At the NURETH-20 conference in Washington, DC, held from August 20-25, 2023, Professor Jacopo Buongiorno was recognized as one of the new NURETH Fellows by the American Nuclear Society Thermal Hydraulics Division. The award was presented to him in recognition of his sustained contributions to the NURETH conferences over the past 20+ years. During the conference, Professor Neil Todreas gave a speech about the 40-year history of the NURETH conference. Neil shared insights and personal experience about the conference's birth, evolution and growth and its significant contributions to the field of nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics.