At its 75th anniversary meeting held in New York City in May, the Acoustical Society of America honored the following individuals for their contributions to acoustics.
Chester M. McKinney received ASA’s Gold Medal, the society’s highest honor. He was cited for his “pioneering research and leadership in underwater acoustics and high-resolution sonar, and for dedicated service to the Society.” McKinney is a research scientist and former director with the Applied Research Laboratories of the University of Texas at Austin.
The R. Bruce Lindsay Award was given this year to Michael R. Bailey, a research engineer at the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington, Seattle. He was recognized for “contributions to the understanding of shock wave lithotripsy and nonlinear acoustics.”
David Lubman, president of David Lubman and Associates in Westminster, California, garnered the Helmholtz–Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal for his “work in noise and standards and for contributions to architectural...
