<p> LIST OF MEETINGS</p><p>OF THE NARRAGANSETT CHAPTER</p><p>OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA</p><p>12 April 1965 - Organizational Meeting</p><p>1. The Acoustical Society and Education in Acoustics, Dr. R. Bruce Lindsay, Editor-in-Chief of JASA </p><p>18 September 1965 - 1st Awards Luncheon</p><p>1. Investigation of Shallow Sediments in the Deep Sea by Means of Underwater Sound, Dr. T. B. Hersey, WHOI 2. Acoustic Doppler Navigator, E. E. Turner, O. H. Jackson, SSD, Raytheon Company </p><p>7 December 1965 - Acoustics in Politics</p><p>1. Looking Backward in Ultrasonics, Dr. Walter G. Cady 2. Science and National Goals, Dr. Richard H. Bolt 3. Soviet Acoustics, Dr. Robert T. Beyer</p><p>30 March 1966 - The Ear and Hearing</p><p>1. The Activity of the Middle Ear Muscles, Dr. J. Donald Harris, SubBase Medical Center 2. Development of a Prosthesis for the Middle Ear, Dr. Mendell Robinson, Providence, RI </p><p>6-7 June 1966 - Joint Meeting with URI and SSD, Raytheon Company</p><p>1. Application of Stochastic Theory and Underwater Acoustics</p><p>17 September 1966 - 2nd Awards Luncheon</p><p>1. The History of the Acoustical Society of America, Wallace Waterfall 2. Hydroacoustic Noise Investigations at USL, George F. Carey, USN/USL 3. Flow Induced Noise, Dr. R. D. Collier, General Dynamics/Electric Boat</p><p>6 December 1966 -</p><p>1. Radiation Induced Cavitation, Dr. Martin Greenspan, Chief, Sound Section NBS & President ASA 2. Generation of Air Blasts by Underwater Explosions, Dr. Ira Dyer, Vice President BBN</p><p>28 March 1967 -</p><p>1. The Acoustical Geography of the Recital Hall, Dr. Helmut Etzold, URI 2. The Computer as an Aid to the Creative Musician, Ercolino Ferretti, MIT 3. A New Violin Family, Carleen Hutchins, Secretary, Catgut Acoustical Society</p><p>24 June 1967 - Bio-Acoustics</p><p>1. The Noisy Oyster Drill, Dr. M. R. Carriker, WHOI 2. Underwater Acoustic Telemetry, Dr. John Kanwisher, WHOI 3. The Use of Sound by Marine Fish, George Offutt, URI</p><p>16 September 1967 - 3rd Awards Luncheon, Underwater Acoustics</p><p>1. Marine Geophysics and Bottom Roughness, Dr. Clarence S. Clay, Jr., Hudson Labs 2. Interferometric Holography as a Tool for the Study of Active Sonar , Dr. Ralph M. Grant, G. C. Optronics </p><p>5 December 1967 - Psychological Acoustics</p><p>1. Tympanic Membrane Reconstruction, Dr. Mendell Robinson, Providence, RI 2. Aspects of the Problem of Directional Hearing in Teleosts and Larval Amphibians, Prof. J. M. Moulton, Bowdoin College </p><p>3 April 1968 - Architectural Acoustics</p><p>1. Acoustics and the Listener, Dr.Helmut Etzold, URI 2. The Theater - Prosceniom, Thrust and Arena - and Acoustics, Dr. P. Bentivegna, BBN</p><p>22 June 1968 - People and the Noise Environment</p><p>1. Environmental Noise and Human Response in Sleep, Dr. George Thiessen, NRC, Canada 2. Recent Studies in Sonic Boom Research, Harvey Hubbard, NASA/Langley</p><p>14 September 1968 - 4th Annual Awards Meeting, Engineering Acoustics</p><p>1. Current Developments in Audio Engineering, Benjamin B. Bauer, CBS Labs 2. Controlling Sound in Our Environment, R. B. Newman, BBN</p><p>3 December 1968 - Physical Acoustics</p><p>1. Finite Amplitude Effects in Underwater Sound, Dr. Robert Mellen, NUSC 2. Are Phonons for Real, Prof. Robert Beyer, Brown U.