SAS News Archive
2013 Issues
December 2013 Newsletter Wine and Cheese issue
November 2013 Newsletter SciX issue
October 2013 Newsletter Focal Point Session at SciX
September 2013 Newsletter Williams Wright Award
August 2013 Newsletter SAS Elections and Constitutional Changes
July 2013 Newsletter: Lester Strock and William F. Meggers Awards
June 2013 Newsletter: SAS Member Only Event
May 2013 Newsletter
April 2013 Newsletter. Professor Stephen Cramer wins NYSAS Gold Medal Award.
March 2013 Newsletter SAS Sponsored Symposia at Pittcon
February 2013 Newsletter Congratulations to Ian Lewis, SAS President-Elect
January 2013 Newsletter SAS Awards Presented at SCIX 2012
2012 Issues
December 2012 SAS Student Awards and FACSS Innovation Award Presented at SCIX
November 2012 Newsletter
October 2012 Newsletter
September 2012
August 2012 Newsletter
July 2012 Newsletter New York Section Tour Speaker Program
June 2012 Newsletter SAS BAltimore Washington DC Regional Section Tour Speaker Presentation
May 2012 Newsletter
April 2012 Newsletter - Announcement of Awardees for the William F. Meggers and Charles Mann Awards
March 2012 Newsletter
February 2012 Newsletter
January 2012 Newsletter Scix 2012
2011 Issues
December 2011 Newsletter New SAS Officers
November 2011 Newsletter FACSS 2011
October 2011 Newsletter Coblentz Society Award Announcements
September 2011 Newsletter: 2011 NYSAS Student Award Ceremony and Annual Cruise
August 2011 Newsletter - FACSS Innovation Awards
July 2011 Newsletter - The First International Section of SAS
June 2011 Newsletter
May 2011 Newsletter
April 2011 Newsletter
March 2011 Newsletter
February 2011 - SAS Events at Pittcon 2011
January 2011 Changes Initiated by Editorial Leadership to Enhance Applied Spectroscopy
2010 Issues
January 2010 - Debbie Bradshaw steps down as Editor of Applied Spectroscopy News Feature in Applied Spectroscopy after 16 years of Service
February 2010 - FACSS and SAS Student Awards
March 2010 - SAS loses two Excellent Scientists and Friends
April 2010 - SAS News from Pittcon 2010
May 2010 - SAS Day at the Races; 2010 FACSS Program; SAS Awards
June 2010 - SAS Awards to be Presented at FACSS 2010
August 2010 - FACSS 2010, October 17-21, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC
September 2010 - Calls for Candidates for the Ellis R. Lippincott and Gordon F. Kirkbright Bursary Awards
October 2010 - FACSS and SAS Student Awards
November 2010 FACSS Activities and Reports
December 2010 Newsletter
2009 Issues
January 2009
February 2009 - SAS Members Day at the Races!
March 2009 - Takeshi Hasegawa to Receive 2009 Craver Award
April 2009 - SAS Activities at Pittcon 2009 in Chicago
May 2009 - FACSS 2009 in Louisville October 18 - 22
Summer 2009 - Spectroscopic Instruments at the Chemical Heritage Foundation Museum
August 2009 - John-David McElderry is Elected Next SAS Student Representative
September 2009 - FACSS 2009 in Louisville October 18 - 22
October 2009 - Bill Fateley Obituary
November 2009 - SAS Activities at FACSS and Reports
December 2009 - Curt Marcott Selected as SAS President-Elect
2008 Issues
January 2008 - A Spectroscopy Power Couple
February 2008 - John Conboy to Receive 2008 Craver Award
March 2008 - Pittcon 2008:Symposia to Celebrate SAS 50th Anniversary
April 2008 - SAS Activities at Pittcon 2008 in New Orleans
Summer 2008 Issue - 35th FACSS Conference - Reno, Nevada, September 28 - October 2, 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 2008 Issue - SAS Celebrates 50 Years of Service to the Spectroscopy Community at FACSS in Reno
December 2008 Issue - Fred LaPlant elected President of SAS
In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of SAS: A Brief History of the Early Years. A Poster presented at Pittcon 2008 prepared by Marvin Margoshes and Leopold May.
In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of SAS: A Selection of Ground Breaking Papers from Applied Spectroscopy. A Poster presented at Pittcon 2008 prepared by Leopold May, Bruce Chase, Peter Griffiths, and Joel Harris.
