February Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May February 10, 1971 Ranger Scientific. Inc., (Manufacturer of Mössbauer equipment) was founded in Alva, OK, on this date. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html «https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html>> , and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm «https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm>> Dr. Leopold May Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 Tel: 202-319-5392 FAX: 202-319-5381 E-Mail: May AT cua.edu <mailto:May AT cua.edu> ; or Lmay77 AT aol.com

January Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May January 31, 1929 Eighty years ago on this date, Rudolph Ludwig Mõssbauer «http://www.%20nobel.se/laureates/physics-1961-2-bio.html>> was born. He is an Honorary Member of the International Board on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html «https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html>> , and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm «https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm>> . Dr. Leopold May Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 Tel: 202-319-5392 FAX: 202-319-5381 E-Mail: May AT cua.edu

Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends: On behalf of the International Board on the Applications of the Mossbauer Effect and the editors of MIX, I wish all members of the Mossbauer Community all the best for the upcoming holidays and a very successful year 2009! Denes L. Nagy Chair, IBAME -———————————————————————– MERRY CHRISTMAS AND SEASON’S GREETINGS! A HAPPY NEW YEAR! * /\ 0 / \ 0 * JOYEUX NOEL ET UNE TRES I/ \I FROHE WEIHNACHTEN UND BONNE NOUVELLE ANNEE! / \ * EIN GLUECKLICHES NEUES JAHR! / \ 2 0 0 9 0 / \ 0 I/ \I / \ * FELIZ NAVIDAD Y / \ S NOVYM GODOM I ROZHDESTVOM! PROSPERO ANO NUEVO! 0 / \ 0 I/ \I * / \ || * || -———————————————————————–

Dear Colleagues, I would like to hire, for start as soon as possible, a PhD student or a Postdoc for work in the Moessbauer laboratory at the University of Liege, Belgium, in collaboration with the Research Center Juelich, Germany. Some teaching duties are associated with the position, and the successful applicant should be able to teach general physics lab courses and exercice sessions in french language. Application should be sent to me per email.

December Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May December 9, 1961 A manuscript was received on this date describing the Mössbauer Effect of 149Sm and published as V. P. Alfimenkov, Yu. M. Ostanevich, T. Ruskov, A. V. Strelkov, F. L. Shapiro, W. K. Yen, Zh. Eksperim. I Teor. Fiz. 1962, 42, 1036 or Soviet Phys-JETP, 1962, 15, 718 [62A02]. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html, and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm.

Dear Colleagues, today we need your help for a bright future of the Moessbauer and Nuclear Resonance Community. There will be a chance to have another NRS beamline in Europe, i.e. at PETRA III in Hamburg. Please, find attached some more information with the demand for some supporting letter for such a beam- line. Please, reply before 1. December. We hope very much that you can support this activity. Thank you and with our best regards,

November Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May November 23, 1959 The first two papers on the Mössbauer Effect of 57Fe were received on this date and published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 1959, 3, 554, co-authored by R. V. Pound and G. A. Rebka, Jr., and Phys. Rev. Lett. 1959, 3, 556 co-authored by J. P. Schiffer and W. Marshall. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm

October Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May October 1, 1962 The first paper on the Mössbauer Effect of 83Kr was received on this date (Y. Hazony, P. Hillman, M. Pasternak, S. Ruby, Phys. Lett. 1962, 2, 337 [62H01]. . Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm Dr. Leopold May Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 *Tel: 202-319-5392; FAX: 202-319-5381 *E-mail: may AT cua.edu

September Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May September 13-15, 1961 The Second International Conference on the Mõssbauer Effect and the first in Europe was held in Saclay, France during these days. The proceedings were published as The Mõssbauer Effect, D. M. J. Compton, and A. H. Shoen, Ed., Wiley, New York, 1962. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html «https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html>> , and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm «https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm>> . Dr. Leopold May Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 Tel: 202-319-5392 FAX: 202-319-5381 E-Mail: May AT cua.edu

August Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May August 3, 1959 The first paper on the Mössbauer Effect of 182W (L. L. Lee, L. Meyer-Schutzmeister, J. P. Schiffer, D. Vincent, Phys. Rev.Lett. 1959, 3, 223 [59L01]) was received on this date. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm Dr. Leopold May Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 *Tel: 202-319-5392; FAX: 202-319-5381 *E-mail: may AT cua.edu *Website: http://faculty.cua.edu/may