Description: This article covers a round table discussion about the most significant housing issues affecting retirees.

Description: Letter from the President that looks back at recent activities and collaborations, and discusses the SOA’s recently updated mission.

Description: This article provides an overview of the new Financial and Health Economics module now requried for all FSA's.

Description: Overview and history of the Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) program, created with the goal to enhance actuarial knowledge and expand the profession’s influence in academia.

Description: This article is a summary and analysis of the 1977 Annual Reports of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. The author notes that an excellent introduction to these reports may be obtained by reading the Commentary Prepared to Assist in the Reading and Interpretation of the Reports, prepared by A. Haeworth Robertson, Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration. Note: A more extensive review of the Reports will appear in the Transactions.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 5 that talks about the various ways of constructing systems and suggests the desirability of establishing measures of efficiency for the alternatives so that we may rationally choose among them.

Description: Discusses speech by Professor Chastain of Drake University on recruiting and what attracts recent graduates to particular jobs.

Description: Book review of The Mathematical Sciences, A Collection of 22 Essays, by the National Research Council's Committee on Support of Research in the Mathematical Sciences.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 6 is a recap of the LOMA Systems Forum held in New York, March 15-17, 1971.

Description: E-courses available from the Society of Actuaries.