Corporate Participation of Key Importance to MRS

MRS COMMITTEE REPORT

The broad field of materials science has The value of this support to the Society experienced an enormous growth in the cannot be overstated. In the past, several last few years. This popularity is evidenced symposia have been run solely from con- by both the increased attention being tributions from affiliate members. In fact, attributed to this topic by many scientific the individual symposia chairpersons are bodies as well as the explosive growth in prime recruiters in our efforts to gain the the technical literature. We firmly believe required financing needed to conduct their that MRS has established itself as the sessions. premiere society for the dissemination of Our relationship with our Corporate materials-related research. Affiliates goes well beyond merely acquiring Of vital importance to the continued financial support. We highly regard—in Bill Katz growth and success of MRS is the valued fact we seek out—their ideas for new and I would like to take this opportunity to support received from various organiza- topical themes for upcoming symposia. We personally thank our current Corporate tions. The purpose of the Corporate Partici- view our Corporate Affiliates as playing Affiliates. Their valued support will ensure pation Committee is to actively solicit such key roles in helping to guide MRS to ensure the continued success of the Materials support from the private sector. the Society's responsiveness in an environ- Research Society. ment of rapidly changing technology.

"Bill Katz is chairperson of MRS Corporate Participation Committee

The following organizations currently support the Materials Research Society as Corporate Affiliates:

AG Associates GCA Corporation Newport Corporation Air Products and Chemicals General Electric Ceramics, Inc. Perkin-Elmer ALCOA General Electric Company Philips Electronic Instruments, Inc. Allied Corporation General Ionex Corporation Plasma-Therm Systems, Inc. Applied Materials General Motors Research Laboratories Portland Cement Association ARCO Metals Company GTE Laboratories Quantronix Corporation ARCO Solar, Inc. Harshaw/Filtrol Questek, Inc. AT&T Bell Laboratories Helionetics Sandia National Laboratories AT&T Technologies, Inc. Hirst Research Centre Schlumberger-Doll Research Branson, IPC Hitachi Scientific Instruments SOHIO Chemicals & Industrial Products Brimrose Corporation of America Hughes Aircraft Company Company Brush Wellman, Inc. Imperial Chemical Industries, pic Solar Energy Research Institute Cameca Instruments, Inc. Instruments SA, Inc. Solarex CEMCOM Research Associates International Business Machines Corporation Spectra Physics C1LAS Alcatel JEOL USA Spire Corporation Combustion Engineering, Inc.— Lam Research Standard Oil of Indiana Power Systems Lambda Physik Stauf fer Chemical Company Denton Vacuum, Inc. Lanxide Corporation Surface Science Laboratories, Inc. Drytek, Inc. Lasertechnics Tegal Corporation E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory TRW DynaVac Leybold-Heraeus Union Carbide Corporation Eastman Kodak Company LFE Corporation United Technologies Research Center Eaton Corporation Los Alamos National Laboratory UOP ELKEM Chemicals, Inc. Lumonics Varian/Extrion Elsevier North-Holland 3M Company VG Instruments, Inc. Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Martin Marietta Laboratories W. R. Grace & Company Charles Evans & Associates Materials Research Corporation Westinghouse Electric Corporation Exxon Research and Engineering Microscience, Inc. Xerox Corporation Company Monsanto XMR Ferranti, pic National Electrostatics Corporation Zymet

For further details on benefits for MRS Corporate Affiliates, contact William Katz, General Electric/KAPL, P.O. Box 1072, Bldg. El, Room U4C, Schenectady, NY 72301; telephone (518) 393-6611, ext. 7051.

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