</p><p>25 March 1969 - Shallow Water Acoustics</p><p>1. Statistical Models of Shallow Water Propagation, Dr. Preston W. Smith, BBN 2. Experiments in Shallow Water Acoustics, Prof. Frank T. Dietz, URI</p><p>24 June 1969 - Speech and Hearing</p><p>1. Current Research in Linguistics, Prof. Alvin M. Liberman, et al, U.Conn. 2. Physiological and Psychological Research at the Submarine Medical Research Center, Dr. Donald Harris, et al </p><p>27 September 1969 - 5th Annual Awards Meeting, Underwater Acoustics</p><p>1. Sic Transit, Dr. F. V. Hunt, Harvard University 2. Ignorance, Inference, Innocence, Prof. A. O. Williams, Brown University </p><p>2 December 1969 - Acoustics in Musics</p><p>1. Relation of Noise to Hearing Loss, Dr. Barry Regan, R. I. Hospital 2. The Organ as a Musical Instrument, and its Dependence on the Acoustic Environment, William King Covell, Organist, St. John's Episcopal Church, Newport, RI </p><p>17 March 1970 - Engineering Acoustics</p><p>1. Underwater Sound Transducers, Dr. Ralph S. Woollett, USN/USL 2. Electrodeless Spark Sound Source, a Useful Tool for Underwater Acoustic Research, Hubert A. Wright, BBN </p><p>20 June 1970 - Ocean Acoustics</p><p>1. Acoustic Methods for Sea Floor Exploration, Dr. F. N. Spiess, Scripps Institute 2. Acoustic Signaling Problems of Marine Mammals, Prof. H. E. Winn, URI </p><p>19 September 1970 - 6th Annual Awards Meeting, Hearing</p><p>1. Auditory Training, Dr. P. J. Owsley, Mystic Oral School 2. Technological Advances in Sensory Aids for the Blind at MIT, Vito Proseia, MIT </p><p>1 December 1970 - Environmental Acoustics</p><p>1. Highway Noise Problems and Control in an Urban Environment, Grant Anderson, BBN</p><p>Insurance Aspects of the Walsh-Healey Act, Stanley E. Pihl, Liberty Mutual </p><p>16 March 1971 -</p><p>1. Acoustics, Old and New, Dr. R. B. Lindsay, Hazard Professor Brown University</p><p>5 June 1971 -</p><p>1. Davis 2. Allyn Vine</p><p>18 September 1971 -</p><p>1. Cavitation in 'Dirty' and 'Clean' Liquids, Dr. Robert Apfel, Yale University 2. Stresses and Strains in Acoustics and General Relativity, Dr. Peter J. Westerfelt, Brown University </p><p>December 1971 (and/or?) </p><p>11 January 1972 -</p><p>1. Alvin Novick 2. L. Thurstone</p><p>March 1972 (and/or?)</p><p>11 April 1972 -</p><p>1. Shelton Alexander 2. Henry Myers</p><p>3 June 1972 - </p><p>1. A Review of Current Developments in Civil Applications of Underwater Acoustics, Dr. Robert D. Collier, BBN 2. MIT/Woods Hole Programs Using Underwater Acoustics, Dr. Ira Dyer, MIT 3. Joint UNH-Raytheon Sea Grant Project in Coastal Sediment Classification, Arthur Westneat </p><p>16 September 1972 - Noise Inside and Outside the Submarine</p><p>1. Noise within a Submarine, Dr. J. Donald Harris, SubBase 2. The Noisy Sea, Mr. R. J. Urick, NOL</p><p>January 1973 - 8th Annual Awards Dinner; Optics and Acoustics</p><p>27 March 1973 - Demonstration for the Teaching of Acoustics</p><p>9 June 1973 - Joint Meeting with Boston Chapter, ASA; </p><p>Civilian Applications of Underwater Acoustics</p><p>1. History and Applications of Hydroacoustics, Dr. John Bouyoucos, Hydroacoustics, Inc. 2. Interpreting Acoustic Data, Dr. Walter Ligget, SSD Raytheon 3. Sonar System Technology, P. Skitzki</p><p>15 