FOM: conference in honor of Jim Schmerl's 60th birthday

[Stephen G Simpson]

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

A one day conference in mathematical logic to celebrate Jim Schmerl's 60th
birthday will be held on September 16th, 2000 (Saturday) at the University
of Connecticut at Storrs. The conference talks comprise a special meeting of
the NSF-supported CONNECTICUT LOGIC SEMINAR. The
scientific program consists of invited hour lectures by
Angus Macintyre and Hal Kierstead, and three shorter talks
related to Jim's work by Ali Enayat, Roman Kossak, and Eugene
Spiegel; it will begin early in the afternoon. Festivities include
a dinner party Saturday evening.

For those needing overnight accomodations, a block of rooms has been
reserved at the Best Western Regent Inn in Mansfield Center, CT,
at a cost is $69.50+tax per night; reservations must be made before
June 30, 2000 to ensure these rates and availability. Please identify
yourself as a participant in the UCONN/Schmerl Conference when
making reservations.

There will be a registration fee of $5 and the cost of dinner will be
$25 per person. Entrees are to be chosen in advance; the choices are
poached salmon or chicken chardonnay. Please submit your choices
and a check for the correct amount by August 7, 2000.

The conference is organized by Ali Enayat, Roman Kossak
(rkobb at cunyvm.cuny.edu), Manuel Lerman (mlerman at math.unconn.edu),
and Carol Wood.

Graduate students wishing to attend should register, but their dinner
costs will be waived. There may be some modest travel support for
graduate students and recent Ph.D.s---please contact Carol Wood
(cwood at wesleyan.edu) for further information about travel support.

Please direct all inquiries to any of the email addresses above.
Looking forward to seeing you. Checks should be made payable
to "Department of Mathematics" and mailed to Manuel Lerman, Department
of Mathematics U-3009, University of Connecticut, 196 Auditorium Rd.,
Storrs, CT 06269-3009.

A reply form is included for your convenience.

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