Marc H. Brodsky, who guided the American Institute of Physics—publisher of Physics Today and a number of journals and other print and online products—through organizational and financial challenges and expanded its outreach programs during his tenure as its executive director and CEO, will step down next year after more than 13 years at the organization’s helm.
Brodsky announced in May that he expects to retire in March 2007 following AIP’s spring Governing Board meeting. He assumed his role in November 1993, succeeding Kenneth Ford, who had served for seven years.
At press time, AIP’s executive committee was expected to convene a search team in June to seek Brodsky’s successor. Mildred Dresselhaus, chair of both the Governing Board and executive committee, said during a telephone interview in May that it was unknown at the time whether the search would be global or confined to candidates from the US.
Dresselhaus lauded Brodsky’s...
