MRS: Growing Up
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As the Presidents See It...
whether to increase the number of pages in the Journal of Materials Research, and the fre-
Excitement, Exhilaration, and Exhaustion R.RH. Chang, 1989 MRS President
quency of its publication from six to 12 times a year. The Society made an expensive decision then; today JMR has become a premier international materials journal. Countless other MRS activities claimed my attention during 1989, but I would like to mention one in particular. I had the honor of picking the design of the MRS lapel pin we all proudly wear today. In summary, among the many MRS advancements I was fortunate to be involved with, what I really enjoyed most was the friendship I developed with MRS colleagues around the world. The success of MRS lies in the fact that the Society is willing to support volunteers with good ideas for the enrichment of MRS and the materials community worldwide. 1 certainly hope that all future MRS leaders continue this fine tradition.
Being an MRS president during a phase the establishment of many MRS societies of rapid growth in the Society was an expearound the globe. During this process I rience I could afford only once in my life. I had to learn quickly how to be a good dipcan only describe it as a combination of lomat and how to coordinate what somethree Es: exciting, exhilarating, and extimes seemed to be impossible tasks. hausting. Out of the seven days in my In the fall of 1990, with the cooperation "workweek," four were dedicated to MRS and support of all of our international colbusiness. leagues, we were able to establish the InterIn 1989, the Society was challenged by national Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS). Many MRS members several major issues: (1) providing MRS contributed to this success, but it was the with more visibility and recognition, (2) enhancing our role in the leadership of naMRS Council and the Executive Committee who gave me the encouragement, tional materials policy and our service to trust, and support to carry on with the misthe materials community at large, (3) internationalizing the MRS concept and orgasion. The involvement of MRS in IUMRS nizing an MRS world body, and (4) has just started. Bob Chang is a professor in the Department determining whether the rapid growth of An important financial decision the Soci- of Materials Science and Engineering at Norththe Society would be detrimental to its fiwestern University. ety faced during the 1988-1989 period was nancial stability. To meet the first challenge—assuring that the exciting activities of MRS were reported by the major wire services and other media—the Society hired David John Baglin, 1988 MRS President Sours to work on publicity. Together with an outside consultant and members of the Public Relations and Publicity Committee, For some MRS members, 1988 will be re- years. Throughout the subsequent period which was then chaired by June Passaretti, membered for the incredible Spring Meet- of evolution and growth, MRS has reMRS launched a dedicated effort aimed at ing in Reno, where the s
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