| 1981-1982 |
|
Barb Leuelling,
Soil Scientist, US Forest Service, Isabella, MN contacts
11 soil scientists to promote networking for women
working in isolated locations. |
| 1983 |
|
Barb Leuelling mails out AWSS
newsletters regularly. Donna Duffy is Co-editor. |
| 1984 |
|
Aimee Gelwick Walker becomes West
Zone Editor, Donna Duffy is East Zone Editor, and
Barb Leuelling is Middle Zone Editor. Newsletter publication
is three times a year. Directory of members is published.
|
| 1985 |
|
Newsletter expands to up to 26 pages,
three times a year. Constitution/Bylaws are adopted. |
| 1986 |
|
Judy Wright is Editor, Bea McKamey
is Co-Editor, and Margie Faber is Secretary/Treasurer.
Judy Wright edits three newsletters. Membership is
64. |
| 1987 |
|
T-Shirt "SOILS We can't grow
without it" is sold for first time. Judy Wright
edits three newsletters. Membership is 93. |
| 1988 |
|
Directory of members is published.
Judy Wright edits one newsletter. |
| 1989 |
|
AWSS is inactive. |
| 1990 |
|
Sharon Waltman edits one newsletter.
Margie Faber edits two newsletters. "Mother Earth"
question and answer column debuts. Directory of members
is published. Membership is 116. |
| 1991 |
|
Margie Faber edits three newsletters.
Jennifer Brookover starts the tradition of guest-editing
one newsletter. ASA asks AWSS members to volunteer
for ASA committees. The first AWSS meeting at the
ASA national meeting is held in Denver. Seventeen
members, five new members, and 11 guests attend. Directory
of members is published. Membership is 147. |
| 1992 |
|
Mary West is Executive Committee
Chair. Guest editors are Susan Samson, Jackie Pashnik,
and Donna Duffy. Committees are organized: Executive,
Newsletter, Mentoring, Directory, Meetings, Current
Issues, Membership, Other Societies. AWSS discrimination/sexual
harassment survey is conducted. AWSS support group
is formed. AWSS meets at ASA meeting in Minneapolis,
MN. The first AWSS meeting with SWCS takes place in
Baltimore, MD. Membership is 170. |
| 1993 |
|
Kathy Newkirk is newsletter Editor-in-Chief.
Chris Clarke, Laura Merkel, and Kari Sever are Co-Editors.
Gay Lynn Kinter becomes Secretary/Treasurer. Guest
editors are Kathleen Mulholland, Jane Knox, Cheryl
Simmons and Lillian Woods. Lydia Schlosser is T-shirt
coordinator. AWSS meets at the SWCS meeting in Fort
Worth, TX and at the ASA meeting in Cincinnati, OH.
|
| 1994 |
|
Guest editors are Kathi Wiederhold,
Diane Shields, Debbie Harms, and Cheryl Simmons. AWSS
meets at the SWCS meeting in Norfolk, VA and at the
ASA meeting in Seattle, WA. Directory of members is
published. |
| 1995 |
|
Kathy
Newkirk is Executive Committee Chair. Guest editors
are Peggy Vogue, Laura Merkel, Kari Sever, and Margie
Faber. AWSS meets at the SWCS in Des Moines, IA and
at the ASA meeting in St. Louis, MO. AWSS poster "Women
Soil Scientists in the Field" is displayed in
St. Louis. Constitution/Bylaws are updated and AWSS
is restructured. Cheryl Simmons becomes T-shirt coordinator.
Directory of members is published. |
| 1996 |
|
Maria Sadusky Pautler is Executive
Committee Chair-Elect. Guest editors are Julia Nelson,
Susan Casby-Horton, Gretta Boley, and Bob Grossman.
AWSS session "Conservation, Customers, and Culture"
is held at the SWCS meeting in Keystone, CO. AWSS
poster "Treading on New Ground" is displayed
at the ASA meeting in Indianapolis, IN. |
| 1997 |
|
Newsletter format is revised and
the newsletter is published three times a year. Guest
editors are Ellen Huntley, Wendy Greenberg, and Lenore
Matula Vasilas. AWSS meets at the SWCS meeting in
Toronto, Canada and at the ASA meeting in Anaheim,
CA. Margie Faber becomes AWSS Historian. |
| 1998 |
|
Maria Sadusky Pautler is Executive
Committee Chair, Kristin Bloser is Secretary/Treasurer,
and Susan Samson-Liebig is Chair-Elect. Guest editors
are Beth Rochette, Susan Casby-Horton, and Samantha
Langley-Turnbaugh. Membership is 160. Directory of
members is published. AWSS meets at the SWCS meeting
in San Diego, CA and displays a poster and meets at
the ASA meeting in Baltimore. |
| 1999 |
|
Guest editors are Camilla Cornwell,
Pat Farrell, and Susan Casby-Horton. AWSS meets at
the SWCS meeting in Biloxi, MS and at the ASA meeting
in Salt Lake City, UT. Membership is 113. |
| 2000 |
|
Susan Samson-Liebig is Executive
Committee Chair and Kari Sever is Chair-Elect. |
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