A m e r i c a n P h y s i c a l S o c i e t y

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The American Physical Society strives to:

Be the leading voice for physics and an authoritative source of physics information for the advancement of physics and the benefit of humanity;

Collaborate with national scientific societies for the advancement of science, science education, and the science community;

Cooperate with international physics societies to promote physics, to support physicists worldwide, and to foster international collaboration;

Have an active, engaged, and diverse membership, and support the activities of its units and members. F r o m t h e P r e s i d e n t

his past year saw continued growth and APS Gender Equity Conference, in which I played an ac- achievement for APS. Membership in the tive role in 2007. Society grew by close to 1000, exceeding APS staff continued to work to enhance programs 47,000. New student members continue serving the physics community. These include efforts to to dominate the growth, and students be- take physics to the public through the popular Physics came more active in APS governance, Quest program for middle school students. Over 11,000 Twith the first student member of the APS Council tak- kits were distributed to teachers across the country to ing her seat in 2008. Submissions to APS journals contin- provide the materials needed for over 200,000 students ued to increase, and APS added a new online publication, to participate in the 2008 quest. A major emphasis was Physics, while celebrating the 50th anniversary of Physical the ongoing lobbying efforts to increase funding for the Review Letters. APS also organized 18 meetings, including physical sciences. 2008 was a very difficult year in this re- the March Meeting in New Orleans and the April Meet- gard, but one success was a bill that provided $340 million ing in St. Louis. While all of this was occurring, physicists for science programs, saving a number of jobs at national around the world produced stunning new results, such as laboratories. On the international front, the APS and the cooling molecules to near absolute zero, finding a new and Indo-US Science and Technology Forum offered its first very different class of high temperature superconducting round of awards to support exchanges of graduate students materials, imaging planets outside our solar system, and and professors between the United States and India. using imperfections in diamond to detect the spin of a At the end of 2008, APS was very pleased to announce single electron. the successful completion of the 21st Century Campaign, During 2008, APS and its partner organizations re- a capital campaign to provide money for APS education leased a number of study reports that have had a major and outreach programs. Major donations from industry, impact among policy makers. The most prominent of these foundations, and APS members helped the Campaign is Energy Future – Think Efficiency, a report of a year-long raise $4.3 million. This is already allowing APS to expand study chaired by Burton Richter, which emphasizes the a very successful program to help universities increase the very large role that efficiency can play in reducing our number of well-prepared physics teachers, and the APS need for energy. A report on nuclear forensics, the science minority scholarship for undergraduate students, to name of tracing nuclear materials to their source, has brought but two of the APS Campaign-supported programs. needed attention to this area and triggered legislation. In addition, the summary report from four expert workshops on various aspects of nuclear weapons policy is providing Congress and the new Administration with background material and discussion of key issues. Of greatest personal Arthur Bienenstock satisfaction to me was the release of the report from the APS 2008 President R e s e a r c h P u b l i c at i o n s

sense of expansion and outreach charac- and librarians. At presentations in Wuhan, Hangzhou, terized 2008 at the APS Editorial Of- Nanjing, Hefei, Beijing, and Shanghai, the group provided fice. A new program to recognize referees information about APS publications along with advice on who have provided outstanding service preparation and submission of papers and negotiation of was inaugurated in the early part of the the peer review process. year. Astute peer review is the foundation The launch of a new online publication aimed at high- Aof the APS journals, and many expert referees around the lighting the best papers published by Physical Review and world contribute their time to this effort. A broad team of Physical Review Letters was probably the most important editors selected an initial group of 534 Outstanding Ref- innovation in 2008. Called Physics, it can be found at erees, based on the number, quality, and timeliness of their physics.aps.org/. APS was fortunate to hire David Voss, a reports, as collected in a database over the last 20 years. highly experienced scientific editor and journalist, to head Each received a certificate and a distinctive lapel pin, and up the new publication. Available in beta-test format since simple recognition ceremonies were held at the March mid-summer, Physics launched formally on September and April Meetings. A searchable list has been posted at: 15, accompanied by a broad publicity and advertising ef- publish.aps.org/OutstandingReferees. The steady-state ex- fort. This online publication offers three kinds of features: pectation is to recognize annually about one half of one expert commentary on a particular paper (Viewpoints), percent of active referees, making the honor as selective as concise analysis of research in hot subfields (Trends), and APS Fellowship, but the initial group was larger to reward single-paragraph summaries of individual papers (Syn- the many individuals who deserve the honor. opses), which are written by in-house editors. By the end Throughout the year, APS celebrated the 50th anni- of the year 14,000 people had signed up for either weekly versary of Physical Review Letters with a variety of projects email alerts or RSS feeds for Physics. Together with Physical and events. These included a timeline of the history of the Review Focus and the Editors’ Suggestions, Physics assists APS journals in general and PRL in particular, and a se- readers in identifying and understanding important papers ries of commissioned essays on the individuals, issues, and and helps authors get more notice for their best work. discoveries that have influenced the journal. A series of In May, Physical Review Special Topics — Accelerators pivotal papers, among them many that eventually resulted and Beams celebrated its 10th anniversary. To mark this in Nobel prizes, were designated as “Milestone” papers decadal milestone, a number of essays on general topics of and were posted weekly along with commentary on the accelerator physics, written by well-known experts in the significance and impact of each article. Celebrations took field, appeared in the journal. Sadly, Robert H. Siemann, place at the March Meeting in New Orleans and the April the founding Editor of PRST-AB passed away in Septem- Meeting in St. Louis. ber. A series of personal essays dedicated to his memory Reflecting the international character of APS journals, was subsequently published. editors traveled to conferences and institutes in Germany, Submissions to APS journals rise every year, and so Brazil, China, Japan, and India. In particular, the Editor- it was in 2008. Approximately 34,430 papers were sub- in-Chief and a team of editors visited China in June. With mitted, representing a 4.3% increase over 2007. Improved the notable increase in submissions from China, it was an electronic systems and tools have enabled existing support opportune time to meet with Chinese authors, students, staff to handle the increase, but the need for more edi-

