Description: A Centennial Celebration of the founding of North America's first actuarial organization was held in 1989 in Washington, D.C. This article summarizes the presentations made by the Presidents of the five sponsoring organizations regarding the strengthening of the Actuarial profession. The five sponsoring organizations were the Society of Actuaries, the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice, the American Academy of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Description: A summary of the October 31 meeting of the Board of Governors, where topics included education and examination requirements, SOA organization, pension terminology, publications, didivend philosophy, subcommittee operations, financial statement certifications, the Executive Director position, and consolidation of North American actuarial organizations.

Description: The SOA is committed to meeting member and candidate needs outside North America.

Description: This article clarifies a misunderstanding about a possible endorsement of a proposed amendment by the ACLI Actuarial Committee or the ACLI.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 6, discusses 35 members, dubbed two-timers who earned Fellowship in both the Actuarial Society of America and the American Institute of Actuaries before these two merged, by passing separate and distinct examinations in each body from the first Associateship part to the last Fellowship part.

Description: A critique of the SOA's co-sponsoring of the Manhart Brief which addressed sex discrimination in pension rates. This critique argues that the brief violates the SOA constitution by expressing not just facts, but opinions, without following specified procedures for doing so.

Description: Benefits of belonging to SOA special interest sections.

Description: Intoduction to an issue of The Actuary focusing on the Manhart case, in which a controversial brief was presented to the Supreme Court by the SOA and AAA.

Description: This article discusses the need for more participation by members in the direction of the profession, particularly in the Society of Actuaries.

Description: This article discusses the agenda and sponsors of the Society of Actuaries 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting held in San Francisco on October 17-20, 1999.