On October 1 and 2, 2010, LPL hosted a party for friends and alumni in honor of its 50th birthday. The anniversary banquet was held at the PHOENIX Science Operations Center on October 1. Ninety guests attended and Dale Cruikshank gave a keynote address titled "Beauty and Grandeur in Planetary Science." Approximately sixty alumni, faculty, students, and friends attended the next day's symposium. In the photo above, Cruikshank (right) is shown with fellow early LPL alumnus Bill Hartmann (left), and Professor Emeritus (Geosciences) Spencer Titley, who, along with Gerard Kuiper, was a co-advisor for Cruikshank. Talks will be linked online soon (http://lpl50.arizona.edu).