2 A m e r i c a n P h y s i c a l S o c i e t y tors scales with increasing submissions. Increased edito- Wikipedia, have been under discussion with input from rial community outreach and more involvement in internal the community over the last two years. The emerging phi- projects put additional pressure on editors’ time. All of this losophy regarding copyright is to keep only those rights has caused space problems in the Editorial Office, and dur- that APS needs to safeguard the continuity and value of ing 2008 a special task force undertook a preliminary in- the journals and to cede the rest to authors. A new copy- vestigation of how best to provide additional space. right form that expands and clarifies authors’ rights was Revisions to APS copyright policies, to allow authors approved by the APS Publications Oversight Committee more freedom to create derivative works and to post on in September and implemented shortly thereafter. n

S c i e n t i f i c M e e t i n g s

he annual March and April Meetings in eral years ago, continue to be a highlight of the meeting. 2008 were again very successful. The March In addition, two special sessions were held on the Manhat- Meeting, held in New Orleans, was one of tan Project’s 65th anniversary, as well as a session on the the largest in its history. More than 7,000 APS Energy Efficiency Study, and a public lecture entitled people attended, with more than 6,700 ab- “The View from the Center of the Universe.” An evening stracts being presented in invited, contrib- town hall meeting was held on the new era for particle Tuted, and poster sessions. More than 2,500 students at- physics. Over 100 undergraduates attended the first ever tended, and there were 1,661 international attendees. Both Future Physicists Day, where they presented their research, numbers have increased considerably in recent years. participated in hands-on activities, and heard talks from Several pre-meeting programs were held at the March professional physicists. Meeting, including a short course, tutorials, and three work- As it does each year, the APS sponsored High School shops: one on opportunities in biology for physicists, one Physics Teachers’ Days in conjunction with the March and on professional skills development for women physicists, April Meetings. Seventy-six teachers attended the teach- and one on opportunities in energy research. Several special ers’ day at LIGO-Livingston, which featured a tour of the evening sessions were held during the meeting, including LIGO control room; and 63 teachers attended the April evening sessions entitled “25 Years of Scanning Probe Mi- Teachers’ Day in St. Louis, Missouri. croscopy” and “From Quarks to Cosmos: Breaking News at Throughout 2008 there were many other scientific the Interface of Particle, Nuclear and Astrophysics.” meetings sponsored by APS units, including the meet- The 2008 April Meeting in St. Louis attracted more ings of the Divisions of Nuclear Physics (DNP), Atomic, than 1,400 attendees and was joined by an international Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP), Fluid Dynam- conference on High Energy Density Physics and High ics (DFD), and Plasma Physics (DPP), as well as several Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics. The program meetings sponsored by Topical Groups and a large number consisted of approximately 200 invited talks and 700 con- of Section meetings. n tributed talks. The plenary talks, added to the program sev-

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uring 2008, turmoil continued to be the concept. Final action on a stimulus bill was forecast for ear- watchword describing the Washington ly 2009, with science expected to be featured prominently. political landscape. With the Bush Ad- In late summer, APS wrapped up its yearlong exami- ministration entering its final year, Con- nation of energy efficiency. The study group, chaired by gress still at odds with the White House, Nobel Laureate Burton Richter and co-chaired by former and the nation grappling with a financial House Science Committee Chief of Staff David Goldston, Dmeltdown, APS had to navigate difficult waters. released its findings in a report,Energy Future—Think Effi- The reluctance of the White House to negotiate budget ciency, which emphasized that improving energy efficiency differences in 2007 had left federal science agencies with is an easy and inexpensive way to reduce oil imports and funding shortfalls. That was particularly true for the De- greenhouse gas emissions without causing loss of comfort partment of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, which was and convenience. The report, which also called for a larger still trying to cope with prior financial difficulties. In early and better-focused federal R&D program to promote the January, APS initiated an effort to restore $300 million of development of future technologies, was well received on science funding within a defense supplemental appropria- Capitol Hill and saw news coverage in many media out- tions bill. Support from the science community began to lets, among them CNN, Business Week, Newsweek On-Air, grow, and a coordinated lobbying and media push — with Politico, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Miami Herald. featured stories in The New York Times, the San Francisco An audio news release also aired on 150 stations in the Chronicle, Newsweek, the Chicago Tribune, MSNBC, Tech top 50 U.S. markets, reaching more than 15 million house- Daily, and Congressional Quarterly — yielded results. At holds. the end of June, President Bush signed into law a bill that APS also devoted considerable time to several other contained almost $340 million for science programs at public policy initiatives. Working through the Panel on DOE, NASA, NIH and NSF, saving thousands of jobs at Public Affairs, APS joined the AAAS Center for Science, the national laboratories. Technology and Security Policy in a review of the U.S. nu- Efforts to secure strong science funding in the FY clear forensics program that enjoyed wide media coverage, 2009 appropriations bill met with less success. Democrats including The Associated Press, USA Today and The Washing- opted to defer almost all budget action until a new presi- ton Post. This report stresses the importance of being able dent took office. Just before the start of the new fiscal year to trace nuclear materials back their source. The House and on October 1, Congress passed a Continuing Resolution the Senate implemented the report’s major recommenda- that kept non-defense programs funded at FY 2008 levels tions in the 2008 Defense Authorization Bill. until March 6, 2009. In addition, APS joined the AAAS and the Center for Immediately following the November elections, with Strategic and International Studies in an examination of talk of a major economic stimulus bill gaining momentum, U.S. nuclear weapons policy. The summary report, which APS suggested that rebuilding the nation’s decaying sci- synthesized the results of four expert workshops on tech- ence infrastructure should be included in the planned leg- nical, international and military issues, is providing the islation. By the end of December, House Speaker Nancy Congress and the new Administration with background Pelosi, members of the Obama Transition Team, and key material and discussion of key issues. It has been presented Senate leaders had all embraced the multi-billion dollar to the U.S. Strategic Command. Earlier in the year, APS

