Description: Seventeen reporters representing such publications as Barrows, the Washington Post and the Journal of Commerce attended a news briefing June 13 spotlighting the Centennial. Held at the Capital's National Press Club, the news briefing was moderated by James J. Murphy, Executive Vice President of the American Academy of Actuaries. Five other actuaries representing the health, casualty, life, pensions and employee benefits areas discussed trends in their fields and summarized papers delivered during the celebration.

Description: Vancouver actuary Bob Blake recently parlayed his knack for remembering odd facts into record breaking winnings of $82,501 on Jeopardy, television's most cerebral game show.

Description: This article reports on the keynote speech by Dr. John G. Stoessinger at the 1988 annual meeting of the SOA. In his speech covering the world economy and our changing relationships with China, Japan and the Soviet Union, Dr. Stoessinger praised the Society-sponsored actuarial training program at China's Nankai University.

Description: The Centennial Celebration brought the dawn of a new era in the way actuarial meetings are handled, said Thomas P Bowles, head of the meeting's steering committee. It set a new standard for meetings to come. Bowles enthusiasm was fueled by the overwhelmingly positive audience reaction to several innovations at the Washington, D.C., celebration.