I remember trying to convince conferees on a boat from Ventura Harbor that the dolphins were actually baby whales.
- Arno F. Spatola
Koji Nakanishi gave a magic show, but the fully clothed person who went into his bag came out less than fully clothed.
- Michael B. Smith
While taking a canoe trip, Mike Fritze from MIT/Lincoln Labs swung from a rope at a swimming hole and gave a Tarzan-like scream before plunging into somewhat shallow water. Fortunately, Mike was not injured and had a superb sense of humor about the incident. Classic!
- Gregory Cardinale
The Separations and Purification GRC is fragmented into specialties such as distillation, extraction, absorption, ion exchange, chromatography, and crystallization. The GRC helped bring the experts in these different areas together where we could learn from each other and cross pollinate.
- Philip C. Wankat
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
My participation in the GRC had great impacts in identifying and stimulating new research areas and establishing new links with academic and industrial researchers in polymer science and technology. The friendly atmosphere of the GRC undoubtedly aided in the achievement of important goals.
- Emo Chiellini