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Notes from Chantilly• MSA members were contactedelectronically in September torenew their membership for2009. Members who renewedand paid online before October31, 2008, received a $5 dues discount;the discount reflects costsavings to MSA from memberswho renew early online. Afterseveral electronic reminders, apaper copy will be sent duringNovember to those who didnot renew online by the end ofOctober.• Members and Fellows whoare in the senior, honorary, andlife categories are sent renewalnotices. They need not pay dues,but are sent notices as the bestway to prompt an update ofmembership information, particularlymail and e-mail addresses.Members qualify for SeniorMember or Senior Fellow statusif they have reached the age of65, have retired from fulltimeprofessional employment, andhave been a member of theSociety for at least 30 years.Senior Members and Fellowsretain all benefits of MSA membership(receiving Elements,voting rights, reduced rates onMSA products, etc.), but neednot pay dues. They can subscribeto the paper or electronic versionof American Mineralogist or otherjournals, purchase Society publications,and attend short coursesall at member rates. If you areinterested in senior status, selectSenior Member or Fellow dueson your next renewal and writein the text box that you wouldlike to become a Senior Member.• If you subscribe to other journalsthrough MSA—Journal ofPetrology, Physics and Chemistry ofMinerals, Mineralogical Abstracts,Mineralogical Record, Rocks &Minerals, Gems & Gemology—please renew early. MSA needsto forward your renewal to thepublishers before your subscriptionruns out.• The results of the 2008 electionare in: the new president of theSociety is Nancy L. Ross, the newvice-president John B. Brady,and the new treasurer Darrell J.Henry. Secretary Mickey Gunterremains in office. The new councilorsare Marc M. Hirschmannand Penelope L. King. They joincontinuing councilors JeanMorrison, Klaus Mezger, Peter C.Burns, and Carol D. Frost.• Accepting the recommendationsof the respective award committees,MSA Council selected AlexandraNavrotsky of the University ofCalifornia–Davis as the 2009Roebling Medalist. Robert M.Hazen of the Carnegie Institutionof Washington is the 2009Distinguished Public ServiceMedalist. Jillian F. Banfield ofthe University of California–Berkeley is the 2010 Dana Medalist,and Thomas Patrick Trainor ofthe University of Alaska–Fairbanksis the 2009 MSA Awardee• The 2009 Kraus CrystallographicResearch Grant recipient is AndrewJ. Wall, Pennsylvannia StateUniversity, for his study “AssessingCu isotopic fractionation inCu-(Fe)-S minerals using timeresolvedsynchrotron X-ray diffraction.”The 2009 Mineralogy/Petrology Research Grant recipientsare: Christopher M. Fisher,Memorial University ofNewfoundland, for his study“Testing the Use of SyntheticMinerals as Isotopic ReferenceMaterials: An Example UsingHafnium in Zircon” and DongboWang, Virginia Tech, for the study“Investigating a New Pathway toCarbonate Mineralization andImplications for Mg:CaPaleoenvironmental Signatures.”• New Fellows of the Society areDaniele Cherniak, Patrick Cordier,Herta Effenberger, Kiyoshi Fujino,Robert W. Luth, Masanori Matsui,A. Mottana, Enver Murad, PhilipPeter Nabelek, and LidunkaVo č a d l o .• Reports by the MSA secretaryand the MSA treasurer containingmore details on these and manyother society events of the pastyear can be obtained on the MSAwebsite by selecting “OfficerReports” under “The Society”.J. Alex SpeerMSA Executive Directorj_a_speer@minsocam.orgFLUId-FLUId INTERAcTIONSREVIEWS IN MINERALoGy & GEoCHEMISTRy VoL. 65Mineralogical Society of Americaand Geochemical SocietyFluid-Fluid interactions exploresthe role that co-existing mixingand unmixing fluids play in thediverse geologic environments.Fluid interactions in continental,volcanic, submarine, and subductionzone environments areexamined.Volume 65, 2007, Axel Liebscherand Christoph A. Heinrich, eds.i-xii and 430 pp.ISBN 978-0-939950-77-5. US$40For a more detailed description and tableof contents of this book, and onlineordering, visit www.minsocam.org orcontact Mineralogical Society of America,3635 Concorde Pkwy Ste 500, ChantillyVA 20151-1125 • USA, Tel: +1 (703)652-9950, Fax: +1 (703) 652-9951,e-mail: business@minsocam.orgIn MemoriamEdward J. Marcin (Life Fellow – 1947)Akhio Miyashiro (Life Fellow – 1962)Eduard Woermann (Fellow – 1965)2008–2009MSA Distinguished Le c t u r e r sThe Mineralogical Society of America is pleased to announceits Distinguished Lecturers and their lectures for 2008–2009Donald DingwellUniversity of Munich, Munich, GermanyExplosive Volcanism: A Materials CatastropheandFlow of Magma: Solving a Rheological PuzzleJennifer JacksonCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USADiamonds, Iron, and X-rays: Views into Earth’s InteriorandThe Behavior of Iron-Bearing Mineral Assemblagesin Earth’s Lower MantleBruce MarshThe Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USAHistory of Geologic Exploration of Antarctica,Magma in the Proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository,andMagmatic Mush Column Magmatism:McMurdo Dry Valleys, AntarcticaThe schedules of the Lecturers’ tours are given on the MSAwebsite (www.minsocam.org/MSA/Lecture_Prog.html).Check to see if they will be at a location near you.MSA expresses its appreciation to these individualsfor undertaking such a service to our science.Elements 341October 2008