The Clay Minerals Society is thriving in many ways. The CMS held its 51st Annual Meeting at Texas A&M University. Professor Youjun Deng of Texas A&M University and his committee convened a wonderful meeting that built on the-momentum of our well-attended 50th Annual Meeting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Highlights were many. The high number of student presentations and our student awards give us a glimpse of future promise in the study of clays. Our Pioneer Lecturer (Doug Ming) and Jackson Mid-Career (Will Gates) awardees led us to the frontiers of our thinking on clays. The talks on Martian clays were inspiring. Eighty teams participated in the biennial Reynolds Cup competition in quantitative clay analysis, won by Reinhard Kleeberg and his coworkers Ulf Kempe and Robert Moeckel (TU Bergakademie and Helmholtz Institute Freiberg, Germany). The outcome of the competition will be described in more detail in the next issue of CMS News. We also recognized Warren Huff for his splendid work as secretary of the CMS with a Citation of Special Recognition. All told, the future is bright for the study of clays. The CMS continues to play an important role in helping to advance knowledge in clay mineral science. This knowledge informs our thinking both in academic pursuits and in industrial activities. We are all the better for the work being done in clay science. We look forward to highlighting some of these noteworthy accomplishments in various ways between now and the time of our next meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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