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Panel on Public Affairs

The membership of the Panel on Public Affairs (POPA) shall consist of a Chairperson, Chairperson-Elect, Vice-Chairperson, immediate Past Chairperson, the Vice President, the Chair of the Physics Policy Committee, the Congressional Fellow(s) in the second year following the year of service, and fourteen members elected by Council to staggered three-year terms. In addition, the Forum on Physics and Society shall elect one person every three years to serve on POPA for a three-year term. The Vice-Chairperson shall be elected by Council and shall serve in that office for one year, then as Chairperson-Elect for one year, then as Chairperson for one year, and then as most recent Past-Chairperson for one year. There shall be a Steering Committee consisting of the Chairperson, the Chairperson-Elect, the Vice-Chairperson, the Vice-President, the Chair of the Physics Policy Committee, and at least two additional members selected from among and by the members of POPA. POPA shall be responsible for making recommendations to the President, the Executive Board and the Council on public affairs activities of the Society designated by the Executive Board or Council. POPA may initiate new public affairs activities for the Society and may recommend new programs to the Council. POPA shall keep minutes and distribute them to the members of the Panel and to the Council.

Chair: Robert Rosner (01/13 - 12/13)
Univ of Chicago

Chair Elect: Robert L Jaffe (01/13 - 12/13)
Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

Vice Chair: Steven Elliot Koonin (01/13 - 12/13)
Department of Energy - US

Past Chair: Jill P Dahlburg (01/13 - 12/13)
Naval Research Lab

Vice President: Samuel H Aronson (01/13 - 12/13)
Brookhaven Natl Lab

Member: Philip E Coyle (01/13 - 12/15)

Member: Adam Frederick Falk (01/11 - 12/13)
Williams Coll

Member: Angel E Garcia (01/13 - 12/15)
Rensselaer Polytech Inst

Member: William H Goldstein (01/13 - 12/15)
Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

Member: Mark William Goodman (01/12 - 12/14)
Department of State

Member: Marilyn Gunner (01/11 - 12/13)
CUNY-CCNY

Member: R. Scott Kemp (01/12 - 12/14)
Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

Member: Timothy Isaac Meyer (01/12 - 12/14)
Natl Academy of Sci

Member: Julia M Phillips (01/13 - 12/15)
Sandia Natl Labs

Member: Michael D Rosenthal (01/13 - 12/15)
Brookhaven Natl Lab

Member: Dr Roy F Schwitters (01/11 - 12/13)
Univ of Texas, Austin

Member: Susan Joyce Seestrom (01/11 - 12/13)
Los Alamos Natl Lab

Member, FPS Rep.: Philip L Taylor (01/12 - 12/14)
Case Western Reserve Univ

Member: Thomas N Theis (01/12 - 12/14)
IBM T J Watson Res Ctr

Member: James E Trebes (01/11 - 12/13)
Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

Advisor: Malcolm R Beasley (01/13 - 12/15)
Stanford Univ

Advisor: Michael S Turner (01/13 - 12/13)
Univ of Chicago

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Annual Updates

APS Annual Reports contain yearly updates on public affairs.
APS Annual Reports

APS Staff

Staff Advisor
Francis Slakey

Committee Administrator
Jeanette Russo