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: 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.

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.