Ilene Busch-Vishniac, who was elected president-elect of the Acoustical Society of America, took office on 5 June 2002, succeeding Richard Stern. Busch-Vishniac, dean of the G. W. C. Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, will become president of the society in 2003.
“As president I will focus on the two biggest challenges ASA faces: balance and vitality,” Busch-Vishniac said. “The society traditionally has been well served by its great breadth in terms of discipline coverage and type of member (academic and practitioner). If ASA is to succeed in the future, it must maintain this breadth and balance the needs of various members with equitable distribution of precious resources. It must send a clear message of valuing all of its members equally.” She added that ASA must recognize that its membership is aging and “either face its demise in a relatively short future or craft...
