TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I feel honored to have this opportunity to address the luncheon guests at the 20th Anniversary of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management. I was pleased to accept the invitation even though I realized that when Bob Keepin invited me to be the luncheon speaker, that his first choice must have turned him down. Bob admonished me...that I should make it light and entertaining, but Bob knew that I was not a Berney Gessi- ness, nor a Ron Smith who could keep you entertained for hours with his infinite store of limericks. Consequently, you will note that the flyer announcing your luncheon speaker made it quite clear to you that you had already paid for your luncheon. Basically, Bob asked me to update the paper Harley Toy and I put together in 1977 entitled, \"Reflections in Retrospect.\" I agreed and once again Harley Toy did a yeoman job in helping me develop the information from his files. I want to make it quite clear that if there is anything you do not like about this address, that was Harley Toy's contribution. In any event, mindful of the admonition of Bob Keepin that we keep it light, I asked a number of the younger old timers to give me a few anecdotes concerning the experiences of the Institute: Harley Toy, Vince DeVito, Doug George, Russ Weber, etc. This indeed must be a very serious organization, for their contributions were extremely sparse. However, I do have a few concrete remembrances. One in particular was the Institute meeting held in Buffalo, New York. Earlier today, Bernie Gessiness indicated that immediately following this meeting he was going to take a month's R&R and certainly he needs it. My one recollection of the Buffalo meeting, at which I was the local Chairman, is a group of us waltzing up Main Street at about 6:00 a.m., arm-in-arm. For the life of me, I cannot remember where we had been, nor where we were going. I hope that following this luncheon address, I will have indicated to you where the Institute has been and, hopefully, where the Institute is going.