The Chief Is Retiring (and we're not talking about his demeanor) Jim McLelland will be officially ending his Colgate career at the end of the 1999-2000 academic year (talk about the millennium). We are planning his festivities now so that as many of you as want to will be able to help us celebrate Jim's many contributions to Colgate and the geological profession. We will be having a retirement party just before reunion 2000. The festivities will begin Wednesday, May 31 with a casual get together and cookout. The following day we will have a symposium in Jim's honor with talks by some of his former students and colleagues. Thursday evening we will have a formal banquet with an official roast. We are scheduling this in conjunction with reunion because we hope that many of you will also enjoy that event and will be able to return to Colgate for the entire weekend. Hotel reservations will, of course, be difficult to get but Colgate is ramped up to provide housing for reunion. This is the first announcement of this momentous event and we hope that you will be able to make some long range plans. Early next Spring we will be sending another announcement to you and soliciting volunteers to give talks. Meanwhile, if you have any ideas about other things we might do to/for The Chief during this event, please do not hesitate to contact either of us. We're looking forward to seeing you next year! Art Goldstein and Bruce Selleck