4 A m e r i c a n P h y s i c a l S o c i e t y joined ten science and engineering organizations in run- In 2008, APS sponsored its 40th Congressional Sci- ning a highly successful tutorial, covered by USA Today, ence Fellow. Congressional Science Fellows go through a which provided pointers for organization members who rigorous orientation program provided by AAAS and then were considering running for public office. spend a year assisting a member of Congress or a Congres- sional Committee. n

E d u c at i o n

he Physics Teacher Education Coali- per year as before the project started. APS and AAPT have tion continues to be APS’s largest educa- also received a Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship pro- tional effort. The project, aimed at increas- gram award from the NSF to provide funding for scholar- ing the number and quality of high school ships to attract about 30 more future physics teachers at physics teachers, has been supported since PhysTEC institutions. 2001 by a major NSF grant. It includes two The annual national PTEC Conference was held in mainT initiatives — PhysTEC (www.PhysTEC.org), which March in Austin, Texas, and attracted 120 people com- provides significant funding to help a limited number of in- mitted to improving teacher education. Workshops on stitutions (currently 5) make major improvements in their topics such as master teachers, building partnerships, and physics and physical science teacher education programs; understanding assessment data were provided. The second and PTEC (www.PTEC.org), which is a larger network of regional PTEC conference was held in October, in Se- 120 institutions that are committed to improving physics attle, Washington, with over 70 in attendance. The project teacher education. APS leads the project with substantial has also entered into an agreement with the National As- assistance from the American Association of Physics Teach- sociation of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges ers (AAPT) and the American Institute of Physics (AIP). to develop faculty-administration partnerships to improve It is now clear that PhysTEC is producing major gains physics teacher education. in the number of physics teachers graduating from partici- In January 2008, APS and AAPT held a conference pating universities. In 2008, PhysTEC was broadened to to address the status and future of graduate education in include Cornell University, Florida International Univer- physics. Conference participants included department sity, Seattle Pacific University, the University of Minne- chairs and directors of graduate studies from large and sota, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. small physics departments, as well as members of the Each of these universities employs a master teacher from physics community from industry, funding agencies, and a local high school as a Teacher-in-Residence, and recruits professional societies. The conference report is available at future physics teachers through programs such as Learn- www.aps.org/programs/education/conferences/graduate/ ing Assistants, which give prospective teachers low-stress index.cfm. In addition, the two organizations continue to early teaching experiences in undergraduate classrooms arrange annual New Faculty Workshops that help faculty and labs. Six other institutions completed their funding members early in their teaching careers learn about their period over the summer, and report that they now gradu- role as educators and manage their numerous responsi- ate on average about three times as many physics teachers bilities. n

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his past year was a dynamic one for the served developing country interests. APS partnered with Society’s international programs. APS Ghana’s Kumasi Institute of Technology, Energy and En- strengthened its service to physicists in the vironment, and the UK’s Institute of Physics, to organize developing world, created ongoing physicist a two-day workshop on “Biomass Technology for Sustain- exchanges with new international partners, able Energy in Western Africa.” APS also partnered with and united with other national physical so- the UK Institute of Physics toward a second workshop, Tcieties to launch sustainable development workshops and “Entrepreneurship for Physicists and Engineers from De- international travel awards. veloping Countries,” designed to introduce scientists and A highlight of this past year was the APS and the engineers to the process of innovation, generation and Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, which offered protection of intellectual property, technology transfer, its first round of awards to support exchanges of gradu- and commercialization. ate students and professors between the United States and APS also supported the SESAME project, the syn- India. This program funded physicists’ visits overseas to chrotron light source under construction in Amman, Jor- teach short courses or provide a “physics lecture series” at dan, which will bring together physicists from Arab coun- a U.S. or Indian university. The program also enabled U.S. tries and Israel for international scientific collaboration. students to gain first-hand experience with Indian science APS partnered with both the UK Institute of Physics and and culture, and to gain a strengthened appreciation for the European Physical Society to establish a SESAME the international nature of physics through the student Travel Award Program, with each society providing funds visitation program. for travel awards that would enable Middle East physicists APS underscored its ongoing commitment to physics to attend SESAME user’s meetings or other training op- colleagues throughout the developing world through sev- portunities during the next three years. eral programs. For example, the Society enabled collabora- Throughout the past year, APS continued its vigilance tive research between APS members and developing coun- regarding important U.S. Government policies that impact try physicists by means of its ever-growing International international scientific collaboration, in particular, those Travel Grant Award Program, which provides $2000 for regarding visas and export controls. APS also continued its travel and lodging expenses for visits by an international advocacy for the rights of scientists in the U.S. and around collaborator. A new “start-up” initiative, the “Training- the world and responded to calls to assist those scientists Travel Program for Developing Country Physicists,” pro- in need. vided grants of up to $2000 each to cover travel expenses Since 1999, APS has hosted the administrative office for young physicists from developing countries, including of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics graduate students and postdocs, to participate in training- (IUPAP) and been responsible for its finances, governance, workshops/schools in the United States. and website. This major responsibility has now moved to Likewise, two sustainable development workshops the Institute of Physics in London. n

