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2015 AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL TM ADVANCING REPORT TM

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 worldwide, and to foster international collaboration

Have an active, engaged, and diverse membership, and support the activities of its units and members

© 2016 American Physical Society During 2015, APS worked to institute the governance objective: “the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge changes approved by the membership in late 2014. In of physics.” APS is fully committed to the principles of OA accordance with the new Constitution & Bylaws, in to the extent that we can continue to support the production February the Board appointed our first Chief Executive of high-quality peer-reviewed journals. For many years APS Officer—Kate Kirby, the former Executive Officer—to has supported “green” OA and we have been fully compliant head the APS. Kate’s major task has been to transition with the 2013 directive from the and the management of APS to a CEO model with a Senior Technology Policy that the publications resulting from Management Team. She appointed Mark Doyle as Chief U.S. federally funded research be accessible to the public 12 Information Officer, James Taylor as Chief Operating months after publication. Since APS is a major international Officer, and Matthew Salter as the new Publisher. physics publisher (more than two thirds of our published Underway as of year-end is a search for an Editor in Chief papers come from outside the U.S.), we continue to respond and preparation for a search for a Chief Financial Officer. to OA developments worldwide. The CEO’s leadership team is coming together very well and should be complete in 2016. This past year, we have worked on efforts to increase and stabilize federal funding available for research in the physical Significant positive changes have also occurred in our sciences. Also continuing in 2015 was APS’s effort to engage governance bodies, the Council of Representatives and with physicists whose careers are in industry (a much larger the Board of Directors. The membership elected our first cohort than academic/national lab physicists). We have met volunteer Treasurer, Jim Hollenhorst. The Council’s first with groups of industrial physicists and they have helped Speaker, Nan Phinney, together with the Council Steering us understand APS’s relevance (or lack thereof ) to the Committee, have been re-energizing the Council and professional needs of that cohort. By raising the visibility strengthening ties between the Council and the 45 different of physicists outside of academia, APS will better serve its APS units (divisions, topical groups, forums, and sections). early career members, including students and postdocs. (OA) publishing continues to be a critical issue 2015 was an important transition year for the Society, for the APS Board, as our journals are the most important strengthening our ability to be effective and nimble in a fast- way that we serve the physics community and meet our moving and competitive landscape.

Sincerely yours,

Samuel Aronson 2015 President AMERICAN 2015 PHYSICAL ANNUAL 2 SOCIETY REPORT Editorial Office

In April, Gene Sprouse, Editor in Chief of the APS research In Fall 2015, APS released its first wave of U.S. Department journals since March 2007, stepped down from the position. of Energy (DOE) funded research articles, making them During his tenure as Editor in Chief, Sprouse started three publicly accessible to non-subscribers through CHORUS new major publications—the online commentary journal (Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States), Physics and two research journals: X and several months ahead of the DOE’s official October 1 start Physical Review Applied. He also initiated the Outstanding date. This highlights the leadership position that APS has Referee awards, which recognize the efforts and quality of taken in Open Access publishing, in cooperation with other the peer reviewers who globally volunteer their time for the publishers, funding agencies, and institutions. journals. Sprouse oversaw the design and construction of a remodeled and enlarged editorial office in Ridge, , The 2015 in Physics was awarded in October which was completed in late 2015. APS Editorial Director, to of the , Japan and Ar- Daniel Kulp, assumed the responsibilities of the position un- thur McDonald of Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada til a new Editor in Chief is appointed. for the discovery of oscillations, which revealed the unusual behavior of these misfit particles, and indicated that At the end of the year, APS appointed a new Publisher, they have mass. The key findings behind the prize were re- Matthew Salter, to lead business growth of the APS pub- ported in three papers published in lications. Before moving to APS, Salter was associate di- between 1998 and 2002. rector for journals in the Asia-Pacific region based in the Tokyo office of IOP Publishing. Scientific Meetings

