CONTRIBUTION TO FESTSCHRIFT FOR C T (Connie) MOYNIHAN
This is an unusual paper for a
professional journal that demands an explanation. As a co-organizer
of the Festchrift in Rochester NY in 2007,
I solicited written papers from
speakers and attendees for a promised special issue of Journal of the
American Ceramic Society that was never
issued. The paper linked to below
was written for this special issue. I ran out of time to protest and
correct this unprofessional broken promise
(that left many of the authors
stranded, much to my embarrassment), nor could I find time to
arrange for a Lulu publication of the submitted papers.
Only this memoir was published, for
reasons that have never been explained to me. It is a terrible
account of Connie's contributions because I had
intended to fill out the details of
his career in an Introduction to the planned special issue of J. Am.
Ceram. Soc. by noting how the various papers
were related to Connie's
contributions. Instead, the paper is a cursory history of enthalpy
relaxation and how my knowledge of Connie's seminal
contributions allowed me to get
into the field.
Connie passed away on 12/22/15 at the age of 76. His obituary is HERE.
FESTSCHRIFT PAPER HERE