Description: Article Editorial by Vogel in The Actuary, December 1979, Volume 13, Number 10. Actuary aspires to be a highly valued professional in the general public.

Description: Article Board Of Governors by Bog in The Actuary, March 1979, Volume 13, Number 3

Description: A summary of a preliminary report from the Committee on Valuation and Related Problems, on guidelines for quantifying balance sheet items in an insurance enterprise.

Description: This article by the Society of Actuaries Treasurer provides a financial summary of the SOA for 1980-1981, and the financial outlook for 1981-1982.

Description: This article is about the Students' Society of the Institute of Actuaries and the role it has played for students of actuarial science. During its 71 years it has contributed substantially to actuarial life.

Description: A description of the election process within the SOA, the role of the Board of Governors, and how the process has evolved from an on-the-spot balloting process to a mail-in process.

Description: Higlights from the 1977 volume of TSA Reports, including Standard Ordinary mortality ratios, an intercompany study of accidental death benefit experience, and reports from the committees on various lines of insurance.

Description: A review of 'Life Contingencies' by Alistair Neill, to be used as a textbook for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries examinations.

Description: How does the founding in 1889 of North America's first actuarial organization fit into world actuarial history? This article gives a partial listing of non-North American actuarial organizations and their founding dates.

Description: Since 1966, the Society of Actuaries has been an affiliate of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. This article gives an overview of what the Conference Board is, what it does.