Presenter: Keynote Speaker: John Philip Colletta
MGS members gathered for a gala dinner to celebrate the Society's 50th anniversary. At the event, Gary Ruppert was inducted as a Fellow of the Society, and Jane F. Burgess was awarded a Certificate of Merit. The keynote speech by John Philip Colletta was entitled "Hacks and Hookers and Putting Up Pickles: Snares of Yesteryear's English."