Conference History

1970

• Bonney Rossi was the Executive Secretary.
• 1970 SESA Spring Meeting was held at the Sheraton Motor Inn in Huntsville, AL, May 19-22.
  Cliff Barton was the SESA President.
  "Doc" Sturm was the meeting chairman.
• 1970 SESA Fall Meeting and Exposition was held at the Marriott Motor Hotel in Boston, MA, October 18-22
• Attendance: 350
  Everett Reed was the meeting chairman.
• Bernie Langer presented the Murray Lecture.
  Bill Murray's past students serenaded and surprised him with a birthday cake with 60 candles.
  Sam Levy led a very successful ASME Exchange Session which included: Phil Hodge, Burton Paul, Y.H. Pao and George Herrmann.

1971

• Bonney Rossi was the Managing Director.
• 1971 SESA Spring Meeting was held at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City, UT, May 18-21.
• Jim Dally was the SESA President.
  Larry DeVries was the meeting chairman.
• 1971 SESA Fall Meeting was held at the Sheraton-Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, WI, October 19-22.
  Don Niles was the meeting chairman.
• Dan Post presented the Murray Lecture.

1972

• Bonney Rossi was the Managing Director.
• 1972 SESA Spring Meeting was held at the Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel in Cleveland, OH, May 23-26.
  Aldie Johnson was the SESA President.
  Charles Mathay was the meeting chairman.
• 1972 SESA Fall Meeting was held at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle, WA, October 17-20.
  James Chalupnik was the meeting chairman.
• Milt Leven presented the Murray Lecture.

1973

• Bonney Rossi was the Managing Director.
• 1973 SESA Spring Meeting and Third SESA International Congress on Experimental Mechanics was held at the International Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, May 13-18.
  Attendance: 500
  Clyde Work was the SESA President.
  Rod Christy was the meeting chairman.
• 1973 SESA Fall Meeting was held at the Indianapolis Hilton Hotel in Indianapolis, IN, October 16-19.
  
  Dave Willis was the meeting chairman.
• George Irwin presented the Murray Lecture.

1974

• Bonney Rossi was the Executive Secretary.
• 1974 SESA Spring Meeting was held at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, MI, May 14-17.
• Dick Thurston was the SESA President.
  Russ Karry was the meeting chairman.
• Chuck Taylor presented the Murray Lecture.
• 1974 SESA Fall Meeting was held at the Sheraton-Park Plaza Hotel in New Haven, CT, October 17-19.
  Ken Collinge was the meeting chairman.
  This was the first of the Society's scaled down Fall Meetings.

1975

• Bonney Rossi was the Managing Director.
• 1975 SESA Spring Meeting was held at the Sheraton-Chicago Hotel in Chicago, IL May 11-16.
  Emmett Day was the SESA President.
  Ron Rudolph and Jim Hooker were the meeting co-chairmen.
• N.M. Newmark presented the Murray Lecture.
• 1975 SESA Fall Meeting was held at the Ramada Inn in Schenectady, NY, October 15-16.
  Ros Guernsey was the meeting chairman.

1976

• Bonney Rossi was the Managing Director.
• 1976 SESA Spring Meeting was held at the Sheraton-Silver Spring Motor Inn in Silver Spring, MD, May 10-14.
• Winn Dalley was the SESA President.
  Ken Brown was the meeting chairmen.
• Jim Starr presented the Murray Lecture.
• 1976 SESA Fall Meeting was held at the Prince Hotel in Toronto, Ont. Canada, October 18-20.
  Gord Ezra was the meeting chairman.

1977

• Bonney Rossi was the Managing Director.
• 1977 SESA Spring Meeting was held at the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel in Dallas, TX, May 15-20.
• Earl Reigner was the SESA President.
  Reggie Robinson was the meeting chairman.
• Bill Cooper presented the Murray Lecture.
• 1977 SESA Fall Meeting was held at the Ramada Inn in Philadelphia, PA, October 11-13.
  Earl Reigner was the meeting chairman.

1978

• Bonney Rossi was the Managing Director.
• 1978 SESA Spring Meeting was held at the Broadview Motor Hotel in Wichita, KS, May 14-19.
• Darrell Harting was the SESA President.
  Stu Swartz was the meeting chairmen.
  Bonney Rossi was honored (and roasted) at a retirement banquet.
• R.K. Mueller presented the Murray Lecture.
• Sixth International Conference on Experimental Stress Analysis and 1978 SESA Fall Meeting was held in Munich, Germany, September 18-22.
  The meeting was hosted and organized by the VDI/VDE-Gesellschaft Mess-und Regellungstechnik.
• 1978 SESA Fall Meeting was held at the Sheraton West Hotel in Indianapolis, IN, October 23-25.
  Attendance: 245
  Keith Young was the meeting chairman.

1979

• Ken Galione was the Managing Director.
• 1979 SESA Spring Meeting was held at the Jack Tar Hotel in San Francisco, CA, May 20-25.
• Hal Brinson was the SESA President.
  Wilbur Jorgenson was the meeting chairmen.
• Jim Dally presented the Murray Lecture.
• 1979 SESA Fall Meeting was held at the Kings Island Inn in Mason, OH, October 7-10.
  Attendance: 260
  Walter Firth was the meeting chairman.