In the middle of the Cold War, the GRCs were truly international in flavor. I remember, long before Peristroika, having lively but friendly late evening conversations with some of our Russian colleagues over vodka and caviar on black rye bread.
- Gerald Peterson
At one memorable GRC, the chair (Richard Slusher) reminded attendees daily that there must be fights at the poster discussions in order for the session to be called a success.
- Olivier Pfister
I remember watching some wonderful tennis matches between famous scientists. Also, I remember that there were only about two public telephones and people would be lined up to phone their labs at home about hot new leads and ideas.
- Dorothy Bainton
I remember conference Chair Arthur "Buz" Brown using a loud gas powered horn to keep David Yue from going over time during the Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms conference in the mid-1990s.
- Tony Creazzo
The Metals in Biology GRC had a seminal and catalytic role in the development of the field of bioorganic chemistry. The Metals in Biology GRC provided the initial forum for inorganic chemists to mingle with biologists and biochemists at a time when there was very little prior interaction between those fields.
- John Groves
In 1993, big, loveable Jonathan Fracter from NIST walked right through a plate glass window at Colby- Sawyer College. It was not funny at the time, of course, but it has been discussed anecdotally ever since - especially the speed with which the college put stickers of owls on the other windows.
- George R. Pilcher