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n 2008, Rebecca Thompson-Flagg became Head ing coverage of physics research in the popular media, and of Public Outreach and immediately took over the helping science journalists stay informed about the lat- popular APS Physics Quest program for middle est physics news. The APS Media Relations office fields school science classrooms. The 2008 version, “Niko- inquiries from the media, assists APS members and staff la Tesla and the Electric Fair,” challenged students interacting with media, and alerts members of the media to perform experiments that investigate light, elec- to important physics news and policies. Vehicles for dis- Itricity and magnetism to help Tesla outdo Thomas Edison seminating physics news include APS Tip Sheets (a news- in the war of the currents (AC vs. DC). APS distributed letter consisting of brief summaries of papers accepted in this year’s Physics Quest kits to over 11,000 classrooms the Physical Review journals), the APS Physics News Ticker across the U.S., reaching about 200,000 students. blog (a password-protected compilation of advanced sum- In fall 2008, APS partnered with the American Chem- maries of hundreds of APS journal papers), and press ical Society and the American Geological Institute for the releases announcing APS news originating from sources second year in a row to present a Physical Science and other than the Society’s journals. In addition, APS Media Earth Science Strand Day at the National Science Teach- Relations works closely with the media and government ers Association regional meetings in Charlotte, NC, Port- relations staff of the American Institute of Physics to en- land, OR, and Cincinnati, OH. A total of over 400 middle sure that APS-related news reaches the appropriate media and elementary school teachers took part in the all-day, outlets. The bulk of APS media relations activities involve hands-on workshops designed to improve their content traditional media outlets such as newspapers, magazines, knowledge in physical and earth sciences. radio programs and television news. However, an increas- APS signed a memorandum of understanding with the ing portion of media relations activities focus on reaching Optical Society of America (OSA) to co-sponsor Laser- out to informal media outlets such as blogs, online-only Fest, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the invention news services, and web pages. of lasers. Most of the activities will take place in 2010, but The APS Historic Sites Committee engaged in its 4th planning is already well underway and a LaserFest website successful year of selecting historic U.S. physics sites and ar- can be found at www.laserfest.org. ranging for ceremonies at these sites. In 2008, three plaques Physics Central (www.physicscentral.com), the APS were presented: on March 3 at Cornell University, honor- outreach website, underwent a comprehensive redesign in ing the founding of the Physical Review; on October 16 2008 to become more interactive and attract a new audi- at Caltech, honoring the discovery of the positron by Carl ence. New features such as podcasts, vodcasts (video), and Anderson; and on December 9 at Bell Labs, honoring the a blog were added. discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background at Holm- Media relations efforts at the APS focus on increas- del, New Jersey by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson. n

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hanks to private donations, the Society develop action plans to develop joint programs to encour- has been able to continue its very success- age more underrepresented minorities to study and succeed ful Minority Scholarship Program for un- in physics. The group is working on joint sponsorships of dergraduate physics majors. In 2008, 27 events and common action on programs, including the 2010 minority students received scholarships April Meeting, which will be held in Washington DC. through this program. APS also had its APS awards the Blewett Scholarship for Women in Tbrochure Explore, Understand, Succeed: Physics, aimed at Physics to women who are returning to physics careers af- minority students, translated into Spanish, in order to en- ter interruptions for family reasons. In 2008, APS was able courage Hispanic students in grades 7-12 to study physics to make three awards. APS also offered two NSF-funded and consider physics careers, and to provide information to professional skills workshops for 72 women post-doctoral the parents of these students. associates and tenure-track women faculty in physics at In 2008, APS sponsored a working group with repre- the March and April APS Meetings. Participants worked sentation from the National Society of Black Physicists, in small groups with four professional facilitators to im- National Society of Hispanic Physicists, and the AAPT to prove their communication and negotiation skills. n

P r i z e s , A w a rds, Fellowshi p s

n 2008, APS bestowed 42 prizes and awards on a nominations were received, and from these the selection total of 57 individuals, covering a broad range of committee chose 5 excellent finalists. The second stage in- physics research as well as contributions by phys- volved picking the recipient from among the finalists, and icists to the physics community and to society at the Prize will be presented for the first time at the 2009 large. Fifteen prizes were presented at the March March Meeting. Meeting, 18 at the April Meeting, and 10 at various The Society also elected 225 Fellows in the fall of Idivisional meetings throughout the year. 2008. Election to Fellowship represents recognition by The year was also marked by the first competition one’s professional peers, and is highly competitive because for the new Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics, it is restricted to at most 1/2 of 1% of the Society member- to be awarded every other year. The selection is done in ship in any given year. n two stages. In this inaugural year, 16 strong preliminary

