It was great to see many of our members and guests out at Chicago Section meetings this year. Thanks also to the efforts Dave Scheetz of ExxonMobil, we had some very excellent speaker presentations. I would also like to thank Rita Mickle, Section Vice-Chairman, for assisting me with all of the monthly meeting registrations and arrangements at Ripples.
Program is a committee-oriented task that requires teamwork, coordination, and effort.
We took great satisfaction in seeing 90 members and guests show up at our January meeting to hear Dr. Cyril Migdal of Crompton give an excellent overview of antioxidants for lubricating oils. Section meeting attendance has been averaging approximately 65. We added email announcements this year for upcoming meetings and events. There was also a nice showing for the Argonne National Laboratory Tour on April 19th. 42 attendees observed intermediate nuclear fuel processing experiments, the Advanced Photon Source, and Argonne's Tribology Lab.