BERRY MEDAL TO BOB AND FRAN PINARD

摘要

The 2011 Berry Medal for distinguished service to the Association was awarded to Bob and Fran Pinard during the annual luncheon. The award was made in recognition of their pivotal role from 1990 to 2006 in moving the Mineralogical Association of Canada forward along its path from an essentially volunteer-based organization at its incep-tion, to our current status as a professional member-focused Canadian publishing house and contributing member of the international Elements consortium of societies. Bob Pinard spent his career at the Mines Branch in Ottawa and became involved in the Association in 1957, when it was a fledgling organization housed at the Mines Branch. After several years at the Royal Ontario Museum, the MAC office was moved to Ottawa in 1990, and Fran Pinard became manager of an office with an inventory of only 22 titles, no computer, no printer, no database, and no operational instructions, while Bob kept his role as subscription manager. Over the years, MAC affairs took over the Pinard's basement, and the family room was converted into a spacious office.