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he official APS member count taken for and neighboring regions to the west. Its inaugural meeting this year, 47,189, is up more than 900 from is planned for November 2009 in Iowa. the previous year and is again a new record. A general membership survey to a random sampling Most of the growth came in the Student of approximately 5,000 regular and junior members was member category, and engaging those stu- completed this year. The survey’s intent was to update sta- dent members in Society activities provides tistics from earlier surveys and gain current feedback on Ta bright outlook for the stability of the APS membership. membership programs and services. The results of this sur- There also continues to be a significant international com- vey will be used to reexamine the priorities for new APS ponent, with approximately 10,000 members, or 21%, from activities and membership benefits. outside the US. The “Friends of APS” program, started in 2000, has in- APS units continued to thrive, with most increas- creased to 159 participating institutions. Friends are APS ing their memberships in 2008. Many units also got new members who have agreed to help facilitate communica- websites with improved capabilities as their websites were tion with current and potential members. Throughout the brought into the same format and content management as year, information is sent to them regarding membership, the main aps.org site. In addition, a new unit, the Prairie programs, and benefits. This can be shared with colleagues Section (PSAPS), was initiated in 2008, covering Illinois, and students. The Friends program is a useful tool in re- western Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, taining and attracting APS members. n

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n 2008, the APS Committee on Careers and Profes- Resource, which will be part of the NSF-funded joint so- sional Development worked extensively to improve ciety digital library called ComPADRE. APS continues the content and organization of the careers website to sponsor career fairs and sessions at the national meet- (www.aps.org/careers), which resulted in signifi- ings to help members improve their resume and job inter- cantly increased traffic to the site. The APS Online view skills. The April 2008 meeting featured a panel from Career Center (careers.aps.org) saw a 30% increase national labs, industry, and university faculty who shared Iover 2007 in jobseeker registrations, and a 52% increase in their thoughts about how to apply for hidden jobs, mar- jobs posted, for a total of 334 jobs. APS and AAPT also keting your skills, and networking. n began work on a new careers website, the Physics Careers

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he tables and charts in this section summa- on 12/31/2007 to $77.0M on 12/31/2008, reflecting the rize the financial operations of the Society world-wide financial crisis. as of December 31, 2008. The table headed During 2007, the APS adopted FASB Statement 158, Financial Position shows the final financial Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and position of the Society for 2007 and 2008. Other Postretirement Plans. Statement 158 requires APS The table headed Statement of Activities to show the unfunded status of its post-retirement health Tshows the financial activities of the various components of plan as an accrued liability, and to show as part of net as- the Society for the 2007 and 2008 fiscal years. The distri- sets the net deferred and unrecognized gains and losses re- bution of operating revenues and expenses across the com- lated to the plan. Previously, the net deferred and unrecog- ponents of the Society is also displayed graphically in the nized gains and losses were netted in the accrued liability accompanying figures. recorded for the post-retirement health plan. The impact During the fiscal year 2008, the total assets of the on the balance sheet for 2007 was a decrease of $326,762 American Physical Society decreased from $135.1M to in the accrued liability for post-retirement benefits and an $105.6M, while the Society’s liabilities decreased to $29.0M addition of $326,762 to the unrestricted net assets. The from $30.9M the previous year. Net assets at the end of impact on the balance sheet for 2008 was an increase of fiscal year 2008 were $76.7M, compared with $104.2M $98,593 in the accrued liability and a reduction of $98,593 at the end of 2007. These net assets include $11.2M in to the unrestricted net assets. restricted net assets, which are funds for prizes and awards Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) are in place for the and for the programs of the current capital campaign, and College Park, Washington, and Ridge offices. The BCPs which increased slightly from $10.4M at the end of 2007. provide action plans in the event of a disruption of normal The unrestricted net assets include the Society’s operating operations by natural or manmade events. The BCPs in- accounts (cash and cash equivalents), totaling $17.0M at clude contact names, checklists of orderly procedures, and the end of 2008, and its investments in equities and fixed- plans for off-site operations if necessary. The BCPs are up- income issues. During 2008 these investments decreased dated annually and a report on their status is made to the in market value by approximately 27%, from $105.5M audit committee. n

O perating revenue & E x p e n s e s ( i n $ M ) Statement of A c t i v i t i e s ( i n $ M )

$50 million

$44.6 $44.8 Research Scienti c Membership Public Aairs General Publications Meetings Operations Administration Revenue Expenses & Programs $40 & Fundraising $35.7 Revenues Expenses $29.6 $30 $29.6 $35.7 80% 65.9%

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$10 $5.7 $4.0 $3.5 $3.4 $3.3 $2.1 $2.1 $0.0 $0 $3.5 $3.3 $2.1 $3.4 $4.0 $5.7 $2.1 Research Scientific Membership Public Affairs General Total 7.9% Publications Meetings Operations and Programs Administration 7.4% 4.7% 7.6% 8.9% 12.8% 4.8% Fundraising F i n a n c i a l P o s i t i o n a s o f D ecember 31, 2008 a n d 2 0 0 7

2008 2007 ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents...... $ 16,968,068 $ 17,373,017 Investments, at fair value...... 77,012,043 105,534,845 Accounts receivable: American Institute of Physics...... 3,930,607 4,713,752 other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $87,000 and $179,000 in 2008 and 2007, respectively...... 777,945 1,104,656 Pledges receivable, net...... 553,750 278,844 Prepaid expenses and other assets...... 836,762 769,467 Equity interest in American Center for Physics...... 1,408,222 854,064 Land, building and equipment, net...... 3,738,828 3,934,425 Beneficial interest in perpetual trust...... 404,391 495,594 Total assets...... $ 105,630,616 $ 135,058,664

