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12. “Roots of the Internet” by Leo Beranek, Massachusetts Historical Review, Vol. 2, 2000 (Reprinted in the Fall 2002 and Winter 2003 NCAC Newsletters)
13. Report on Acoustics and Societal Problems, June 18-21, 1972, Acoustical Society of America
14. Presidents of the Acoustical Society of America (1929-1999) –A collection of personal recollections of presidents, November 1999
15. ASA at 75, edited by Henry E. Bass and William J. Cavanaugh (Acoustical Society of America, Melville, NY, 2004)
16. Film of the 75th Anniversary Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (CD ROM) (Acoustical Society of America, Melville, NY, 2004)
17. Oral history interviews, Center for the History of Physics, American Institute of Physics
Collected by the Archives and History Committee, Acoustical Society of America
Laurence Batchelder
Leo L. Beranek
Robert T. Beyer Hallowell Davis Tony F.W. Embleton Robert S. Gales Louis S. Goodfriend David M. Green Robert Green Katherine S. Harris Ira J. Hirsh
Richard H. Lyon Daniel W. Martin Harry B. Miller Louis C. Sutherland Eric E. Ungar Robert W. Young
Collected by the Center for the History of Physics, American Institute of Physics
Harvey Fletcher
Frederick V. Hunt
Vern O. Knudsen R. Bruce Lindsay Wallace Waterfall A.B. Wood
Fig 1: Charles E. Schmid
Charles E. Schmid was selected to be the first executive director of the Acoustical Society of America in 1990. Before that he performed research in underwater acoustics as a Fellow at Honeywell Marine Systems in Seattle, WA (1966–1990) and General Dynamics/ Electric Boat in Groton, CT (1963–1966). He served as the ASA’s 1985/86 Congressional
Science and Engineering Fellow in Washington, DC. He holds a Bachelors degree from Cornell University, Masters from the University of Connecticut, and Ph.D from the University of Washington, all in electrical engineering. He has served on the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Governing Board for 16- years and was elected to 5 terms on AIP’s Executive Committee.
Elaine Moran is the ASA headquarters office manager and has been a member of the ASA staff since 1970. Prior to join- ing ASA, she held posi- tions at the American Institute of Physics and the Rockefeller University Press.
Elaine with friends Tammy Faye, Rusty and Sadiq at a ranch in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Carlie Tilly.)
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