state, and local involvement in noise abatement and control. They pointed out that the future of these programs is in turmoil at the present time due to economic cuts on the federal and state levels. However, the problems of noise pollution are still with us and thus the speakers talked specifically on how the state is helping local lev- eE with "Maximum Environmental Noise Levels," "Motor Vehicle Performance Standards," and "Watercraft Noise Performance Stand- ards" through such programs as ECHO (Each Community Helps Others).

Narragansett Chapter. Four meetings of the chapter were held during the year 1981. At the winter meeting held in Providence on 27 January, the guest speaker was Dr. Carleen Hutchins, who lec- tured about her celebrated research on stringed instruments. Several unique instruments were demonstrated and later made available for musicians in the audience to play. Honorary lifetime memberships were awarded to Dr. Hutchins (by Harry Miller) and to Dr. Robert Apfel (in absentia by Bob Beret). The spring meeting was held on 7 April at the University of Rhode Island. The speaker was A1 E1- linthorpe of the Naval Underwater Systems Center (NUSC), New London, who described his extensive work on underwater acoustic fluctuations carried out at the Azores fixed acoustic range (AFAR) over the past several years. A Certificate of Appreciation was pre-

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sented to Wilson Lamb upon his retirement as chapter secretary. Musical entertainment was provided by a saxaphone quartet con- sisting of Mark Moffett, Jim Strickland, and two members of the Coast Guard band.

The summer meeting, jointly held with the Greater Boston Chap- ter, was held in Mystic, Connecticut on 30 May. The technical speaker was Robert Bruce of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. (BBN), whose topic was "Occupational Noise Exposure in America." The history of noise control legislation as well as cost, benefits, and methods were described. A musical program was given by the "NUSC Offbeat Five" woodwind quintet headed by Fran Weigle.

The fall meeting was held at the Viking Hotel, Newport, Rhode Island on 26 September. The subject of the technical taik by Pro- fessor Robert E. Apfel of Yale University, was "Acousticai Levita- tion with Application to Medicine and Biology." The lecture was illustrated by slides showing how blood cells, etc. concentrate in different regions of the acoustic field, depending on their size and density. Bob aiso noted that the oil industry is interested in the method, and had recruited some of his graduate students. The an- nual awards meeting of the Narragansett Chapter was held at the Faculty Club, Brown University, 9 n the evening of 19 January 1982. The guest speaker was Dr. William Ellison of Cambridge Acousticai Associates, who discussed his work with the Arctic En- vironmental Noise Program to study the potential impact of oil drilling on Arctic marine life. His talk was illustrated by slides show- ing field work on the ice pack in which native Inupiaqs of Barrow, Alaska participated. An Honorary Lifetime Membership was pre- sented to Dr. Richard Bolt of Bolt Beranek and Newman by Lou Maples, who cited Dick's many contributions to acoustics over the years. A second award, voted to Warren P. Mason, will be pre- sented at a future meeting.

Jerry P. Christoff Alexander Cohen

Richard F. Dixon

Robert J. Dodge A. Wendell Engle Albert H. Ewell, Jr. Victor P. Gatwood

Carmen P. Germano

Jerome Goodman

David M. Green

Gordon Z. Greenberg James W. Greene

Manfred A. Heckl

Elmer L. Hixson

Robert A. Houde

Suzue Ishii

Francis J. Jackson

John Jessop Alexandre Kahanoff

S. Steven Kushner

Peter Ladefoged Franklyn K. Levin Raymond J. LeZak Bart N. Locanthi

Gideon Maidanik

William C. Meecham

Allen H. Meitzler

Derwent M. A. Mercer

Norman Meyerhoff Elwood W. McMorrow

Hugh G. Morgan

Paul M. Naghdi Werner G. Neubauer

Herbert M. Neustadt

Donald L. Nichols

Knut S. Nordby Morio Onoe

Jose C. Ortega Melville F. Peters

John R. Pierce

Donald G. Pray James H. Prout

George Rand F. Everett Reed, Jr. Lincoln E. Roberts

Irving E. Rosenbarker Wendell E. Rossman

Homer I. Sargeant Manfred R. Schroeder

Fletcher D. Shields

John R. Smithson

Cecil R. Sparks Richard Stern

Peter W. Tappan Dean G. Thomas

Robin M. Towne

John A. Victoreen

Richard F. Waddey Alfred Weisslet

George P. Wilson August F. Wittenbom Eberhard Zwicker

Revisions to membership list New Members

Becker, Fartel M., 10120 Ashwood Dr., Kensington, MD 20795 Bold, Gary E. J., Physics Dept., Univ. of Auckland, 38 Princess

St., Auckland, New Zealand Boyd, Ronald J., 3904 Holt Dr., Austin, TX 78749 Clegg, Aimon H., 24 Sanders Rd., Rockaway, NJ 07866 Derengowski-Stein, Mary A., Dept. of Physics-Geoscience, Mont-

clair State College, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Izenour, George C., P.O. Box 2903, Westville Station, New Haven,

CT 06515

Jucai, Zhang, Nationai Inst. of Metrology, Hopinli, Peking, China Murphy, Preston V., Lectret S. A., Promenade des Champs-Frech-

ets 25, 1217 Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland Myatt, Joseph W., Plantronics, 345 Encinal St., Santa Cruz, CA

95060

Strozeski, Bernard B., Dresser-Atlas, 10201 Westheimer, DC-1, Rm. 207, Houston, TX 77042

Waag, Robert C., Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Hopeman Hall, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627

Twenty-Five Year Awards made

The following have been members of the Society continuously for twenty-five years. They have been sent "silver" certificates in recognition of the mutual advantages derived from their long-time association with the Society.

BETTY H. GOODFRIEND

Administrative Secretary

Gerald Albert

John C. Allred

George H. Ashley Milton B. Babbitt

Don A. Berlincourt

Avadh B. Bhatia

Edwin S. Bishop John C. Burgess Edward F. Carome

Yian-nian Chen

New Associates

Bareham, John R., Bruel & Kjaer Instruments Inc., 185 Forest St., Marlborough, MA 0175 2

Bouliane, Thomas G., Audio Contractors Inc., 18 Trinity PI., Buffaio, NY 14201

Brien, Martin J., System Development Corp., 55 Broadway, Cam- bridge, MA 02142

Brocher, Thomas M., Hawaii Inst. of Geophysics, Univ. of Hawaii, 2525 Correa Rd., Honolulu, HI 96822

Burns, Thomas D., RD 2, Box 13, Sleepy Hollow Rd., Sussex, NJ 07461

Bussey, W. Stephen, 7725 Pine Island Rd., Merritt Island, FL 32952 Campos, Alfredo J., Applied Research Labs., P.O. Box 8029, Austin,

TX 78712

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