showed that the financial condition of the Society continued satisfactory.
Election of Editor
George R. Harrison was unanimously elected Editor of the Journal for the term October, 1940, to October, 1944.
Committee Appointments
To Consider and Report Upon New Contract with the American Institute of Physics:
F. C. Gibbs, Chairman | |
| L. B. Tuckerman | H. F. Kurtz |
To Report at the February, 1941 meeting on the possibility of awarding an Adolph Lomb Medal in October, 1942:
W. B. Rayton, Chairman, | |
| R. C. Gibbs | Selig Hecht |
| G. R. Harrison | F. L. Mohler |
To report at the February, 1941 meeting on the possibility of awarding an Ives Medal in 1941:
Rudolf Kingslake, Chairman | |
| Jesse W. Beams | P. E. Klopsteg |
| H. E. Ives | A. G. Worthing |
Emeritus Membership
On the basis of a report submitted by a Committee Appointed to Consider the Matter of Emeritus Memberships, it was voted to amend Article I of the By-Laws as follows:
By inserting in Section 1, Classes of Membership: the word “Emeritus.”
By inserting after the third paragraph of Section 3, Eligibility: the paragraph:
“Any person who has retired from active work, has reached the age of 65 years, and has been a member for at least 20 years is eligible for emeritus membership. Other members may, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board of Directors, be declared eligible for emeritus membership.”
By inserting after the fourth paragraph of Section 5, Election to Membership: the paragraph:
“Any eligible member may, at his own request, be transferred to emeritus membership by the Secretary.”
And by inserting after the second paragraph of Section 6, Duties and Privileges: the paragraph:
“Emeritus members shall have all of the privileges of their former membership status, except the right to receive the Journal and other publications of the Society.”
A.I.P. Representative
Arthur C. Hardy was nominated to succeed himself as O. S. A. representative on the Governing Board of the American Institute of Physics.
