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Committee on Informing the Public

The membership of the Committee on Informing the Public shall consist of nine members appointed by the President-Elect to staggered three-year terms. The President-Elect shall appoint the Chair from among the members. The committee will provide oversight of the Society's public outreach and media relations activities while also seeking mechanisms to encourage or facilitate public outreach by APS members. Committee members will also suggest future activities, approaches, and outreach opportunities, as well as possible external funding sources. The committee will recommend to the APS Board the allocation of financial resources among membership and APS initiated activities at least once a year.

Chair: Chad R Orzel (01/12 - 12/12)
Union Coll

Member: Ani Aprahamian (01/10 - 12/12)
Univ of Notre Dame

Member: Marjorie G Bardeen (01/11 - 12/13)

Member: Herbert K Dreiner (01/12 - 12/14)
Univ Bonn

Member: Philip W Hammer (01/07 - 12/12)
American Inst of Phys AIP

Member: James Kakalios (01/12 - 12/14)
Univ of Minn - Minneapolis

Member: Eric Marshall (01/11 - 12/13)
IBM T J Watson Res Ctr

Member: Sidney Perkowitz (01/12 - 12/14)
Emory Univ

Member: David P Saltzberg (01/11 - 12/13)
Univ of California-Los Angeles