The 2015 March meeting, held in San Antonio, Texas drew Over 1,100 invited and contributed papers were presented. 9,138 attendees, slightly down from last year in Denver. The Kavli Foundation Symposium, Our Changing View of Over 4,000 attending were students, and over 2,000 were the Universe featured talks celebrating 100 years of Einstein’s international delegates. More than 8,500 invited and con- theory of and 50 years since the discovery tributed talks were presented at the meeting. A highlight of the cosmic microwave background. was the Kavli Foundation Special Symposium that includ- ed three Nobel Prize winners as speakers. Throughout the year, APS units also held successful meetings with substantial attendance. The Division of Fluid Dynamics With a record attendance of 1,585, including 600 students, annual meeting was notable with an attendance over 3,000. the 2015 April meeting took place in Baltimore, Maryland.

A view of the recently expanded APS Editorial Office, where over APS CEO Kate Kirby being interviewed for APS APS members networking and learning about services in the APS 37,000 manuscripts were received in 2015. PHOTO: DAVID SUNDBERG TV at the 2015 March Meeting. PHOTO: KEN COLE village at the 2015 March Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. PHOTO: KEN COLE AMERICAN 2015 PHYSICAL ANNUAL 3 SOCIETY REPORT Industrial Physics

The American Physical Society has a renewed focus on phys- as entrepreneurs with graduate students and postdocs who icists working in industry. Among the highlights from 2015 want to learn what it’s like to work in industry or a startup. was a report, National Issues in Industrial Physics, rolled out in February. This publication summarizes the conclusions of FIAP and the Division of Polymer Physics organized the an APS workshop held in 2014 that was organized by the first Industry Day at the 2015 March Meeting with mul- Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP). tiple focused sessions on additive manufacturing including 3D printing. Speakers highlighted the challenges and im- Educating students about careers in industrial physics is portance of this technology for industrial applications. another key objective, and FIAP collaborates with the APS Careers Department to present information sessions to hun- Finally, the formation of an Industrial Physics Advisory dreds of students at major meetings. That same partnership Board was approved and it will begin meeting in 2016. This launched Industrial Mentoring for Physicists (IMPact), a group will advise APS on issues affecting industry including new program that matches physicists working in industry or recommendations on policy. More information about these topics can be found online at www. aps.org/industry.

Media Relations

American Physical Society journals, meetings, programs, and news to the media; identifying members of the media who members are the leading sources of physics news worldwide. would be most amenable to covering physics stories; and or- The APS media relations staff strives to distribute APS news ganizing, running and promoting press conferences. to major print, broadcast, and online media outlets through press releases, press conferences, webcasts, and online re- In 2015, stories promoted through efforts by APS media sources for journalists. relations staff appeared in a range of news organizations in- cluding The New York Times, the Associated Press, USA Today, The APS Media Relations Department is available to pro- BBC News, Wired magazine, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, vide assistance to members who interact with the media. The Washington Post, National Public Radio, MSNBC, ABC Such assistance may include media training to help members News, Nature News, Science Now, German Public Radio, Na- prepare for interviews; assistance in preparing and editing tional Geographic, the Lehrer News Hour, Quanta Magazine, press releases; advising on effective methods to distribute Scientific American, and The Economistmagazine, as well as countless blogs and websites.

National Issues in Industrial Physics Challenges and Opportunities

IMPact connects industrial physicists and entrepreneurs with graduate students and postdocs seeking insight and advice on working in industry.

