Some anecdotes and recollections about Acoustical Society Presidents whom I have known, 2004 July 4.

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Some anecdotes and recollections about Acoustical Society Presidents whom I have known, 2004 July 4.

Based on Miller's Distinguished Lecture at the 75th Anniversary Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in New York City on May 27, 2004. Includes anecdotal accounts of many past presidents of ASA. Lengthier entries include Leo L. Beranek, Richard H. Bolt, Charles Paul Boner, Frederick V. Hunt, Warren P. Mason, Paul Sabine, and John C. Steinberg.

43 pages.

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