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APPALACHIAN REGIONAL MICROSCOPY SOCIETY |
A Brief History of the Appalachian REgional Microscopy Society
AREMS started in the latter half of 1977 through discussions among several major industries, universities, and governmental agencies employing electron microscopy and located in western North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Although announced at the August 1977 EMSA meeting by the EM Facility at Clemson, the first informal meeting was a discussion dinner with 19 attendees hosted by Milliken Research in Spartanburg. The first formal meeting was in the spring of 1978 at Clemson, hosted by the Clemson University EM Facility. There were 6 presentations to 29 attendees with 4 exhibitors. The first newsletter issued later that spring under the society name of Mountaineers for Microscopy. The Appalachian Regional Electron Microscopy Society (AREMS) was adopted as the society name at the fall 1978 meeting in Asheville, hosted by American Enka (now BASF). In the new Constitution and By-Laws adopted by the Society in 1995, the name was changed to The Appalachian REgional Microscopy Society (AREMS). Today AREMS is a truly regional society with almost 150 members and affiliation with both the Microscopy Society of America and the Microbeam Analysis Society. It seems fitting that in 1998, 20 years after establishing a unique identity, AREMS served as co-host for the national Microscopy Society of America meeting in Atlanta.