NAR 60 Year Reunion. Part 5 - Presentation Opening Remarks

Halfway through the reunion activities, the central stage and podium were open to presentations by the various NAR dignitaries who were present.
To start things off, Reunion Coordinator Trip Barber stepped up to welcome all of the attendees and make a few remarks about the reunion. 

The over-arching theme of the event emphasized the 'Pay Forward' concept.  It was pointed out that a good portion of the NAR membership present at this event was aging. (Indeed, a quick look around the room corroborated this - lots of salt & pepper & balding).  Trip urged all of the older members to seek out folks with higher NAR numbers and spend time with them sharing stories about the old days, and getting to know them.

For myself, I followed that directive for most of the latter part of the re-union.  Met a lot of interesting younger rocketeers!

Following Trip to the podium was current NAR President John Hochheimer, who also gave a few opening remarks.

Both men had just returned the day before from Warsaw, Poland after participating in the Internats as part of the U.S. team.  They were experiencing serious jetlag, with their body clocks thinking it was Eastern Europe time.  We definitely applaud their presence here at the reunion!