Description: In June, when champagne corks pop in celebration of the centennial of the actuarial profession, there will be something else to celebrate: the launch of the profession’s sparkling four-color magazine, Contingencies.

Description: I read with interest the article by Sheri Lynn Levine in the November 1988 issue of The Fibonacci Quarterly on ‘Suppose More Rabbits Are Born.’ Levine,like Fibonacci, assumes that rabbits never die and made additional assumptions regarding rates of reproduction.

Description: When I first became a member of the Society of Actuaries. I used to enjoy hearing, or reading the Secretary’s summary of the “nonroutine” business transacted by the Board. In those days I wondered how one determined what was “routine” and what was “nonroutine.” Somehow even the “nonroutine” often seemed pretty “routine!” with the benefit of a few years in the profession.

Description: Letter from the president discussing the SOA’s emphasis on communicating with employers.

Description: Column discussing recent events at and around the SOA.

Description: Column from SOA president discussing opportunities for members of the SOA.

Description: In an article on the same subject, in the March 1976 issue of The Actuary, it was reported that the Sub-Committee on Notation of the International Actuarial Association had circulated a questionnaire among the various national organizations to sound out public opinion on the issue of linearization and expansion of the International Actuarial Notation. This article is an update on recent developments reflecting the Special Meeting on the International Actuarial Notation, held October 30, 1976 at the XX International Congress of Actuaries.

Description: This article discusses the reasons for becoming an actuary.

Description: Book review for An American Philosophy of Social Security written by the chairman for the original Social Security Advisory Council and discusses the original and subsequent thinking about social security.

Description: This is a review of the book, 'From Actuarius to Actuary' by Robert B. Mitchell who was selected by The 25th Anniversary Committee of the Society of Actuaries to prepare a popular history of the actuarial profession. This volume should be read by actuaries. They will be charmed by its style and informed by its content.