September 1973 - Holography</p><p>1. SMU History, Present, and Future, Dr. Damiel G. Aldrich III, SMU 2. Demonstration of an Acousto-Optical Light Modulator Operating in the Raman Nath Regime, Dr. Lee Estes, SMU 3. Holography, A New Development in Acoustics, Dr. Winston E. Kock, U. of Cincinnati </p><p>8 January 1974 - 9th Annual Awards Dinner; Stress Waves in Solids</p><p>1. Seismic Waves in Floating Ice Sheets, Henry Kutschale, Columbia 2. Some Aspects of Ultrasonic Stress Waves in Solids, Dr. Charles Elbaum, Brown University </p><p>19 March 1974 - Annual Business Meeting</p><p>1. The Guitar - Its Acoustics and Construction, Dr. E. E. Watson and R. Schneider </p><p>25 May 1974 - Joint Meeting with Boston Chapter, ASA</p><p>1. Hearing - An Asset Worth Saving, Dr. Leo Doerflet, Eye and Ear Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 2. Hearing Conservation Programs in the Navy, J. Donald Harris, SubBase 3. A Review of the Developments in Hearing Protective Equipment, Clayton H. Allen 4. Impact of Noise Control at the Workplace, Robert D. Bruce, BBN</p><p>14 September 1974 - Underwater Acoustic Propagation</p><p>1. State of the Art in Underwater Acoustic Propagation Model Prediction, Dr. Frederick R. DiNapoli, NUSC 2. Sound Propagation in a Random Ocean, Dr. Robert H. Mellen, NUSC</p><p>14 January 1975 - Surface Acoustic Waves</p><p>1. Present State of Surface Acoustic Wave Devices, Dr. Melvin G. Holland, Raytheon Research Division 2. Future Surface Acoustic Wave Devices, Ernest Stern, Lincoln Labs </p><p>31 March 1975 - </p><p>1. The Acoustics and Construction of the Modern Harpsichord, Mr. Robert Pyle and Mr. Caleb Warner, BBN </p><p>31 May 1975 - </p><p>1. The Buzz Tape, Dr. Richard H. Bolt, BBN, and Dr. Franklin S. Cooper, Haskins Labs </p><p>18 October 1975 - </p><p>1. Digital Techniques for Computer Voice Response, L. R. Rabiner, Bell Labs, and Prof. R. W. Schafer, Georgia Tech. </p><p>13 January 1976 - 11th Annual Awards Dinner</p><p>1. Noise Measurements: An Anecdotal History, Dr. Leo L. Beranek, BBN</p><p>9 March 1976 - Acoustics Down Under</p><p>1. Undersea Acoustics in Australia, Dr. G. Gartrell, Australian Defense Scientific Service 2. Underwater Acoustics Research in New Zealand, Dr. L. Hall, New Zealand Defense Scientific Establishment 3. KIWI Acoustics - What is Happening in Underwater Sound Down Under?, Dr. Howard H. Schloemer, NUSC June 1976 -</p><p>September 1976 -</p><p>21 May 1977 - </p><p>1. Science at Woods Hole, Dr. Robert W. Morse, WHOI 2. Acoustics Fluctuations in the Ocean, Robert C. Spindel and Robert P. Porter, WHOI 3. Application of Long Range Acoustic Signaling to Ocean Circulation, D. Webb </p><p>June 1977 -</p><p>24 September 1977 - </p><p>1. Ultrasonics in Medicine, Dr. P. Lele and Dr. N. Senapati, MIT</p><p>December 1977 -</p><p>10 January 1978 - 13th Annual Awards Dinner</p><p>1. The Contribution of Lord Rayleigh to Physics and Engineering, Dr. John N. Howard, Hanscom AFB </p><p>March 1978 -</p><p>3 June 1978 - </p><p>1. Canada Basin Acoustic Reverberation Experiment, Dr. A. Baggeroer, MIT </p><p>23 September 1978 - </p><p>1. Underwater Sound Transducers, Dr. Charles H. Sherman, NUSC 2. How Transducer Design Makes Use of Antenna Theory, Physical Optics, Electrical Circuit Theory, and Other Disciplines, Harry B. Miller, NUSC </p><p>23 January 1979 - 14th Annual Awards Dinner</p><p>Acoustics of 'Recycled' Auditoriums, William J. Cavanaugh, Cavanaugh-Tocci Assoc. </p><p>3 April 1979 - </p><p>Analysis of Recorded Sounds of the Assasination of President Kennedy, Dr. James Barger, BBN </p><p>12 May 1979 - </p><p>Ultrasonics in Medical Diagnostics, Dr. Robert T. Beyer, Brown U.