Description: Background on the actuary, Nathaniel Bowditch, who was also a renowned mathematician and scientific navigator.

Description: The rules for picking prizewinners among Actucrossword solvers were changed in September 1982: the time taken to submit a solution ceased to be counted, and winners were to be determined by fiscal year instead of monthly. This article announces the winners for the period September 1982 through June 1982 and welcomes comments from solvers of either Aclucrosswords or Actucrostics that would make them more fun or of greater interest.

Description: This article highlights the research projects under review by the Research Policy Committee. It also invites submission of other projects with the caveat that ideas submitted without an offer of partial or complete funding will have a lower priority level.

Description: Book Review from The Actuary, September 1989 – Volume 23, No. 8 of the book Actuarial Mathematics. Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics. Volume 35. edited by Harry H. Panjer.

Description: In March 1972, Peter J. Turvey, F.I.A. proposed to the lnstitute of Actuaries Students Society a notation that dealt only with the present range of symbols and was limited to the standard computer print characters. This article describes the notation.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 7. This article discusses the activities and goals of the Product Development Section of the SOA. Future activities will include joint sessions with other sections since product development issues sometimes relate to financial reporting. reinsurance, investments and nontraditional marketing.

Description: This article discusses analyzing employee benefit costs in mergers and acquisitions. This article is focused on what to watch out for.

Description: This article is about Makehams law. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 1

Description: This article highlights the changes to scientific publications of the SOA, most notably the replacement of The Transactions with The North Americal Actuarial Journal. The editorial board is listed and the process for approving papers is reviewed.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 6. This article discusses a set of papers called The Flock & Sheep & Other Essays by Frank. M. Redington, a UK actuary who practiced in the early 20th century. It draws out the lessons that have applicability across the generations and across the Atlantic Ocean.