Prairie, Illinois, ANL-NAL Chapter and Midwest Section 

The Prairie Chapter has a long connection, through the Illinois and ANL-NAL Chapters, to the Midwest Section, which was formed in 1963. The Chapter now serves members in the Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin area. The Midwest section was formed in 1963. A Great Lakes Chapter of the Section was formed in 1968. At a business meeting during its 8^th Annual Symposium in 1970, the Great Lakes Chapter of the Midwest Section became the Great Lakes Section which included two chapters; Central Indiana & ANL-NAL (Chicago Metropolitan). In 1970, the AVS Board approved the change in status to the Great Lakes Section and the  formation of both a Central Indiana and ANL-NAL (Metropolitan Chicago) Chapter within the Midwest Section, with all Midwest Section Chapters within the boundary of the Great Lakes Section becoming Chapters of the Great Lakes Section from the date of the Midwest Section’s annual business meeting on May 21, 1970. 

In February 1971, the Sections were dissolved and sections and chapters both became chapters within a Regional Administrative Group (RAG). The Great Lakes RAG covered Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan , so that the ANL-NAL Chapter was within this RAG.  In 1983 , the name was changed to the  Illinois Chapter.  Although the Wisconsin Chapter was not officially dissolved until 2000, it was not operational during the 1990s and the Illinois Chapter was serving many of the members in the southern area of the Wisconsin Chapter territory. To reflect this, the Illinois Chapter was renamed the Prairie Chapter in 1998. When the Wisconsin Chapter was dissolved in 2000, the members were assigned to either the Minnesota or Prairie Chapters.

Information on the current activities of the Chapter are available on the Chapter Web page which is accessed through the AVS Web site.

The Chairs of the Midwest Section and the Chapter which is now the Prairie Chapter were: 

*   T Hutchison resigned as chair of the Midwest Section in December, 1970 because he was no longer involved in the field.

Past Events

1966

Spring: 4^th annual meeting of the Midwest Section was held at Argonne

1967

11-12 May: 5^th annual meeting of the Midwest Section was held at Argonne. A course on Vacuum Technology was sponsored with the Association of Midwestern Universities & Argonne National Lab. The total attendance was 285.

1968

May: 6^th annual meeting of the Midwest Section was held at Argonne, which sponsored the meeting.  The Great Lakes Chapter of the Section was formed; it covered Illinois,  Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The new Chapter planned to hold weekly lectures with monthly sectional meetings to be held at different sites.

1969

26-27 May: 7^th annual meeting of the Midwest Section was held in Dallas,  Texas. It explored a new topic: “Vacuum and BioMedical Symposium”; there was an exhibit with 22 vendors and the attendance was 75. A course was also given.

1970

May 21-22: 8^th annual meeting of the Midwest Section was held at Argonne. There were tours of local accelerators and a Technician Training School  was held. At  the business meeting, the Great Lakes Chapter of the Midwest Section became the Great Lakes Section 

1971

May 6-7: Annual Symposium of the Great Lakes RAG at Argonne National Lab., Batavia. The Great Lakes Regional Administrative Group composed of the ANL/NAL (Chicago Metropolitan Area) and the Central Indiana Chapters will hold its two day seminar jointly with a Technician School at National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois with Technician Training School. Technical Paper Sessions and Technician Course Sessions will run concurrently through the first day and a half. On the afternoon of the second day, tours of the NAL accelerator facilities will be available. The traditional hospitality gathering and banquet will be held on the first evening. 

1974

18-19 April: 12^th Annual Symposium of the Great Lakes Region,  at Argonne National Lab., Batavia with. Technician Training School. 

1983

June 8-10: The Illinois Chapter and the Univ of Illinois, Chicago co-sponsored a 3-day course on “Chemistry and Physics of Thin Films; Device and Coating Technology”, at Gould Inc, Rolling Meadows, IL. The instructors were Joe Greene, Carolyn Aita, Terry Barr, Dave Hoffman, Federico, Sequeda and T. Kish.

October 13: Surface Science Symposium, Naperville. There were 7 invited speakers.

1984

October 26: Naperville, Symposium on  “Electronic Materials and Surface Science” 

1985

April 29-May 3: TRISA 85 (Tri-state Symposium and Exhibition on “Surface Analysis and Thin Film Technology” at the Olympia resort, Oconomowoc, WI was co-sponsored by the Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin Chapters. An AVS course program was held but was very poorly attended.

October 5: joint meeting  with the ECS Chicago Chapter; Argonne

1986

March 20: First annual spring meeting “Electronic properties of metallic overlayers”, co-sponsored by the Univ. of Illinois.

September 26: 4^th Ann Symposium of the Illinois Chapter; Gould Research Center, Rolling Meadows. There was an exhibit and courses on “Introduction to Vacuum Technology (G. Lewin), “Overview of Thin Film Deposition” (J. Vossen) and “CVD for Microelectronics” (W. Kern); the first was a 2-day course with a  $430 registration fee; the other two were 1-day courses with a $335 fee.

1987

April 24; 2^nd annual spring meeting “Growth & Characterization of Electronic Materials”

September 25: Fall 1987 meeting. Two student awards were given: $500 each to James Murduck and Mary E Brubaker

1988

March 24; 3^rd annual spring meeting  “Growth and Characterization of Electronic Materials”; Univ of Illinois. Registration fee was $10  and $5 for students. A report was published in the Sept 1988 issue of the AVS Newsletter.

September 8; Fall 1988 meeting at ANL was co-sponsored by the ANL Division of Educational Programs. Two student awards of $500 each went to Mustafa Pinarbarsi and  Raymond Meilanus.  A new vacuum methodology “course” on basics  started off with a 45 minute lecture on pumps, etc. by Hans Luedi; it is described in the Sept 1988 issue of the AVS Newsletter

1989

April 7: 4^th ann spring meeting, “Growth and Characterization of Electronic Materials”;  Univ. of Illinois.

September 14: Fall meeting at BIRL, Evanston

1990

September 6: 7^th annual Fall meeting, Fermi Lab, Batavia.

An article by Angus Rockett, Lucia Markert, and Dale McIntyre in the AVS Newsletter explained that five years ago  the spring meeting was planned and run by graduate students at the Univ of Illinois ,Urbana,  to complement the Chapter’s fall symposium in Chicago. This arrangement had continued and now had 60-80 attendees.  

1993

April 30:  spring meeting at  Northwestern Univ. on “Surface/Interface growth” was organized by 5 students at Northwestern and had 120 attendees; there were 15 vendors in the exhibit. The registration fee was  $25, and $15 for students.

September 17: 10^th annual Fall meeting  at the Univ of Illinois, Chicago had 3 invited poster papers.  The registration fee was $30 and $15 for students. 

1995

May 25: Annual spring meeting at the  Univ of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Chapter. 

1997

May 15: Annual spring meeting at the Purdue Univ. was co-sponsored by the Central Indiana Chapter and organized by Purdue graduate students

1998

September 15: Prairie Chapter Fall meeting at ANL

1999

May 9: Prairie Chapter Spring Meeting at Purdue University. Three awards of $500, $300 and $100 were given for the best student posters. The registration fee was $30 and $10 for students. 

2001

May 21-22; Meeting at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Two courses were given.

2002

October 7: Meeting at University of Illinois, Chicago

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