</p><p>13 October 1979 - </p><p>The Theory and Application of Side Scan Sonar, Marty Klein, Klein Assoc. 17 November 1979 - Fall Meeting</p><p>A Qualitative Model of Dolphin Sonar , J. Fitzgerald</p><p>22 January 1980 - 15th Annual Awards Dinner</p><p>The Chemistry of Sound Absorption in Sea Water, Dr. Robert Mellen, NUSC </p><p>8 April 1980 - Spring Meeting</p><p>Acoustics and the Acoustical Society of America in Historical Perspective, Dr. R. Bruce Linsey, Brown University </p><p>17 May 1980 - Joint Meeting with ASA Boston Chapter</p><p>1. Overview of current Activities at NARADCOM, Major Richard Charles 2. Extra-Auditory Effects of Noise, Dr. Alexander Cohen, NOISH </p><p>27 September 1980 - Fall Meeting</p><p>Voices from Machines, Dr. Cecil Coker, Bell Labs</p><p>27 January 1981 - 16th Annual Awards Dinner</p><p>Stringed Instruments, Dr. Carleen M. Hutchins, Catgut Acoustical Society</p><p>7 April 1981 - Spring Meeting</p><p>Propagation in a Fluctuating Ocean, Mr. Allen Ellinthorpe, NUSC</p><p>30 May 1981 - Joint Meeting with ASA Boston Chapter</p><p>Occupational Noise Exposure in America, Robert Bruce, BBN</p><p>26 September 1981 - Fall Meeting</p><p>Acoustical Levitation with Applications to Medicine and Biology, Dr. Robert E. Apfel, Yale University </p><p>19 January 1982 - 17th Annual Awards Meeting</p><p>Environmental Noise Programs in the Arctic, Dr. William Ellison, CAA </p><p>5 April 1982 - Spring Meeting</p><p>Some Research on Speech Perception, Evidence for a Phonetic Mode, Dr. Alvin M. Liberman, President Haskins Labs </p><p>8 May 1982 - Joint Meeting with ASA Boston Chapter</p><p>Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Research Center Facilities Tour 21 September 1982 - Fall Meeting</p><p>Internal Friction in Rocks and Metal Alloys Due to Dislocations, Dr. Warren P. Mason </p><p>18 January 1983 - 18th Annual Awards Meeting</p><p>Four Contemporary Concert Halls Based on Old Massey Hall in Toronto, Dr. Theodore Schultz, BBN </p><p>12 April 1983 - Spring Meeting</p><p>Fiber-Optic Technology in Communications and Underwater Sound, Dr. Frank W. Cuomo, URI </p><p>4 June 1983 - Joint Meeting with ASA Boston Chapter</p><p>1. An Overview of the Research and Education Program of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Ms. Shelley Lauzon 2. Ocean Bottom Acoustics, Dr. George Frisk, WHOI</p><p>28 September 1983 - Fall Meeting</p><p>1. The Mystic Marinelife Aquarium, Curt Horton, Aquarium Staff Member 2. The Fundamentals of DONAR (DOlphin NAvigation and Ranging) Systems, James W. Fitzgerald, Aquarium Research Associate </p><p>18 October 1983 - By Special Invitation from ASA Boston Chapter</p><p>The Red Line Harvard Square Station, Peter Hopkinson, Skidmore Owens & Merril, and Robert L. Turano, Goody, Clancy & Associates </p><p>17 January 1984 - 19th Annual Awards Meeting </p><p>Optoacoustic