New Sections and Chapters Recognized at Fall Meeting

  • PDF / 2,348,689 Bytes
  • 2 Pages / 604.8 x 806.4 pts Page_size
  • 28 Downloads / 184 Views

DOWNLOAD

REPORT


New Sections and Chapters Recognized at Fall Meeting Six new MRS Student Chapters and four Sections received charters during the Plenary Session held Wednesday evening, December 4, during the Fall Meeting. Kathleen Taylor, 1985 MRS Second Vice President, presided over the presentation of charters to the six Student Chapters formed in 1985. MRS President Gordon Pike made the following charter presentations: • Cornell University, Glenn Harmon, chapter president • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Steve Bilodeau, chapter president • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mary L. Manger, chapter chairperson • Pennsylvania State University, Paul Sliva, chapter president • Research Triangle Universities, Cheryl Dale, chapter vice president (accepting for Nicholas Biunno, chapter president) • Carnegie-Mellon University, Thomas M. Rask, chapter president

M. Gupta (right) receives Western New York Section charter from Gordon Pike.

Taylor explained that the Research Triangle Universities Chapter includes University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina State University, Duke University, Durham Technical College, and North Carolina A&T. This Chapter was formed from the large student representation within the North Carolina Section. The new chapters join the already established chapters at UCLA, University of Pennsylvania, and Case Western Reserve University. MRS Secretary Rod Ewing recognized the formation of four new MRS Sections. Charters were presented by Gordon Pike to: • Western New York Section, M. Gupta, Eastman Kodak • North Texas Section, Russell Pinizzotto, Ultrastructure, Inc. • New Mexico Section, Harold Anderson, University of New Mexico The Southern California Section will receive its charter at the 1986 Spring Meeting in Palo Alto. These new sections join established sections in North Carolina and Northern California. The growing contingent of MRS groups in the local industrial research and academic communities are planning a variety of events. See reports on activities of the North Carolina Section, Southern California Section, RPI Student Chapter and Cornell University Student Chapter in this issue of the BULLETIN. And look for reports in upcoming issues.

Russell Pinnizotto (right) receives North Texas Section charter from Gordon Pike.

Interested in organizing an MRS Student Chapter or Section in your area? Contact MRS Headquarters for information. Telephone (412) 367-3003 PAGE 44, MRSlJULLETIN, JANUARYTFEBRUARY 1986

Harold Anderson (right) receives New Mexico Section charter from Gordon Pike.

Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 80.82.77.83, on 21 Aug 2017 at 21:44:30, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms . https://doi.org/10.1557/S0883769400069803

LOCAL SECTION NEWS

Glenn Harmon (right) receives Cornell University Student Chapter charter from Gordon Pike.

Paul Sliva (right) receives Pennsylvania State University Student Chapter charter from Gordon Pike.

Steve Bilod