Description: The August/September 2015 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: Gives a preliminary report of progress to date on Advisory Committee on Means of Encouraging the Preparation and Distribution of Actuarial Literature and Studies. Describes some ideas on how to ensure valuable, timely, sharing of actuarial published materials with the profession.

Description: This article describes the Society's Special Committee on Career Consultation. This Committee was established with the charge to examine the feasibility and desirability of the Society's establishing a career consultation service, or placement service, to aid actuaries in obtaining the type of work which may be best suited to their potential capabilities.

Description: The SOA president honors those who have helped him achieve his professional goals, and offers ideas on ways to help others grow and thrive within the profession.

Description: This column highlights the recent activities of the Society of Actuaries and lists professional development opportunities.

Description: The minority program reached its goal for 1981. Our thanks to five companies and fifteen individual actuaries who saw the appeal in our December 1981 issue and responded with cheeks totalling $3,935 for the Minority Recruiting Program.

Description: A discussion of the formation of the Asian Committee by the Society of Actuaries to help promote actuarial education in Asia.

Description: Feature article that introduces readers to Actuaries Without Borders (AWB), which provides volunteers for projects in countries where the actuarial profession is at an early level of development. The article also highlights recent international projects undertaken by AWB.

Description: Little article describing in a simple way why a death tax is more beneficial to the country's government than an annual tax on capital returns. Note the difference in yields drives the result.

Description: This article highlights the actuarial science program recently started at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The program may be of special interest to actuaries because Howard is the largest and generally recognized as the most prestigious predominantly black university in the U.S.A., and its actuarial program works closely with the Society's Subcommittee on Minority Recruiting.