All good things must come to an end.    So it is with this series of photo albums.   This will be a loss for some of you (and you know who you are), but hopefully you can find some good grief counseling.

This album is from a smorgasbord of events, starting (or really ending) with a remarkable three-week workshop that Nancy Rogers, Frank Sander, and Craig McEwen organized at Ohio State in 1993.  The pictures are mostly from the last century, though there are a few from the 21st Century.   Some of the dates and events may not be quite right, so let me know if you see any errors.

Missouri DR faculty in 2001.  Back row:  Jim Levin, Len Riskin, John Lande.  Middle row:  Ilhyung Lee, Richard Reuben, Jen Robbennolt, Jim Westbrook.  Front row:  Bob Baily, Jean Sternlight, Chris Guthrie, Tim Heinsz.

(Some) Missouri DR faculty in 2000.  Back row:  Jim Levin, Richard Reuben, Jean Sternlight, Chris Guthrie.  Front row:  Jen Robbennolt, Bob Bailey, John Lande, Len Riskin.

Here are several shots from the 2001 ABA SDR Conference, I think.

Back row:  John Lande, Bobbi McAdoo, John Barkai, Jon Hyman.  Front row:  Jim Levin, Ron Kelly, Jim Coben.

Howard Herman, Claudia Bernard, Robert Rack

John Lande, Gary Friedman, Ron Kelly

Here are shots from the 2001 Association for Conflict Resolution conference.

Dennis Sharp, Ellen Miller, Ron Kelly, Gary Weiner, Terry Amsler, Heather Anderson, Gail Nugent, Alan Wiener

Don Peters, Martha (Marty) Peters, Jonathan Cohen

Here are two shots from the 2000 ACR conference.

Michelle LeBaron, Juliana Birkoff

Ron Kelly was on a legendary session about the Uniform Mediation Act.   He listed a long list of exceptions to confidentiality under the draft and, after each one, he drilled a hole in the bottom of the wastebasket shown in the photo.   He built up to a dramatic crescendo and then poured a pitcher of water into the bucket to illustrate the protection under the Act.  After that, Richard Reuben, who was a reporter for the Act, held up the wastebasket and said, “This is the protection with the Act.”  Then he flung it aside and said, “This is the protection without the Act.”  Quite a session.

The 2000 ABA SDR conference?  Julia Gold, Carol Izumi, Susanne Schmitz, Jim Stark, John Lande

Wisconsin Association of Mediators conference in 1999.  Back row:  Tom Fiutak, ?, Jeff Senger, Ann Milne, Nancy Welsh, Bobbi McAdoo.  Front row:  Andrea Schneider, Jim Alfini.

Two shots from the SPIDR (Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution) conference in 1999.

Josh Stulberg, Nancy Welsh, Kitty Atkins, Chris Honeyman, Lela Love

Ron Kelly, John Helie, Dennis Sharp

Here’s a shot of some of the planning committee for the 1999 SPIDR conference.

Back row:  John Lande, David Jones, Glenn Sigurdson, Paddy Moore.  Front row:  Mike Hughes, Cliff Hendler, Michelle LeBaron, John Stephens.

Dana Curtis and Jim Alfini at a chance encounter.

At a 1998 “moveable feast” organized by Chris Honeyman.  Kim Kovach, Jim Boskey, Michelle LeBaron, John Lande, Maria Volpe.   The ABA SDR sponsors a student essay contest named after Jim Boskey.  He was a one-man blog-listserv-website-ssrn, publishing thick newsletters with a  comprehensive listing and descriptions of  new books, articles, videos, and any other DR resources.  Back then, one (obsessed) person could do that.

Sally Ganong Pope, Tom Fee, Ann Milne, Peter Salem at at 1998 AFCC (Association of Family and Conciliation Courts) conference.

Here are two shots from a mini-symposium organized by Sharon Press and Jean Sternlight at Florida State in 1997.

Back row:  Jim Alfini, Patsy Palmer, Craig McEwen, Paul LeBel, Jeff Stempel.  Middle row:  Sharon Press, Jean Sternlight.  Bottom row:  John Lande, Baruch Bush, Deborah Hensler.

Finally, two shots from the Ohio State workshop in 1993.

Craig McEwen

Frank Sander

I hope you have enjoyed the photos.