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Savannah 1998
Mike O'Rear, Hanne Delbridge, and Maryann Ruddock anchoring the registration desk AIR President Bill Fendley and a number of past presidents of AIR are recognized in the conference audience Keynote speaker James Firnberg and Program Chair Glenn James at the opening session Yes, SAIR takes the cake in Savannah -- the Welcome SAIR cake at the opening reception, that is! Charlie Brown, Sidney McLaurin, and Cornelia Wills check the cuisine at the opening reception. SAIR members linger at the opening reception
Professor Larry Jones pontificates profoundly Jo Ann McKenzie and captivated listeners SAIR members enjoy the Roundtables Session Luncheon in the beautiful atrium of the Savannah Marriott Riverfront Roundtable session A few hundred SAIR members board the Georgia Queen for a dinner cruise on the river No calls of abandon ship with these three veterans at the helm: Larry Jones, Bill Fendley, and Tim Sanford
Aboard the Georgia Queen riverboat for a dinner cruise -- the conference special event! Nerissa Rivera and Fred Volkwein are among those testing the dance floor on the Georgia Queen riverboat. What's this? A train in the middle of a boat? Oh, that's a choo-choo -- a veiled foreshadowing of the 1999 SAIR conference in Chattanooga! Awards Breakfast and Business Meeting On behalf of the University of Mississippi, Jim Nichols accepts the award for Best Planning Document Cameron Fincher receives the SAIR Distinguished Member Award.
Joseph Hoey, Georgia Tech, accepts the Best Paper Award on behalf of himself and co-authors Denise Gardner of Georgia Tech and Chris Ogilvie of Ericsson, Inc., in recognition of their outstanding paper presented at the 1997 conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Sam Lowther, Ike Ikenberry, and Dave Fleming at the Awards Breakfast Sam Baldwin and Myrtes Dunn Green at the Awards Breakfast Marcia Harrington, Gerry Dizinno, and John Kalb at the Awards Breakfast SAIR President John Kalb congratulates and thanks Deb Barshafsky at the conclusion of her term of service as SAIR Secretary. On behalf of Morehouse School of Medicine, Jane Mosley accepts the award for Best Fact Book
Hanne Delbridge and Jo Anne Lowe enjoy the Awards Breakfast as the croissant bandit lurks behind them Larry Jones, Mary Beth Adams, and Tim Sanford

On behalf of Southeastern Louisiana University, Michelle Hall accepts an award for Outstanding Mini Fact Book.

On behalf of the Medical College of Georgia, Deb Barshafsky insists on doing the tango as she accepts the award for Best Mini Fact Book

On behalf of Wake Forest University, Yihong Gu accepts an award for Outstanding Fact Book.

On behalf of Middle Tennessee State University, Cornelia Wills accepts an award for Outstanding Fact Book.
Program Chair Glenn James is all smiles at the record-breaking attendance of 350 at the conference in Savannah.

On behalf of the University of South Carolina at Columbia, Kay Coleman accepts an award for Outstanding Mini Fact Book.

On behalf of recipient John Milam of George Mason University, Karen Gentemann accepts the SAIR Unsung Hero Award, recognizing John's extensive work in developing the SAIR web site.

On behalf of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Teresa Hall accepts an award for Outstanding Planning Document

Fred Volkwein and SAIR President John Kalb, after Fred delivered an excellent address to the SAIR conference audience

Ike Ikenberry announces the recipients of the SAIR Distinguished Member Award
1998-99 SAIR President Glenn James and AIR President Bill Fendley after the Business Meeting

Thank you to our SAIR photographers:
Nathan Coleman, Nerissa Rivera, Bill Fendley, and John Kalb.
      

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