2007 Issues
February 2007 Issue - SAS Awards at FACSS 2006 (Continued)
March 2007 Issue - SAS Student Awards Presented at FACSS 2006
April 2007 Issue - SAS Employment Service, FACSS 2007 in Memphis
Summer 2007 Issue - New SAS Student Representative, Michelle Meighan
August 2007 - SAS Award Nominations
September 2007
October 2007 - SAS Election Results and 50th Anniversary Celebration
November/December 2007 Issue - SAS Activities and Reports from FACSS 2007
2006 Issues
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April/May 2006 Issue - SAS Activities and Reports from Pittcon 2006
Summer 2006 - SAS Activities at Upcoming 2006 FACSS and EAS Meetings
August 2006 - FACSS Preliminary Program and Workshops
September 2006 - SAS Election Results
October 2006 - SAS Tour Speaker Program
2005 Issues
January 2005 Issue - Change of Editors
February 2005 Issue - Student Activities at FACSS 2004
March 2005
Christian Hassell (Los Alamos National Lab) Presentation - Careers at Government Laboratories
Gary Hiefje (Indiana University) Presentation - Careers at PhD Institutions
David Butcher (Western Carolina University) Presentation- Careers at Undergraduate Institutions
March 2005 Issue - 2004 and 2005 FACSS To Remember
April/May 2005 Issue - SAS Activities and Reports from Pittcon 2005
Summer 2005 Issue - SAS Technical Sections
August 2005 Issue - New SAS Student Representative, 2005 FACSS Preliminary Program
September 2005 Issue - Highlights of 2005 FACSS Final Program
October 2005
November/December Issue 2005 - SAS Activities and Reports from FACSS
Pre-2005
Spring 2003 Newsletter: Computers and Spectroscopy in the 1960s, by M. Margoshes (p. 1)
Fall 2002 Newsletter: Birth of the Plasma Source, by M. Margoshes (p. 1), How NIR Spectroscopy Happened, by P. Wilks (p. 16), Coping with Genius, by T. Flynn (p. 14)
Spring 2002 Newsletter: More on the 1st Commercial FTIR, by R. Curbelo (p.1), GC-IR, by P. Wilks (p. 16)
Fall 2001 Newsletter: Origin of the IR Chart, by N. Colthup (p. 1), The 1st Commercial FTIR, by M. Block (p. 12)
Spring 2001 Newsletter: Origin of ATR, by P. Wilks (p. 1)
Fall 2000 Newsletter: Lecoq de Boisbaudran (p. 2)
Spring 2000 Newsletter: DC Arc Development, 1930-40, by L. Strock (p.2)
Fall 1999 Newsletter: First Commercial IR, by R. Braittan (p.1)
August 1998 Newsletter: Velmer Fassel Memorial (p. 1)
December 1997 Newsletter: John Dean (p. 3), Bourdon Scribner (p. 4), Constance Sobel (p. 5), Theodore Rains (p. 11)
September 1997 Newsletter: W. Meggers (p. 2), John Dean (p. 12)
November 1996
August 1996 Newsletter: Bourdon Scribner Profile (p. 5), Retrospective: The First SAS National Meeting (p. 19), The Allison Effect (p. 24)
February 1996 Newsletter: Remembering Lou Owen, by M. Epstein, et al (p.2) N-Rays, by M. Epstein, (p.32)
Volume 20, Numbers 1 & 2, 1975,ALCAN Symposium (p. 4), Aluminum Co. of Canada Analytical Center (p. 5), PittCon (p. 14), International Conference On Atomic Spectroscopy (p. 18), FACSS Conference (p. 20), Spectroscopy Symposium Of Canada (p.2...
Volume 18, Number 2, 1973, Michigan Golden Triangle (p. 4), FACSS Meeting (Announcement) (p. 6), PittCon (p. 9), International. Conference On Spectroscoppy/Canadian Spectroscopy;Symposium (p. 14), Colloquium Spectroscopicum (p. 17), Gatlinburg Con...
