1987: Looking Ahead
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1987: Looking Ahead Kathleen C. Taylor MRS President This first 1987 issue of the MRS BULLETIN brings you news of technical meetings and activities planned for 1987. The new year also brings a new cadre of MRS volunteers who will oversee Society activities during the coming year. I wish to introduce these people to you a n d invite you to let them know your thoughts and suggestions. The central mission of the Materials Research Society is to serve as the primary interdisciplinary forum for professionals involved in materials research and development. MRS has grown rapidly in recent years. This growth reflects the success of our programs and has come about as a result of the ongoing contributions of all who have worked together to bring these programs to you. The MRS committees a r e a p a r t of t h e v i t a l i n f r a s t r u c t u r e through which top researchers contribute to the goals of the Society. Their active involvement in the planning and execution of MRS programs has kept MRS at the cutting edge of the materials field. The MRS meetings are the focal point of the Society's programs. The Materials Research Society has an established record of dynamic meetings which foster the communication and exchange of technical information. The p l a n n i n g , organization, and execution of the meeting program are the major project of the Program Committee. In the year ahead the MRS Program Committee chaired by Rod Quinn (Los Alamos National Laboratory) will finalize the programs and plans for the 1987 MRS Spring a n d Fall Meetings a n d the 1988 MRS Spring Meeting. The Meeting Chairs for the 1987 S p r i n g M e e t i n g are Greg Olson (Hughes Research Laboratories), Graham Hubler (Naval Research Laboratory), and Russ Chianelli (Exxon Research & Engineering Co.). The Meeting Chairs for Fall 1987 are Tom Picraux (Sandia N a t i o n a l L a b o r a t o r i e s ) , Barry Scheetz (Pennsylvania State University), and Murray Gibson (AT&T Bell Laboratories). The Meeting Chairs for Spring 1988 are Clif Draper (AT&T Technologies), Dave Clark (University of Florida), and C.T. Liu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory). Plans for the 1988 Fall Meeting are just getting launched. Here the Meeting Chairs will be Slade Cargill (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), Wayne Goodman (Sandia National Laboratories), and Francis Young ( U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s ) . T h e M e e t i n g Chairs have broad responsibility for identifying symposia topics, recruiting quali-
The MRS committees are a part of the vital infrastructure through which top researchers contribute to the goals of the ' Society.
fied people to organize and run symposia, communicating with symposia chairs, and the execution of the meeting on-site. The simultaneous planning of future meetings requires careful coordination among the meeting chairs. Jim Roberto (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), vice-chair of the Program Committee, will chair a new subcommittee which will coordinate technical programming and help identify the new and emerging research areas which shou
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