The Report of a WorkshopWorkshop Sponsored held byOctober The American 6-7, 2014 Physical • ReportSociety and issued The Forum February on Industrial 12, 2015 and Applied Physics

Critical issues concerning industrial physics are summarized in a report from an APS Chihway Chang (ETH Zurich) and Bhuvnesh Jain (Univ. of Pennsylvania) present workshop held in October 2014. the largest gravitational map of the cosmos yet produced, at a press conference at the 2015 APS April meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. PHOTO: JAMES RIORDON AMERICAN 2015 PHYSICAL ANNUAL 4 SOCIETY REPORT Public Affairs

For most of 2015, Washington suffered from continuing of Public Affairs, in a January Roll Call op-ed commentary, gridlock, prompting the Office of Public Affairs (OPA), proposed a self-sustaining research fund to augment feder- guided by its advisory committees, to explore issues of con- al spending. Former Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Norman beyond the annual appropriations process. Augustine, the retired CEO of Lockheed/Martin, elaborat- ed on the proposal in an op-ed in The Hill newsmagazine. OPA expanded the highly successful brokerage pilot program it began with seven university and college campuses OPA helped 1,752 members contact their elected represen- in 2014 to 19 participating institutions in 2015. It also initi- tatives through letters, petitions, op-eds and the media, and ated a state-based internship program that enables students it worked closely with other advocacy offices to promote and faculty to advocate for “e-cycling.” federal science funding. As the year drew to a close, Con- gress and The White House finally struck a budget deal and With federal appropriations likely to remain constrained enacted an omnibus appropriations bill that provided most for some time, Michael Lubell, director of the APS Office science programs with modest increases for 2016. Public Outreach

With the mission of exciting and informing the public, the is as popular as ever reaching roughly 350,000 students per American Physical Society’s Public Outreach Department year. The associated comic books featuring the laser super- has many programs directed at a variety of audiences. In hero, Spectra and her battles with Miss Alignment reach 2015, APS worked with physics societies across the globe to even more people through schools as well as comic book celebrate the International Year of Light (IYL). and science fiction conferences. For the sixth year, APS exhibited comics at the world’s largest comic book con- On September 12, in conjunction with The Optical Society vention, Comic-Con International held in San Diego, CA. (OSA), the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the In- Last year, the author of Spectra was invited to participate ternational Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), APS on two discussion panels at Comic-Con, one to discuss held an IYL Family Science Day event at the National Mu- comics for impact and learning and the other, along with seum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. Spectra artist David Ellis (Issue #7), about scientist and artist partnerships. The APS public outreach website, www.physicscentral.com, continues to increase its reach with an average of 135,000 In 2015, APS awarded ten outreach mini-grants to members hits a month and 415,000 likes on Facebook. PhysicsQuest, wishing to start outreach programs, many related to the a hands-on kit program aimed at middle school children, International Year of Light.

Participating Institutions

Teachers at the Arizona STEM Teachers Summer Institute learn about color and spectroscopy Location of institutions participating in the helium Spectra creator and author, Rebecca Thompson, on a panel with PhD Comics creator with APS PhysicsQuest kits. Each year APS brokerage program in 2015-16. Jorge Cham discussing the impact of STEM educational comics. APS is the first puts 15,000 kits in the hands of middle school professional society to exhibit at Comic-Con International. PHOTO: EMILY CONOVER teachers and students to get them excited about learning physics concepts. PHOTO: GREG STAFFORD AMERICAN 2015 PHYSICAL ANNUAL 5 SOCIETY REPORT Education and Diversity