Volume 17, Number 2, 1972,Crobaugh Laboratories (p. 4), Spectroscopy Symposium Of Canada (p. 9), SAS National Meeting (p. 10), Racing Sailing Yachts (p. 12), Gatlinburg Conference (p. 16)
Volume 17, Number 1, 1972,PittCon (p. 3), International Atomic Absorption/Atomic Fluorescence Conference (p. 10), Colloquium Spectroscopicum (p. 12), Center for Nuclear Sience, Grenoble (p. 15), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 18)
Volume 16, Number 2, 1971,SAS National Meeting (p. 4), Continental Oil Lab (p. 6), Anachem (p. 12), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 13)
Volume 16,Number 1, 1971,Coors Spectrochemical Lab. (p. 6), PittCon (p. 11), Former NBS Staff Honored by Moon Crater Names (p. 14), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 16), Industry Response to Social Responsibilities (p. 18)
Volume 15, Number 2, 1970,Environmental Analysis, J. Robinson (p. 4), SAS National Meeting (p. 8), ACHEMA Exposition (p. 9), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 10), University of Virginia Sample Prep Method (p.12), Mid-America Symposium (p. 14)
Volume 14, Number 2, 1969-1970:Colloquium Spectroscopicum (p. 3), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 4), US Air Force Materials Lab. (p. 8), SAS National Meeting (p. 6), Spectroscopy Symposium Of Canada (p. 7), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 13), Ga..
Volume 14, Number 1, June 1969:C. Sitterly (p. 4), PittCon (p. 6, 12), V. Fassel (p. 8), Meggers Award (p. 10), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 13), Louisiana State University Symposium (p. 14)
Volume 13, Number 3, December 1968:FBI Lab. (p. 3), J. Hoover (p. 6), M. Hasler (p. 7), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 9), Gatlinburg Conference (p. 11), Spectroscopy Symposium Of Canada (p. 13), Pacific Conference (p. 14)
Volume 13, Number 2, September 1968:L. Strock (p. 3), ITT Cannon Electric Materials. Lab. (p. 7), SAS National Meeting (p. 11), SOS Members Dinner (p. 14)
Volume 13, Number 1, May 1968:H. Szymanski (p. 2), Climax Molybdenum Co. (p. 3), J. Churchill (p. 8), PittCon (p. 13), R. Jones (p. 14)
Volume 12, Number 4, December 1967:L. Ahrens (p. 4), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 7), Optical Society of America National Meeting (p. 8) Anachem Conference (p. 9), Pacific Conference (p. 10), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 12)
Volume 12, Number 2, May 1967: US Geological Survey Lab on Wheels (p. 3), Louisiana State University Symposium (p. 7), PittCon (p. 8), Consumers Power Co. (p. 14)
Volume 12, Number 1, January 1967:W. Meggers (p. 3), Gatlinburg Conference (p. 5), NBS Materials Research Symposium (p. 6), Anachem Conference (p. 8), H. Diehl (p. 9), Canadian Symposium On Applied Spectroscopy (p. 10), San Francisco Science Symp..
Volume 11, Number 3, October 1966:NBS Materials. Research. Symposium (p.3), National Bureau of Standards (p. 5), SAS National Meeting (p. 8), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 12), Cleveland Symposium (p. 13)
Volume 11, Number 1, October 1966:Ottawa Symposium (p. 3), Noranda Research Center. (p. 5), Pacific Conference (p. 10), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 11), Gatlinburg Conference (p. 12)
Volume 11, Number 2, June 1966:J. Ferraro (p. 3), PittCon (p. 4), R. Lord (p. 6) History of Spectroscopy in Pittsburgh (p. 7), H. Kaiser (p. 8), Destroyer launching (p. 14)
Volume 10, Number 2, October 1965:SAS National Meeting (p. 3), RCA Spectrographic Lab. (p. 6), Colloquium Spectroscopicum (p. 10), Mid-America Symposium (p. 14)
Volume 9, Number 8, December 1964:Monsanto Phys. Sci. Ctr. (p. 3), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 10), Pacific Coast Conference (p. 14)
Volume 9, Number 3, October, 1963: Ottawa Symposium (p. 3), Chemical Institute of Canada Conference (p. 7), G. Rassweiler (p. 8), Continental Can Co. Technical. Center (p. 12), G.A.M.S. Conference (p. 16), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 22)
Volume 8, Number 4, December 1962: Ottawa Symposium (p. 3), Quebec Winter Carnival (p. 6), Denver Conference (p. 7), Pacific Coast Conference (p. 8), Western Electric Co. (p. 10), D. Winter (p. 14), Anachem Conference (p. 15), E. Hodge (p. 16), Eastern...