Detection, Dr. Gerald Diebold </p><p>3 April 1984 - Spring Meeting</p><p>Air Waves from Volcanic Explosions, Dr. Haraldur Sigurdson, URI</p><p>9 June 1984 - Summer Meeting</p><p>Parametric Sonar, William L. Konrad, NUSC</p><p>25 September 1984 - Fall Meeting</p><p>Acoustics in Robotics, Joseph A. Konrad, A&T</p><p>17 November 1984 - Joint Meeting with ASA Boston Chapter and the Catgut Acoustical Society A Lecture - Concert of the 20th Century Instruments of the Violin Octet, Carleen Hutchins, et al </p><p>29 January 1985 - 20th Annual Awards Meeting</p><p>MIT and Acoustics in the Arctic, Dr. Peter N. Mikhalevsky, MIT </p><p>23 April 1985 - Spring Meeting</p><p>Recollections of Bruce Lindsey, Dr. Robert T. Beyer, Hazard Professor, Brown U.</p><p>11 June 1985 - Summer Meeting</p><p>The Perception of Speech in Early Infancy, Dr. Peter D. Fimas, Brown University </p><p>12 October 1985 - Joint Meeting with ASA Boston Chapter</p><p>The Kurzweil 250 Synthesizer, Dr. Robert A. Moog, Kurzweil, Inc. </p><p>8 January 1986 - Winter Meeting</p><p>Transducers, Sensors, and Actuators, Dr. Robert E. Newnham, Penn State </p><p>15 April 1986 - Spring Meeting</p><p>History of Underwater Sound, Louis C. Maples, Physicist Emeritus, NUSC</p><p>7 June 1986 - Summer Meeting</p><p>Understanding Distorted Speech, Dr. Jerry V. Tobias, SubBase</p><p>16 August 1986 - Joint Meeting with ASA Boston Chapter and AES Boston Section;</p><p>An Evening at Great Woods</p><p>1. Remarks by John Drew and Michael Tilson Thomas, Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts 2. Discussion of Acoustical Considerations, Mssrs. William J. Cavanaugh, Theodore J. Schultz, and David H. Kaye </p><p>2 December 1986 - Joint Meeting with IEEE Providence Section</p><p>Array Signal Processing in the Underwater Environment, Dr. Norman L. Owlsey, NUSC </p><p>19 February 1987 - 22nd Annual Awards Meeting</p><p>Stress Wave Propagation in Anelastic Solids, Dr. Herbert Kolsky, Brown University 27 April 1987 - Spring Meeting</p><p>Sonar Transducer Developments During WW II and Beyond, Frank Massa</p><p>16 June 1987 - Summer Meeting</p><p>Acoustic Ocean Tomography, Dr. Robert Spindell, WHOI</p><p>24 October 1987 - Fall Meeting</p><p>1. Ocean Acoustic Tomography, Dr. James Lynch, WHOI 2. Underwater Robotics and the Exploration of the Titanic, Dr. Dana Yeager, WHOI </p><p>12 January 1988 - Winter Meeting</p><p>Passive Acoustic Synthetic Aperture Processes. Dr. William M. Carey, NUSC </p><p>2 February 1988 - 23rd Annual Awards Meeting</p><p>Bond Graph Models of Sound and Vibration Systems, Dr. Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac</p><p>20 April 1988 - Joint Meeting with IEEE Providence Chapter</p><p>Sonar Echos in Time and Space, Mark A. Chramiec, SSD Raytheon Company</p><p>1 November 1988 - Fall Meeting</p><p>Recent Trends in Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging, Alan A. Winder, MSB Systems</p><p>31 January 1989 - First Ralph Woollett Memorial Lecture</p><p>Theory of the Piezoelectric Flexural Bar Transducer, Donald Ricketts, SSD Raytheon</p><p>11 April 1989 - Spring Meeting</p><p>Sound Scattering by Spherical and Elongated Objects, Dr. Timothy K. Stanton, WHOI </p><p>6 June 1989 - 24th Annual Awards Meeting</p><p>Modeling Ocean Waves for Underwater Acoustics, Dr. Robert H. Mellen, Kildare Corp. </p><p>17 June 1989 - Joint Meeting with ASA Boston Chapter</p><p>Some Further Thoughts on Concert Hall Acoustics, Dr. Leo L. Beranek, BBN</p><p>3 October 1989 - Fall Meeting The Acoustic Intensity Technique, Dr. Jiri Tichy, Penn State</p><p>30 January 1990 - Winter Meeting</p><p>Model-Based Passive Localization, Dr. Edmund J. Sullivan, NUSC/Newport Lab.