TENNESSEE VALLEY CHAPTER
AMERICAN VACUUM SOCIETY
P. O. Box 5734
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-5734

Vol. 17, No. 1 November 1996
Announcement of Dinner Meeting

Everyone is welcome to attend. To reserve a place, contact Harry Meyer by email at h65@ornl.gov or by phone at 423-576-3866. 


Date:  December 19, 1996

Location:       Calhouns (Bearden Hill)
                6515 Kingston Pike
                Knoxville

Time:           6:30 Social (1/2) hour
                7:00 Dinner
                8:00 Program

Menu:           House Salad
                Choice of Prime Rib or Grilled Shrimp or BBQ Ribs and Chicken
                Choice of Side Dish 
                Key Lime Pie or Double Chocolate Cake
                Beverages choices include iced tea,water, coffee, and Calhoun's in-house-brewed beer

Cost:           $5 for students
                $10 for AVS members and guests
                $10 for the general public

Program:       The Making of Half-Lives

Speaker:       Carolyn Jourdan - Director/Producer of Documentary Half Lives

About the Speaker and Program:

Ms. Jourdan is a graduate of the University of Tennessee's Engineering and Law Schools. Her career path following law school led her to a position of counsel to the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works. In this position, Ms. Jourdan acted as liaison between lawmakers generating policy on nuclear waste disposal and many disparate public groups interested in those policies. This experience ultimately led her to conceive and produce a documentary film on nuclear science in America.

As described in Metro Pulse magazine, "Half Lives is a balanced look at the fifty year history of nuclear science in America. Without editorializing, it sets the never-before-filmed insights of Manhattan Project scientists and workers alongside the industry's unforeseen problems and the comments of anti-nuclear protesters." The film has aired on many PBS affiliates (locally, it was shown October 4 on Channels 2/15) and will most likely be broadcast nationally in the near future.

Reviews of Half Lives have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including Scientific American and People. An estimated 15 million people have seen or read about the film.

Ms. Jourdan will talk about her experiences in creating and producing this highly acclaimed film. 

1996-1997 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT: David Beach          423-574-5024
VICE PRESIDENT: 
PAST PRESIDENT: Dan Lubben	423-574-6289
SECRETARY: Ida Lee		423-241-6695
TREASURER: David Mullins        423-574-2796
EXECUTIVE BOARD
 Walt Gardner     423-574-1121
 Harry Meyer      423-576-3866
 K. C. Frew 
 Anna Swan        423-241-4828
 David Zehner     423-574-6291

SUBCOMMITTEES:
Awards: Anna Swan               423-241-4828
Short Courses: Dan Lubben       423-574-6289
Newsletter Editor: Walt Gardner 423-574-1121

Date revised - 12/10/96 (dl)
Please email comments to: Dave Beach - beachdb@ornl.gov. 

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