Description: This is the announcement marking the end to the section, Legal Notes. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16, Pt. 1, No. 46.

Description: Discusses how the SOA can encourage the study of basic mathematics in secondary schools and colleges preparing students with the necessary academic background for an actuarial education. The panel also examines how local actuarial clubs can stimulate academic education in the field of math and if more colleges and universities should be encouraged to establish actuarial courses.

Description: This discussion explores what actuaries can do to keep informed with respect to social insurance developments and looks at what the SOA can do to be of greater usefulness to younger members.

Description: This report has been organized into the following principal sections: The Profession, Society of Actuaries Internal Organization, Education, and The Immediate Future. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1977, Vol. 29.

Description: Announces appointment to position that will make Mr. Heitzman the actuarial profession's chief public policy liaison on pension matters.

Description: This article lists the winners of 16 research grants from the SOA, with recipients representing a wide range of expertise and geographic locations.

Description: This article reports the deaths of seven members of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: As the search continues for a solution to the U.S. Social Security system’s financing problems, the U.S. Congress is considering raising the normal retirement age for U.S. workers. The House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee heard testimony on Feb. 26, 1998 from Christopher Bone, chief actuary, Actuarial Sciences Associates, Somerset, N.J., Ron Gebhardtsbauer, senior pension fellow, American Academy of Actuaries, and Robert Myers, former chief actuary of the U.S. Social Security Administration and professor emeritus, Temple University. All discussed the impact of a higher normal retirement age. This article summarizes the testimony of these three actuaries.

Description: This article announces that Lester Thurow, economist, professor and author, will be the keynote speaker at the Society of Actuaries' 1998 annual meeting, Oct. 18-21, in New York.

Description: This is the program for the 30th Annual Actuarial Research Conference held at The Penn State Scanticon Conference Center in University Park, PA on August 17-19, 1995. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1996, Vol. 1.