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Liabilities: accounts payable...... $ 2,851,852 $ 2,534,869 deferred revenues: Publications...... 12,608,560 16,161,312 membership dues...... 2,599,219 2,577,963 other...... 58,563 42,679 Liability for post-retirement medical benefits...... 10,857,806 9,576,501 Total liabilities...... 28,976,000 30,893,324

Commitments and contingencies Net assets: unrestricted...... 65,430,644 93,787,828 temporarily restricted...... 9,164,086 8,234,350 Permanently restricted...... 2,059,886 2,143,162 Total net assets...... 76,654,616 104,165,340 Total liabilities and net assets...... $ 105,630,616 $ 135,058,664 s tat e m e n t o f A c t i v i t i e s

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2008 2007

Changes in unrestricted net assets

Revenues research publications...... $ 35,694,609 $ 34,142,275 scientific meetings...... 3,527,503 3,974,203 membership operations...... 3,321,681 3,335,004 public affairs and programs...... 1,652,177 1,600,948 net assets released from restrictions...... 432,169 568,884 ...... 44,628,139 43,621,314

Expenses research publications...... 29,547,269 27,017,933 scientific meetings...... 3,413,679 3,878,662 membership operations...... 3,980,972 3,533,830 public affairs and programs...... 5,300,039 4,646,516 Prizes and related costs...... 432,169 568,884 total program services...... 42,674,128 39,645,825

Expenses from supporting services Fundraising...... 465,670 447,981 general and administrative...... 1,679,581 1,571,047 total supporting services...... 2,145,251 2,019,028

Total expenses...... 44,819,379 41,664,853

Income (Loss) from operations...... (191,240) 1,956,461

Non-operating activities income from investments...... 2,803,703 5,292,250 net unrealized and realized gain (loss) on investments...... (31,425,211) 1,782,524 equity interest in American Center for Physics...... 554,158 446,960 ...... (28,067,350) 7,521,734

Change in unrestricted net assets before effect of adoption of FASB Statement No. 158...... (28,258,590) 9,478,195 Effect of adoption of FASB statement No. 158...... (98,593) 326,762 Change in unrestricted net assets...... (28,357,183) 9,804,957

Change in temporarily restricted net assets contributions...... 708,988 768,298 income from investments...... 652,917 604,958 net assets released from restrictions...... (432,169) (568,884) change in temporarily restricted net assets...... 929,736 804,372

Change in permanently restricted net assets contributions...... (83,277) 41,459 change in permanently restricted net assets...... (83,277) 41,459

Change in net assets...... $ (27,510,724) $ 10,650,788 2 0 0 8 C o n t r i b u t i o n s & G i ft s

PS is grateful for contributions from stipend to $10,000; raising the Bethe and Bonner Prizes corporations, governmental agencies, to $10,000; supporting Polymer prize individual fundrais- national and international labs, founda- ing efforts, which in combination with support from Dow tions, and individuals that make possible Chemical Company endows the Polymer Prize as of 2010; the numerous education and outreach and successfully negotiating with several annual sponsors programs of the Society. In 2008, APS to enable them to continue their support of APS despite Abenefited from gifts to its 21st Century Campaign; new difficult economic conditions. and existing prizes and awards; its annual gift fund sup- Planned giving to the Society was promoted in 2008 porting education, international and public affairs; the Be- through an Estate Planning Session at the March Meeting quest Society; special unit funds; and record sponsorship in New Orleans, the distribution of planned giving bro- of the on-line journal PRST-AB. chures to members, and a special mailing to members let- The biggest accomplishment in 2008 was the success- ting them know about the renewed opportunity to donate ful completion of the 21st Century Campaign which will to APS tax-free through their IRAs. The Bequest Society declare victory with the announcement that it raised $4.3 continues to welcome new members and interested indi- million, substantially more than its goal of $3.5 million. viduals are encouraged to contact the Development Office The Campaign’s funds are providing needed support for to discuss options. APS programs that improve science education, inspire Annual giving in conjunction with membership re- teachers and students, and attract great numbers of wom- newals and as a result of special mailings continued to en and under-represented minorities to the sciences. More provide critical support to key programs of the Society. information about the specifics of these programs is avail- Approximately $300,000 was received in annual gifts from able on the APS website: www.aps.org/about/support/ members. Receptions for APS Fellows, which recognize programs.cfm. this key constituency of the Society, were held in Santa Fe Prize and award achievements in 2008 included a five- and Chicago this year. year renewal of support from Research Corporation for We are grateful to all donors to the Society and are the Prize to a Faculty Member for Research in an Un- pleased to provide special recognition to those contribut- dergraduate Institution; holding a twenty-five year com- ing $100 or more in 2008 by listing their names in this memorative dinner for the Sakurai Prize and raising its Annual Report. n