PHYSICS TEACHER EDUCATION COALITION APS BRIDGE PROGRAM

Fewer than half of all high school physics teachers in the U.S. In 2015 the APS Bridge Program (www.APSBridgePro- have any significant background in physics. The American gram.org) placed 28 underrepresented minority students Physical Society, working with the American Association of into graduate physics programs, none of whom would Physics Teachers, is addressing the severe shortage of quali- have gained admission that year without Bridge Pro- fied physics teachers through the Physics Teacher Education gram assistance. Coalition (PhysTEC), our flagship education program. In its third year, Since 2001, PhysTEC has funded more than 40 institu- the project has es- tions to build model teacher education programs, which tablished six APS have more than doubled their number of graduates who are Bridge Sites and well-prepared to teach physics. The PhysTEC Coalition in- recruited thirteen cludes more than 300 member institutions, or about 40% of additional insti- all U.S. physics departments. tutions that have adopted prac- In 2015, the project funded four new sites with innovative tices supporting physics teacher preparation programs, published a book bridge students. on effective practices with 21 peer-reviewed chapters, and Students at these In physics, the addition of about 30 PhD degrees each year launched a new award called the “5+ Club” to recognize in- sites receive indi- will bring the percentage of URM students receiving PhDs stitutions that graduate 5 or more physics teachers in one vidualized men- up to the same percentage of those students receiving year. PhysTEC is supported by the National Science Foun- bachelor’s degrees. The Program has surpassed its toring and assis- expectations and is well on the way to achieving its goal. dation and by APS donors. tance in making the transition to doctoral studies, and the overall program has a 95% student retention rate (the national average in physics graduate school is ~60%). As there is not enough room at these sites to accept all qualified applicants, the APS Bridge Program circulates applications to additional institutions as well. Over the course of the program, 90+ institutions have read Bridge student applications, and 66 students have been placed in APS Bridge Sites and other graduate programs. H The 5+ Club Member Supported Sites n Supported Sites H The 5+ Club Member Institutions l Member Institutions

Bridge Fellows (l-r) Manuel Bonilla, Olga Harrington, and Joshua Robles-Garcia pictured at the National Mentoring Community and Bridge Program Conference held at Florida More than 300 physics departments are members of the Physics Teacher Education International University on October 10-12, 2015. Over 40 Bridge Students attended the fall Coalition. meeting, which had more than 175 total participants. PHOTO: TED HODAPP AMERICAN 2015 PHYSICAL ANNUAL 6 SOCIETY REPORT Education and Diversity

CONFERENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN IN PHYSICS During its first year of operation, the National Mentoring Community grew to include 95 mentors and 41 mentees The APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in from 78 universities around the country. In October Physics (CUWiP) (www.aps.org/cuwip) bring together 2015, a highly successful inaugural conference was held each year nearly 1,200 women gathered in eight regional in conjunction with the APS Bridge Program national sites across the country. Now in its eleventh year, meeting with approximately 180 attendees. Generous these conferences provide undergraduate women with contributions by APS members provided travel support opportunities to understand available resources, gain for mentors and mentees to attend the conference. motivation and confidence to seek advanced degrees or pursue professional careers in physics, and provide The coming year will see an expansion of the National leadership and teamwork opportunities to women physics Mentoring Community network of mentors and mentees students planning and organizing the conferences. The with new training workshops for both as well as the sec- National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of ond annual conference. Energy partially fund these conferences, allowing nearly every female physics major in the U.S. to attend one or more of these events during their undergraduate studies. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

For the past eleven years, APS has run a series of influ- APS NATIONAL MENTORING COMMUNITY ential workshops designed to improve communication, negotiation and leadership skills of female physicists. The mission of the APS National Mentoring Community This program has been expanded to train physicists as (www.aps.org/nmc) is to increase the number of under- negotiation skills workshop facilitators who can conduct represented minorities who earn bachelor’s degrees in seminars at their institutions and at scientific confer- physics. The program aims to do this by supporting fac- ences for undergraduate and graduate students. Addi- ulty and students to engage in research-based mentoring tionally, these workshops, previously only offered at APS practices that are known to aid persistence and retention March and April Meetings are now also conducted at of underrepresented students. larger divisional meetings. The workshops are funded in part by the National Science Foundation.

