Description: In 1979 I was a catalyst in assembling an informal group-Chief Actuaries in Federal Service Coordinating Group-to discuss the question raised in the March Editorial, i.e., the desirability of creating a position of Government Awtuary at a high level in the Federal Government. There are now about fifteen Federal agencies or departments that employ actuaries.

Description: Article The 1979 Annual Report of the Trustees Of the U.S. Social Security Programs by Bartlett in The Actuary, June 1979, Volume 13, Number 6

Description: This article talks about the Board of Governors' decision to not pursue accreditation of the F.S.A. designation with state insurance commissioners for purposes of rendering opinions on life insurance company reserves.

Description: This article announces the upcoming publication of the book Our Yesterdays, authored by Jack Moorhead, FSA 1938.

Description: Article Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch by Bartlett in The Actuary, June 1979, Volume 13, Number 6

Description: Discusses the influence of actuaries in particular state policy issues.

Description: Article from The Actuary, October 1985 – Volume No. 19, Issue No. 8 that talks about the actuarial profession in Scandinavia.

Description: Article from The Actuary, January 1986 – Volume No. 20, Issue No. 1 which is Part I of an series on Actuarial Demographics.

Description: The author notes that “there is reason to expect 1981 to be the biggest year for Social Security legislation since 1977, perhaps even since 1972. The author further notes that the Congress will be forced to act to bring the system into financial balance. The article discusses some of the actions apt to be considered for legislative action including inter-fund borrowing, general fund borrowing, general revenue financing, changes in retirement age, changes in indexing, move towards universal coverage, and others.

Description: The author has been gathering facts about actuaries who were active in North America before the Actuarial Society of America was founded in 1889. The purpose of this exercise is to compile a definitive history of the North American actuarial profession in time for the Society of Actuaries centennial year, 1989. Furthermore, the author encourages all Society members to take a personal interest in the history project, both for the pleasure it offers and because of its bearing upon observance of the fundamental values that justify actuaries in calling theirs a profession.