C orporations Governmental a G e n c i e s & O t h e r O r g a n i z a t i o n s

Dow Chemical Company IBM Corporation Brookhaven Science Associates Elsevier Keithley Instruments, Inc. Department of Energy Journal of Computational Lucent Technologies National Science Foundation Physics Polymer NEC Corporation Open Society Institute Solid State Communications Newport Corporation Physics of Fluids, AIP Energy Conversion Devices PASCO Scientific Stanford University General Atomics Physics Academic Software Southeastern Universities Research Association GE Global Research Verizon Universities Research Association, Inc. General Motors Corporation Vernier Software University of Iowa GE R&D Center WebAssign Herbert V. Friedman Inc. Xerox Corporation 2 0 0 8 A n n u a l R e p o r T 1 3 Foundations I n d i v i d u a l D o n o r s Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Individuals who contributed Individuals who contributed Applied Materials Foundation Bernard Gottschalk James Strait $50,000 or more $500-$999 Christopher Gould Laurance Suter David & Lucile Packard Foundation Anonymous (2) Anonymous (4) R. Greene Smio Tani Energy Foundation Gordon E. Moore Peter Adams H. Griem Janet Tate GE Foundation Stanford Ovshinsky John & Elizabeth Armstrong Bertrand Halperin Doris Teplitz George E. Crouch Foundation Elizabeth Beise Marianne Hamm Stephen Tether Heineman Foundation Individuals who contributed J. Birman Robert Hamm D. Thouless $5,000-$49,999 Kavli Foundation Philip Bucksbaum Luisa Hansen Alan Todd John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Anonymous Vincent Chan L. Harris George Trilling Arthur Bienenstock Antony Chang Judith Harte Monroe Wechsler Foundation Martin Blume Jay Davis Warren Heckrotte Alan Wetmore Lubrizol Foundation William Brinkman Alexander Fetter James E. Hendrickson Bruce Worster Research Corporation Kenton Brown Val Fitch Conyers Herring Bruno Zumino Richard Lounsbery Foundation Bunny & Thomas Clark Carl Gagliardi Jonathan Hoffman Mildred Dresselhaus T. Geballe Carlos Hojvat Individuals who contributed N a t i o n a l & I nternational Robert C. Dynes Bernard Hildebrand Timothy Houck $100-$249 L aboratories Judy & Frank Franz Ian Hutchinson David Ignat Anonymous (10) Hans Frauenfelder E. Jossem Michael Jones Frank Adams Argonne National Laboratory Ernest Henley Thomas Katsouleas John Kane Glenn Agnolet Brookhaven National Laboratory Neal Lane L. Kisslinger Tetsuo Kaneko Lawrence Akers Cockcroft Institute Margaret Murnane Mark Kushner Lewis Keller Carl Albright Cornell University-Laboratory for Elementary Cherry Murray James Lawler J. King Jonathan Allen T. Kinoshita Margaret Alston-Garnjost Particle Physics (LEPP) John Peoples Akiyasu Makishima Brian Schwartz Joseph Mantil Rikio Konno Orlando Alvarez Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) Aleksandar Svager Robert Maurer Alan Krisch James Ambrose European Organization for Nuclear Research Virginia Trimble Horst Meyer William Kruer Marco Ameduri (CERN) James Meyer Siu-Au Lee Raymond Ammar European Particle Accelerator Conference Individuals who contributed Jane Nicholson Anthony Leggett Ansel Anderson (EPAC ’08) $1,000-$4,999 Thomas O’Neil D. R. Lehman Gordon Anderson Fermi National Acceleratory Laboratory Anonymous Lawrence Overzet Thomas Lemberger Roger Anderson John Rees Anthony Leonard Weston Anderson Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung Abhay Ashtekar Christina Back Burton Richter Ming-Kung Liou Brian Annis mbH (GSI) Herbert Berk Rudy Ruggles James Louck John Antal INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud Nicolaas Bloembergen Francesca Sanmmarruca Michael Lubell John Apruzese INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati Richard H. Boyd James Scofield Thomas Marshall Michael Arenton INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro Benjamin Chu Timothy Trucano Edward McCliment Joseph Argento Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Herbert Friedman Stephen R. White Donald McClure Murray Arnow Los Alamos National Laboratory Kenneth Friedman Lillian C. McDermott Samuel Aronson Individuals who contributed Frank McDonald Kichizo Asai National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab at Roderick Grant Robert Griffiths $250-$499 Frederick Mills James Asay Michigan (NSCL) Philip & Donna Hammer Anonymous (2) John Mitchell David Aston Oak Ridge National Laboratory W. Hassinger Stephen Adler Ichiro Miyagawa Alfred Attard Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) William Keller Renate Albat Michael Moldover Daniel Auerbach Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) Anne Kernan Konrad Aniol Ernest Moniz Wesley Ayres Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Miles Klein Frank Avignone Guillermo Monsivais Dionys Baeriswyl Facility James Langer Ali Belkacem Mark Nagumo Brian Bagley Otto Bergmann A. Nathan Coral Baglin TRIUMF Chun Lin Robert Lourie Herbert Berk Bogdan Nedelkoff John E. 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Sakurai Donat Wentzel Loyal Durand Andris Skuja Bret Beck Family & Friends of Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Hyuk Yu Leonard Feldman Farren Smith Donald Beck UCLA- John Dawson Fund Stefan Zollner Zachary Fisk Keith Solberg Kevin Bedell George E. Valley, Jr. James Fry Charles Sommerfield J. Bednorz APS Units, Family, Friends & Colleagues R. Garstang Gerard Stephenson Nicholas Begovich Hyatt Gibbs Edward C. Stone Eugene Beier Forrest Gilmore Edward Strait Norman Belecki Roy Benedek I-Hung Chiang Robert DuBois Mary Gaillard Charles Hawkins H. Johnston Richard Benjamin Shirley Chiang Gerald Dunifer John Gaiser Shun-ichiro Hayakawa Keith Jones A. Beretvas Leo M. Chirovsky Charles Dunn Edward Gardner Andrew Hazi Kevin Jones Beverly Berger Alan Chodos Thomas Dunning Richard Garner L. Hebel Lawrence Jones Luc Berger John Clark John Eades Clayton Gearhart Alan Heeger Thomas Jones Stanley Berger W. Clark Thomas Eck Daniel Gee Ann Heinson G. 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Wyeth Harden McConnell Hidetoshi Okada David Rice John Slonczewski Carl Tomizuka Karen Xie Ronald McFee Koji Okano James Rice Donald Smith Philip Tomlinson Victor Yakhot Malcolm McGeoch Robert Olness Robert Richardson George Smith John Tranquada Robert Yamartino Douglas McKay Stephen Olsen Edward Richley Harold Smith Thomas Trippe Kiyoshi Yatsu Chris McKee Tore Olsen Matthew Richter Robert Smith Basil Tripsas Yin Yeh Robert McKibben Clifford Olson Steven Riedhauser Steven Smith Frank Turkot Sigfrid Yngvesson Hugh McManus A. Opp Daniel Riley Todd Smith Robert Turner Shozo Yoshizumi John McManus Grant O’Rielly R. G. Robertson Paul So Robert Tycko Carlton Young Laurie McNeil Louis Osborne Natalie Roe Joshua Socolar James Tyler Kenneth Young Thomas Mehlhorn Satoshi Ozaki Kenneth Rose George Soli Allan Tylka Linda Young Robert Meier Alan Palevsky Peter Rose Jin Joo Song Norihiro Uchida Dave Youngblood Forrest Meiere Victor Pare Bruce Rosenblum Glenn Sowell Arthur Uhlir Peter Yu Paul H. Meijer Frederick Parker Martin Rosenblum Joel Spira John Ullmann William Zajc Gregory Meisner William Parker Jonathan Rosner Richard Squire Sergio Ulloa Michael Zeller Robert Mercer Henry Passerini David Ross Stephen St John Sukekatsu Ushioda William Zimmermann Eugen Merzbacher C. Kumar Patel Lawrence Rubin Frieda Stahl Karl Van Bibber Sydney Meshkov Douglas Pearce Morton Rubin Anthony Starace John Vander Velde Fred Meyer Roberto Peccei Randal Ruchti Stephen Steadman David Vanderbilt 2008 APS Officers