Each year, over 1200 women attend the APS Conferences for Undergraduate women network at one of the eight regional APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics. Undergraduate Women in Physics. PHOTO: WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PHOTO: WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY AMERICAN 2015 PHYSICAL ANNUAL 7 SOCIETY REPORT Membership

The official American Physical Society membership count at clude career workshops, webinars, and the downloadable the close of 2015 was 53,099. Over the last year, membership Physics InSight slideshow for use in physics departments. grew by over 1,700 members with a majority of the increase seen in student members. The early career membership cat- APS continues its work on developing and maintaining egory also increased by over 500 from the previous year. The the APS Careers Website and has developed a new online number of early career, graduate, and undergraduate student Professional Guidebook which highlights resources and ad- members made up almost 43% of the total membership. dresses topics like career planning, network-building, effec- tive resume writing, and interviewing and negotiation skills. In February, over 100 volunteers from divisions, topical groups, forums, sections and APS Committees gathered in College The APS Local Links program continued to develop mu- Park, Maryland for the annual APS Leadership Convocation. tually beneficial links between academia and industry by Unit leaders were introduced to the Society leadership and creating local groups of physicists from the private sector, key staff members to learn about the new society governance government labs, and academia so that they can share ideas, structure and how they will be able to partner to achieve com- build relationships and collaborations, and network. In 2015, mon goals. Over 63% of APS members belong to at least one APS Local Links expanded to seven active groups, adding unit, which are critical partners in the governance of the Soci- Ann Arbor, Boston, and St. Louis. They held 24 events over ety and success of APS meetings throughout the year. the course of the year; almost one third of these events were hosted by companies. PHYSICS CAREERS PRIZES, AWARDS AND FELLOWS APS held its annual Future of Physics Days events, targeted towards undergraduate physics majors, at the APS March APS bestowed over 50 prizes and awards in 2015. Recogni- and April meetings. Activities included undergraduate re- tion of the recipients was given throughout the year at the search sessions, a panel on non-academic careers for phys- March, April, and Divisional meetings. These new prizes and ics bachelor’s degree graduates, and a Graduate School Fair. awards were established in 2015: The Justin Jankunas Doc- APS also hosted a session focusing on industry careers at the toral Dissertation Award in Chemical Physics by the Divi- APS March Meeting, which attracted nearly 300 postdoc- sion of Chemical Physics, the Norman F. Ramsey Prize by toral and graduate students. the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics and the Topical Group on Precision Measurement & Funda- Other career activities included the continuation of the mental Constants, and the Harry Lustig Award by the Four Distinguished Lectureship on the Applications of Physics Corners Section. Award and Job Fair activities at division meetings. In 2015, the Society also elected 257 members to Fellowship, APS staff developed and executed several activities designed 26 of whom were female. This is a distinct honor reserved to better serve student and early career members. These in- for no more than 0.5% of members each year, recognizing exceptional contributions to physics.

Early career physicists learn about physics research in the private sector at the “Meet Your Future: Industrial Careers for Physicists” panel at the 2015 March meeting in San Antonio, Texas. PHOTO: CRYSTAL BAILEY AMERICAN 2015 PHYSICAL ANNUAL 8 SOCIETY REPORT International Affairs

During 2015, the American Physical Society provided Likewise, the APS also partnered with scientific societies its members with global experiences and opportunities to in Europe and the United States in support of the build and strengthen international networks. These expe- SESAME Travel Award Program that provides training riences are especially important for graduate students and opportunities for scientists in the Middle East. The Society early career physicists. also developed a joint professorship/lectureship exchange program with the Lebanese Academy of Sciences. In partnership with the Chinese Physical Society (CPS), APS organized the U.S.-China Young Physicists Forum in APS joined with the European Physical Society (EPS) to San Antonio, Texas. The event was held the weekend be- designate the Einsteinhaus in Bern, Switzerland, as the fore the 2015 APS March meeting. The Forum provided 60 first joint APS-EPS Historic Physics Site. graduate students from the U.S. and China with interdis- ciplinary professional networking opportunities, scientific Through its Committee on International Freedom of Sci- presentations, and social events with leading Chinese and entists (CIFS), APS advocated for the human rights of U.S. physicists. scientists around the world. The APS remains vigilant re- garding important U.S. government policies that impact Additionally, the APS offered exchanges with Brazil and international scientific collaboration. for graduate students, post-docs, and senior physicists in partnership with the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and the Sociedade Brasileira de Física.