</p><p>24 April 1990 - Joint Meeting with IEEE Providence Section</p><p>Neural Networks: General Considerations, Asa B. Simmons, SSD Raytheon.</p><p>16 June 1990 - Joint Meeting with the Greater Boston Chapter of ASA</p><p>Acoustics of Keyboard Musical Instruments, Dr. Daniel W. Martin, Editor-in-Chief of J. Acoust. Soc. Am.</p><p>16 October 1990 - Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Meeting</p><p>Turbulent Boundary Layer Noise Reduction, Dr. Sung-Hwan Ko, NUSC/New London, and Chair of The ASA Technical Committee on Engineering Acoustics.</p><p>5 February 1991 - Winter Meeting</p><p>Borehole Seismic Research for the Oil Industry, Dr. Roger Turpening, Assoc. Director of the Earth Resources Laboratory at MIT.</p><p>7 May 1991 - Annual Awards Dinner and Joint Meeting with the IEEE Providence Section</p><p>Modern Space-Time Signal Processing, Dr. Norman L. Owsley, NUSC/New London Lab.</p><p>8 June 1991 - Joint Meeting with the Greater Boston Chapter of ASA</p><p>OMNIMAX Theater, Boston Museum of Science, Timothy Foulkes, Cavanaugh-Tocci Associates</p><p>22 October 1991 - Annual Business Meeting</p><p>Neural Computation for Acoustic Imaging in Bat Sonar, Dr. James A. Simmons, Brown Univeristy</p><p>18 February 1992 - Winter Meeting</p><p>Magnetostrictive Terfenol-D for High-Power, Underwater Sound Sources, Dr. Mark Moffett, Naval Undersea Warfare Center/New London.</p><p>28 April 1992 - Annual Business Meeting</p><p>Auditory Classification of Complex Sound, Thomas Hanna, Director, US Navy Submarine Medical Research Laboratory 7 July 1992 - Spring Meeting</p><p>Secrets of Controlling Acoustic Back Radiation, Dr. John L. Butler, President, Image Acoustics, Inc.</p><p>10 November 1992 - Fall Meeting</p><p>Underwater Transducer Technology, ASW, and Foreign Policy: An Overview, Gerald A. Brigham, Principal Engineer, Ratheon, SSD</p><p>2 February 1993 - The 1993 Ralph S. Woollett Memorial Lecture</p><p>A Perspective on the Electromechanical Coupling Coefficient, William J. Marshall, Jr. BBN.</p><p>20 April 1993 - Spring Meeting</p><p>Recent Research in Violins, Carleen M. Hutchins, Catgut Acoustical Society.</p><p>29 June 1993 - Summer Meeting</p><p>Current Acoustic Research with Atlantic Bottlenose Dophins: Echolocation and Classification, Peter M. Scheifele, National Undersea Research Center, U. Conn.</p><p>23 October 1993 - Fall Meeting</p><p>Auditory Neurophysiology and Otoacoustic Emissions, Dr. Duck O. Kim, Director of Research, Division of Otolaryngology, U. Conn. Health Center.</p><p>12 December 1993 - Joint Meeting with the Greater Boston Chapter of ASA and the Boston Section of the Audio Engineering Society.</p><p>Acoustics of Large-Volume Assembly Spaces, Stephen Siegel, Acentech Inc.</p><p>8 February 1994 - Winter Meeting</p><p>Target Physics of Simple Bodies, Dr. Ronald P. Radlinski, NUWC/New London</p>