Meetings 1997

November 21, 1997
Fractured Patterns: Microscopical Investigation of Real Physical Evidence.
Mr. Richard Bisbing
McCrone Associates
Westmont, Illinois

October 17, 1997
Paradoxical Population Genetics of the Giant Middle Cambrian Trilobite Paradoxides Davidis Salter from Eastern Newfoundland.
Dr. Riccardo Levi-Setti
Director Enrico Fermi Institute
University of Chicago

September 17, 1997
"What We Have Learned about Mars from the Martian Meteorites".
Dr. Meenakshi Wadhwa
Assistant Curator (Meteoritics and Mineralogy)
Field Museum of Natural History
Research Scientist / Lecturer
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

August 22,1997
The Cases of the Black Fuzzies.
Dr. Catherine Sease
Head, Collections Management
Department of Anthropology
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago, Illinois

July 23, 1997
Inter / Micro 97 Banquet

June 7, 1997
SMSI Annual Picnic
Brezina Woods

May 14, 1997
Looking at Mountains Through Microscopes
The Microscopical Analysis of Rocks and Minerals.
Wase U. Ahmed and James A. Nelson
Buehler, Ltd.
Lake Bluff, Illinois

April 11, 1997
High Temperature Superconductors: The Link Between Properties and Microstructure
Dr. Dean Miller
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, Illinois

March 21, 1997
"SEM Studies of Fossil Flowers of the Southeastern United States".
Patrick S. Herendeen
Department of Geology
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Herendeen will discuss his research on the origin and diversification of flowering plants during the Cretaceous era which includes floral evolution and angiosperm wood anatomy. In his studies he uses fossil flowers, fruits, and seeds that have been preserved as charcoal or as mummified remains. Charcoalified material is particularly well suited for study of floral structure in fossil plants because the flowers are three-dimensionally and anatomically preserved. Since angiosperm systematics is largely based on floral structure, availability of three-dimensionally preserved flowers is critical to a aleobotanical investigation of floral evolution and diversification patterns in early angiosperms. In a slide/lecture presentation, Dr. Herendeen will emphasize his SEM work on the fossil flowers of the southeastern United States.

February 21, 1997
"Textile Pseudomorphs from a 17th-Century Native American Burial Site"
Cathy J. Coho
Textile Conservator.
Chicago Conservation Center
Chicago, IL

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