion Mobile on Dedicated August 29,1999." of Michigan) presented to Roy August 29, marking the birthplace of the Materials Research and Penn State an MRS Council Also present at the dedication Society at The Pennsylvania State University in 1973 are (7eft to resolution, "The Council of the w e r e co-founder and first right) current MRS president Ronald Gibala of the University of Materials Research Society comSecretary of MRS Mark B. Myers Michigan, andpast MRS presidents Elton N. Kaufmann of Argonne National Laboratory (1985), KathleenC. Taylor of GM (Xerox); former MRS presidents m e n d s and thanks its charter Research and Development Center (1987), Harry C. Gatos of Elton N. Kaufmann of Argonne members from The Pennsylvania Massachusetts Institute of Technology (co-founder and the first N a t i o n a l Laboratory (1985), State University and the Univer MRS president, 1973-1976), R.P.H. Chang of Northwestern Kathleen C. Taylor of GM Re sity itself for their incisive roles in University (1989), and Rustum Roy ofPenn State (co-founder search and Development Center the formation and growth of the and 1977 president). (1987), a n d R.P.H. C h a n g of Society." Northwestern University (1989); The Motion Mobile consists of Ernest Hawk, the first staff person to run into the base is a passage for a stream of a 12-in. diameter pink quartz sphere prethe Society; and John B. Ballance, current w a t e r a n d a light; the w a t e r flow is cisely machined to fit a partial spherical executive director of MRS. EJUS enough to keep the glowing sphere rotatcavity in a natural block (about a 3 ft. ing continuously on a glowing pink base. cube) also of translucent rose quartz. Cut
Comments made during the Dedication Ceremony of the Materials Research Society Birthplace Harry C. Gatos (Co-founder and 1973-1976 MRS President): The founders of MRS were just a small but driven minority with a vision of a "materials-blind" materials Society. Kathleen C
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