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
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
The Electrochemistry GRCs in Santa Barbara were seminal to me. I entered the area of electrochemical research with scant formal training, as a one year postdoc, and worked my way into a major field through GRC interactions. To be sure, the wonderful setting on the ocean transmitted a certain magic to the conferences.
- William Geiger
I remember trying to convince conferees on a boat from Ventura Harbor that the dolphins were actually baby whales.
- Arno F. Spatola
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
The Electrochemistry conferences in the early years (1965-1975) were important because the field was undergoing a renaissance and the younger electrochemists needed a forum.
- Allen Bard