U.S.-China Young Physicists Forum in San Antonio, Texas. PHOTO: KEN COLE AMERICAN 2015 PHYSICAL ANNUAL 9 SOCIETY REPORT

Finances DECEMBER 31, 2015

During the fiscal year 2015, the total assets of the American Net assets at the end of fiscal year 2015 were $138.3M, Physical Society increased from $173.7M to $176.7M, while compared with $138.7M at the end of 2014. These the Society’s liabilities increased to $38.4M from $35.0M include $14.6M in restricted net assets, which are funds the previous year. for prizes and awards and for programs supported by the 21st Century Campaign. The restricted net The tables and charts in this section summarize the financial assets increased from $14.1M at the end of 2014. The operations of the Society as of December 31, 2015. The table unrestricted net assets include the Society’s operating headed Statement of Financial Position shows the final accounts (cash and cash equivalents), totaling $16.4M financial position of the Society for 2015 and 2014. The at the end of 2015, and its investments in equities and table headed Statement of Activities shows the financial fixed-income issues. These investments were $134.8M activities of the various components of the Society for the at 12/31/15 and $134.7M at 12/31/14. 2015 and 2014 fiscal years. The distribution of operating revenues and expenses across the components of the Society is also displayed graphically in the accompanying figures.

OPERATING REVENUE $53.5 $53.5 AND EXPENSES (IN $M) $50 million

$40 $39.2

n Revenues n Expenses

$30 $29.6

$20

$10 $8.2 $7.1 $6.5 $5.9 $4.1 $3.1 $3.3

$0 $0.0 Research Scientific Membership Public Affairs General Total Publications Meetings Operations & Programs Administration & Fundraising

STATEMENT OF Revenues Expenses ACTIVITIES (IN $M)

$39.2 $7.1 $4.1 $3.1 $29.6 $6.5 $5.9 $8.2 $3.3 73.3% 13.3% 7.7% 5.7% 55.3% 12.1% 11.0% 15.3% 6.3% Research Scientific Membership Public Affairs Research Scientific Membership Public Affairs Gen. Admin. Publications Meetings Operations & Programs Publications Meetings Operations & Programs & Fundraising Statement of Financial Position

DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

2015 2014

ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents $ 16,386,705 $ 12,549,259 Investments, at fair value 134,808,128 134,689,451 Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $56,500 in 2015 and 2014 1,068,696 1,276,746 Pledges receivable, net 241,873 1,208,761 Prepaid expenses and other assets 1,416,740 1,578,819 Equity interest in American Center for Physics 3,560,115 3,162,909 Land, building and equipment, net 18,658,981 18,720,894 Beneficial interest in perpetual trust 533,505 548,216 Total assets $ 176,674,743 $ 173,735,055

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 3,437,398 $ 3,094,262 Deferred revenues: Publications 12,016,438 10,916,454 Membership dues 2,688,788 2,796,438 Other 559,317 697,487 Liability for post-retirement medical benefits 19,693,840 17,520,341 Total liabilities 38,395,781 35,024,982

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Net assets Unrestricted $ 122,335,689 $ 123,436,884 Board Designated 1,297,043 1,143,895 Temporarily restricted 12,092,298 11,728,625 Permanently restricted 2,553,932 2,400,669 Total net assets 138,278,962 138,710,073 Total liabilities and net assets $ 176,674,743 $ 173,735,055 Statement of Activities

DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

2015 2014

CHANGE IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS Revenues Research publications $ 39,223,627 $ 37,166,186 Scientific meetings 7,117,052 5,588,259 Membership operations 4,134,226 4,061,428 Public affairs and programs 2,314,834 2,757,420 Net assets released from restrictions 748,304 519,117 53,538,043 50,092,410 Expenses Program services Research publications 29,634,330 28,973,676 Scientific meetings 6,525,803 5,339,114 Membership operations 5,915,498 6,153,559 Public affairs and programs 7,391,342 7,481,050 Prizes and related costs 748,304 519,117 Total program services 50,215,277 48,466,516