President President-Elect Arthur Bienenstock Cherry Murray Stanford University Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Vice President Past President Curtis Callan, Jr. Leo P. Kadanoff Princeton University University of Chicago

Executive Officer Treasurer Editor-in-Chief Judy R. Franz Joseph W. Serene Gene Sprouse University of Alabama, Huntsville Georgetown University Stony Brook University (on leave) (Emeritus) (on leave)

2009 APS Officers

President President-Elect Cherry Murray Curtis Callan, Jr. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Princeton University

Vice President Past President Barry Barish Arthur Bienenstock California Institute of Technology Stanford University

Executive Officer Treasurer Editor-in-Chief Judy R. Franz Joseph W. Serene Gene Sprouse University of Alabama, Huntsville Georgetown University Stony Brook University (on leave) (Emeritus) (on leave)

Cover images, background: Reconstructed path from a high energy cosmic ray as detected by the Pierre Auger array in Argentina, which includes thousands of ground detectors (dots) and four ultraviolet fluorescence telescopes around the perimeter (Pierre Auger Observatory). Inset images, left to right: A set of disks, like coins on a table, is squeezed from two sides (top and bottom of image); the more pressure a disk feels, the brighter it appears in this image, which shows the resulting network of “force chains” that include many of the disks (Jie Zhang, Duke University). An electric field applied to this liquid crystal generates two “defects” — points where the orientation of the rod-shaped molecules varies in a special way, indicated by the four-fold swirls (Ingo Dierking, University of Manchester). Anthraquinone molecules form chains that weave themselves into a sheet of hexagons on a polished copper surface (Ludwig Bartels et al., University of California, Riverside). Page 2: The “mat” pictured here was made by mixing nanotubes in water and draining the water away through nanoscale filters to leave behind this delicate nanotube structure (Michael Baum, NIST). Page 3: To study the physical processes that create eroded channels and drainage networks, water is allowed to seep through “sand” consisting of glass beads, which are then imaged with a specialized laser-aided topography technique (Braunen Smith and Arshad Kudrolli, Clark University). Page 4: A new technique folds simple sub-millimeter shapes from sheets of rubber using only the force of surface tension from a drop of water (Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 156103 (2007)). Page 5: A cylinder oscillating transversely in water, producing a “centrifugal instability,” as shown by fluorescent dye (Miguel Canals and Geno Pawlak, University of Hawaii). Page 6: One of the first images from CMS, a detector at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, showing the debris detected after the beam was steered into it on 10 September 2008 (CERN). Page 7: Fluorescent image of a bacterial colony (E. coli) grown from a mixture of two different strains; the pattern reveals the spatial segregation of lineages as a population expands (Oskar Hallatschek, Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization). Page 8: Magnetic field lines from a simulation of a supernova, showing the effects of rotation (Adam Burrows, PrincetonUniversity). Page 9: Simulated neural system responding to real visual input from a webcam. Horizontal axis is neuron number, vertical axis is time. Neuron voltages shown as color values (Lyle N. Long, Pennsylvania State University). Annual Report Design: Leanne Poteet/APS/2009 APS

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