A perrenial event in the conference on Chemistry at Interfaces was playing cricket with the Europeans and Americans who had never played the game before.
- D Sunil Jayasuriya
I have forged many excellent collaborations at the GRCs. These collaborations turn Europeans, who we often see as competitors, into colleagues. The GRC is so important in developing the global scientific community. It is an experience that every young scientist should have.
- Stanley Dunn
Wolfgang Seifert, a very competitive guy, was challenged to hold one leg out while on his hands and knees to "show great strength." There he was for almost thirty minutes looking like a dog marking his territory... it was quite a start in science for a young graduate.
- Cindy Lee
My first GRC, in 1982, was during my second year as a graduate student. I boarded the bus with luminaries in my field: Mike Brown, Joe Goldstein, Gil Ashwell, and Dick Anderson. I was star-struck... until the bus stopped at the NH liquor store, where they all piled out to buy copious quantities of alcohol!
- Sandra Schmid
I remember John Partridge reappearing naked after one of Koji Nakanishi's magic tricks at a Natural Products Conference.
- Paul Kropp
The GRC certainly helped bring chemists, zoologists, botanists, ecologists, and behaviorists together to better explore the chemical differences of plants and better understand the interactions of plants and herbivores, as well as the relationship patterns between plants and their consumers through evolution.
- Lawrence E. Gilbert