Volume 8, Number 3, October 1962: Colloquium Spectroscopicum/SAS Natl. Meeting (p. 3), Selling Spectroscopy, C. E. Pepper (p. 14), W. Meggers (p. 18
Volume 8, Number 1, April 1962: PittCon (p. 3), NY Central Railroad Research (p. 8), Fr. J. Junkes (p. 11), SAS 1st Natl. Meeting (p. 12)
Volume 8, Number 2, July 1962: Mid-America Symposium (p. 3), Cleveland Symposium (p. 6), Feed Service Corp. (p. 8), Rockwell Kent III (p. 11), G. Nahstoll (p. 12)
Electrode System (p. 7), IBM Watson Research Center. (p 8), Velmer Fassel (p. 12)
Volume 7, Number 3, October 1961: Colloquium Spectroscopicum (p. 3)
Volume 7, Number 2, July 1961: Mid-America Symposium (p. 3), Colloquium Spectroscopicum (p. 3), Republic Aviation Materials Lab. (p. 6), Bourdon Scribner (p. 8)
Volume 6, Number 3, 1960: Ottawa Symposium (p. 3), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 5), Acta Technological Lab. (p. 6), G.A.M.S. Meeting (p. 8)
Spring 2003 Newsletter: Computers and Spectroscopy in the 1960s, by M. Margoshes (p. 1)
Fall 2001 Newsletter: Origin of the IR Chart, by N. Colthup (p. 1), The 1st Commercial FTIR, by M. Block (p. 12)
Spring 2001 Newsletter: Origin of ATR, by P. Wilks (p. 1)
Spring 2000 Newsletter: DC Arc Development, 1930-40, by L. Strock (p.2)
Fall 1999 Newsletter: First Commercial IR, by R. Braittan (p.1)
August 1998 Newsletter: Velmer Fassel Memorial (p. 1)
December 1997 Newsletter: John Dean (p. 3), Bourdon Scribner (p. 4), Constance Sobel (p. 5), Theodore Rains (p. 11)
September 1997 Newsletter: W. Meggers (p. 2), John Dean (p. 12)
August 1996 Newsletter: Bourdon Scribner Profile (p. 5), Retrospective: The First SAS National Meeting (p. 19), The Allison Effect (p. 24)
February 1996 Newsletter: Remembering Lou Owen, by M. Epstein, et al (p.2) N-Rays, by M. Epstein, (p.32)
Arcs and Sparks Archive
Spring 2004 Newsletter: Selections from Arcs & Sparks (p. 1), W. Meggers (p. 22)
Volume 20, Numbers 1 & 2, 1975,ALCAN Symposium (p. 4), Aluminum Co. of Canada Analytical Center (p. 5), PittCon (p. 14), International Conference On Atomic Spectroscopy (p. 18), FACSS Conference (p. 20), Spectroscopy Symposium Of Canada (p.2)
Volume 17, Number 2, 1972,Crobaugh Laboraories (p. 4), Spectroscopy Symposium Of Canada (p. 9), SAS National Meeting (p. 10), Racing Sailing Yachts (p. 12), Gatlinburg Conference (p. 16)
Volume 17, Number 1, 1972,ittCon (p. 3), International Atomic Absorption/Atomic Fluorescence Conference (p. 10), Colloquium Spectroscopicum (p. 12), Center for Nuclear Sience, Grenoble (p. 15), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 18)
>Volume 16, Number 2, 1971,SAS National Meeting (p. 4), Continental Oil Lab (p. 6), Anachem (p. 12), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 13)
Volume 16,Number 1, 1971,Coors Spectrochemical Lab. (p. 6), PittCon (p. 11), Former NBS Staff Honored by Moon Crater Names (p. 14), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 16), Industry Response to Social Responsibilities (p. 18)
Volume 15, Number 2, 1970,Environmental Analysis, J. Robinson (p. 4), SAS National Meeting (p. 8), ACHEMA Exposition (p. 9), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 10), University of; Virginia Sample Prep Method (p.12), Mid-America Symposium (p. 14)
Volume 15, Number 1,1970, J. Grasselli (p. 3), Louisiana State University Symposium (p. 4), PittCon (p. 6), Colloquium Spectroscopicum (p. 11)
Volume 14, Number 2, 1969-1970:Colloquium Spectroscopicum (p. 3), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 4), US Air Force Materials Lab. (p. 8), SAS National Meeting (p. 6), Spectroscopy Symposium Of Canada (p. 7), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 13), Ga...
