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2016 COA Annual Convention
July 27-31 Chicago, Illinois
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Linda Powers
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Robert and Anne Scholler and Theresa Jaffe
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Liezel and Vicente Dungog
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Matt Bloomfield and Kent Jaffe
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Dinner time under the dinosaurs
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Club Sales Tables - Sheila Nugent, Lee Eastwood, Peggy Eastwood
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Stephanie Clark and Andres Bonard
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COA President Jose Leal
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Kevin Cummings, Carole Marshall
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Greg Curry (2017 COA Chairman)
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Katerina Frost Welcome
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Kendall Lavoncher, Evan Frost, Zoe Frost and Mason Lavoncher
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Grace, Jing and Jiahe, He
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Doug Stemke and Stephanie C
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Larry Styles
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Our Incomparable auctioneer Paul Calomon
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Stephanie Clark and Stewart Edie
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Alice Pace and door prize
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Welcome Party at the Field Museum
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artist Rebecca Gray Smith & ?
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Moses Raj and Soosai Michael Dhas and family
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Angela Doucette
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Michael Blied and Anne Joffe
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Paula Mikkelsen, Rüdiger Bieler and Petra Bieler
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Phil Dietz, Sue Hobbs, Marcus Coltro
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Phil Dietz
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John G. Shedd Aquarium
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Jim and Linda Brunner
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Rüdiger Bieler
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Tom Eichorst
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Lynn Funkhouser
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David Allison
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Liz Fox, Ken Mattes
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Beth Heirling & ?
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Kelly Wehmer and Merilee McNeilus
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Rare muff made of the byssus of Pinna nobilis
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Allan Limpus winner of ship drawing for free lunch sailing
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Doris nebulosa made of glass. Exhibited at the Colombian Expedition in 1893
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Harry Lee and Rüdiger Bieler
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Hao Yang, Quing Zhang
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Liz Fox, Ken Mattes, Beth Heierling, Ray Vlach and Jochen Gerber
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Harry Lee and Karlynn Morgan accepting the Neptunia Award for Charlotte Lloyd
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Everett Long, winner of the Raffle prize Harpa costata
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Jose and Marcus Coltro
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Bob Pace and Dorrie Hipschman
Annual Business Meetings Minutes
Photographers: Carole Marshall, Lynn Funkhouser, Alice Pace, Sheila Nugent, Robert Gadbois, Rich Goldberg