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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Letter from the Chair, Oct 1998</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="carpet.gif" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <P> October 21, 1998 <P> Dear Topical Group Members: <P> We are already in the fourth quarter of 1998! As the year draws to a close, I would like to thank the Topical Group Officers for their fine work this year, and to draw your attention to several ongoing activities. <P> 1998 Election of Vice-Chair and Executive Committee Members <P> Thanks are due to Rusty Gray and his nominating committee. Mike Boteler has mailed out the ballots and bios. The returned ballots must be received no later than 14 December 1998. <P> 1999 Topical Conference on Shock Compression, Snowbird, Utah, 27 June-2 July 1999 <P> Lalit Chhabildas, Rob Hixon, and their committee have done a great job of organizing the conference, and the Call for Abstracts has been sent out. Abstracts are due 15 Dec.1998. <P> 2001 Topical Conference <P> Naresh Thadhani and Yuki Horie have accepted the job of organizing this conference. It will be held in the Atlanta, Georgia area. <P> APS Centennial Meeting, Atlanta, 20-26 March 1999 <P> Because of the near overlap with our Snowbird conference, our topical group does not have an official presence at the centennial meeting. However, the program has been mailed out,is very interesting, and the meeting is well worth attending. Details can be found on the APS website <A HREF="http://www.aps.org">http://www.aps.org</A>. <P> 1998 Fellowship Awards <P> Thanks to those of you who made nominations. The awards will be posted on the APS webpage in December 1998. <P> 1999 APS Fellowship Nominations <P> The deadline is 1 April 1999. The nomination form, curriculum vitae, and supporting letters should be submitted to Executive Officer APS, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3844, Attn. Fellowship Program. Please indicate that the nomination is for SCCMTG. The forms may be obtained by writing to the above address, e-mailing to <[email protected]>, or downloading from the APS website. <P> 1999 Shock Compression Science Award <P> Congratulations to Lynn M. Barker for receiving this award "in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the temporal measurement and interpretation of nonlinear physical processes in shock-compressed matter". There will be a formal presentation during the Snowbird conference. The award is also listed on the APS webpage at <A HREF="http://www.aps.org/praw/shock/descrip.html">http://www.aps.org/praw/shock/descrip.html</A>. <P> Finally, I encourage you to share with me any information that you feel would be of specific interest to our Topical Group, and might not otherwise get disseminated. If appropriate, we can put it on our webpage. <P> Sincerely, <P> Donald R. Curran<BR> Chair, APS Topical Group<BR> on Shock Compression of <BR> Condensed Matter <BR> </BODY></HTML>