Volume 14, Number 1, June 1969:C. Sitterly (p. 4), PittCon (p. 6, 12), V. Fassel (p. 8), Meggers Award (p. 10), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 13), Louisiana State University Symposium (p. 14)
Volume 13, Number 3, December 1968:FBI Lab. (p. 3), J. Hoover (p. 6), M. Hasler (p. 7), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 9), Gatlinburg Conference (p. 11), Spectroscopy Symposium Of Canada (p. 13), Pacific Conference (p. 14)
Volume 13, Number 2, September 1968: L. Strock (p. 3), ITT Cannon Electric Materials. Lab. (p. 7), SAS National Meeting (p. 11), SOS Members Dinner (p. 14)
Volume 13, Number 1, May 1968:Szymanski (p. 2), Climax Molybdenum Co. (p. 3), J. Churchill (p. 8), PittCon (p. 13), R. Jones (p. 14)
Volume 12, Number 4, December 1967:L. Ahrens (p. 4), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 7), Optical Society of America National Meeting (p. 8) Anachem Conference (p. 9), Pacific Conference (p. 10), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 12)
Volume 12, Number 3, October 1967
Volume 12, Number 1, January 1967:W. Meggers (p. 3), Gatlinburg Conference (p. 5), NBS Materials Research Symposium (p. 6), Anachem Conference (p. 8), H. Diehl (p. 9), Canadian Symposium On Applied Spectroscopy (p. 10), San Francisco Science Symp...
Volume 11, Number 3, October 1966:NBS Materials. Research. Symposium (p.3), National Bureau of Standards (p. 5), SAS National Meeting (p. 8), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 12), Cleveland Symposium (p. 13)
Volume 11, Number 2, June 1966:J. Ferraro (p. 3), PittCon (p. 4), R. Lord (p. 6) History of Spectroscopy in Pittsburgh (p. 7), H. Kaiser (p. 8), Destroyer launching (p. 14)
Volume 11, Number 1, October 1966:Ottawa Symposium (p. 3), Noranda Research Center. (p. 5), Pacific Conference (p. 10), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 11), Gatlinburg Conference (p. 12)
Volume 10, Number 1, May 1965:C. Pepper (p. 3), PittCon (p. 4), National Lead Co. (p. 8), Southeastern Symposium (p. 14)
Volume 9, Number 8, December 1964:Monsanto Phys. Sci. Ctr. (p. 3), Eastern Analytical Symposium (p. 10), Pacific Coast Conference (p. 14)
Volume 9, Number 3, October, 1963: Ottawa Symposium (p. 3), Chemical Institute of Canada Conference (p. 7), G. Rassweiler (p. 8), Continental Can Co. Technical. Center (p. 12), G.A.M.S. Conference (p. 16), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 22)
Ottawa Symposium (p. 3), Quebec Winter Carnival (p. 6), Denver Conference (p. 7), Pacific Coast Conference (p. 8), Western Electric Co. (p. 10), D. Winter (p. 14), Anachem Conference (p. 15), E. Hodge (p. 16), Eastern...
Volume 8, Number 3, October 1962: Colloquium Spectroscopicum/SAS Natl. Meeting (p. 3), Selling Spectroscopy, C. E. Pepper (p. 14), W. Meggers (p. 18)
Volume 8, Number 2, July 1962: Mid-America Symposium (p. 3), Cleveland Symposium (p. 6), Feed Service Corp. (p. 8), Rockwell Kent III (p. 11), G. Nahstoll (p. 1)
Volume 8, Number 1, April 1962: PittCon (p. 3), NY Central Railroad Research (p. 8), Fr. J. Junkes (p. 11), SAS 1st Natl. Meeting (p. 12)
Volume 7, Number 4, December 1961: Ottawa Symposium (p. 3), Leslie Canody (p. 6), Electrode System (p. 7), IBM Watson Research Center. (p 8), Velmer Fassel (p. 12)
Volume 7, Number 3, October 1961: Colloquium Spectroscopicum (p. 3)
Volume 7, Number 2, July 1961: Mid-America Symposium (p. 3), Colloquium Spectroscopicum (p. 3), Republic Aviation Materials Lab. (p. 6)
Volume 6, Number 3, 1960: Ottawa Symposium (p. 3), Rocky Mountain Conference (p. 5), Acta Technological Lab. (p. 6), G.A.M.S. Meeting (p. 8)