TAPPI Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony and Fellows Luncheon.

TAPPI will kick off its 90th Anniversary celebration with the 2005 Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony February 23 in Tampa, Florida. The Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony and the annual Fellows Luncheon will be held February 23, 2005 at the Radisson Riverwalk Hotel in Tampa, Florida. This annual gathering of TAPPI members, leaders, fellows, and honored guests provides a forum for TAPPI members to share information and recognize those who have made unique contributions to TAPPI and to the industry.

During the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony, the Association's highest honors, the Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal and the Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award will be presented and several new TAPPI Fellows will be recognized an honored later that day at the annual Fellows Luncheon.

The Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award is given to an individual or individuals who have made preeminent scientific and engineering achievements of proven commercial benefit to the world's pulp, paper, board, and forest products industries and the other industries that TAPPI serves.

The TAPPI Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award was established to recognize an individual for voluntary leadership and service, which have significantly and demonstrably contributed to the advancement of the Association.

TAPPI Fellow is an honorary title bestowed upon less than one percent of TAPPI's membership, and is given to individuals who have made extraordinary technical or service contributions to the industry and/or the Association.

The TAPPI Board of Directors and several TAPPI divisions, committees, and other member groups will hold meetings in conjunction with the Annual Meeting. Space is still available for additional member group meetings February 21-25. Please contact Ed Robie, TAPPI Event Project Manager at 770-209-7243 or [e-mail] to book space for your group.