Supporting services Fundraising 627,507 599,609 General and administrative 2,697,482 2,341,816 Total supporting services 3,324,989 2,941,425 Total expenses 53,540,266 51,407,941

Loss from operations (2,223) (1,315,531)

Non-operating activities Income from investments 2,827,396 2,818,859 Net unrealized (loss) gain on investments (4,891,962) 1,190,443 Net realized gain on investments 1,463,110 2,345,392 Equity interest in American Center for Physics 397,206 370,555 Change in post-retirement medical benefits other than net periodic post-retirement medical benefit cost (741,574) (1,614,947) (945,824) 5,110,302

Change in unrestricted net assets (948,047) 3,794,771

CHANGE IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS Contributions 393,164 1,278,947 Income from investments 718,813 671,009 Net assets released from restrictions (748,304) (519,117) Change in temporarily restricted net assets 363,673 1,430,839

CHANGE IN PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS Contributions 167,974 7,160 (Loss) gain on beneficial interest in perpetual trust (14,711) 12,043 Change in permanently restricted net assets 153,263 19,203

Change in net assets $ (431,111) $ 5,244,813 2015 Contributions

APS is extremely grateful for gifts received from its members and other individuals, corporations, national and international labs, governmental agencies, and institutions to support our programs, benefiting the physics community and society at large, and prizes and awards, recognizing outstanding scientific achievements. Since membership dues cover only the cost of member services, APS depends to a great extent on contributions in order to provide vital programs in Education & Diversity, Public Outreach, International Affairs, Public Affairs, and Matching Memberships to the physics community and the general public. We are pleased to provide special recognition here to donors having made gifts totaling $100 or more to APS this past year. We are particularly grateful and pleased to highlight our sustaining individual donors who have made consistent annual gifts totaling $2,500 or more. These donors are highlighted in blue.

DONORS AND SUPPORT

CORPORATIONS CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Silicon Valley Community Foundation Altos Photonics Research The Brinkman Family Foundation Applied Materials CNRS-IN2P3 The Eucalyptus Foundation AT&T Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrontron (DESY) The Kavli Foundation Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory The Lourie Foundation Cosylab Fermi Research Alliance The Ovshinsky Foundation The Dow Chemical Company GSI Helmholtzzentrum für The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Elsevier: Schwerionenforschung GmbH The Swartz Foundation Nuclear and High Energy Physics INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati UCLA Foundation Polymer Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese University of Iowa Foundation Solid State Communications Academy of Sciences GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER Euclid Techlabs KEK High Energy Accelerator Research ORGANIZATIONS GE Foundation Organization American Institute of Physics GE Global Research Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The Journal of Chemical Physics General Atomics Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Physics of Fluids General Motors Corporation LIGO Laboratory, Caltech Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Herbert V. Friedman, Inc. LIGO Laboratory, MIT Sciences and Education (CLASSE) HTC-VIA Group Los Alamos National Laboratory Department of Energy IBM National Superconducting Cyclotron Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Infrared Systems Development Laboratory, Michigan State University Program Keithley Instruments, Inc. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Harvard Physics and Applied Physics Lighthouse Photonics, Inc. 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2015 APS OFFICERS

PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT Samuel Aronson Brookhaven National Laboratory University of Michigan

VICE PRESIDENT PAST PRESIDENT Laura Greene Malcolm R. Beasley Florida State University Stanford University

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2016 APS OFFICERS

PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT Homer Neal Laura Greene University of Michigan Florida State University

VICE PRESIDENT PAST PRESIDENT Roger Falcone Samuel Aronson , Berkeley Brookhaven National Laboratory

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