In a report in the APS News
dated May 2000, Dr. Thomas McIlrath, APS Treasurer and
Publisher, reminded us that the purpose of the American
Physical Society as enshrined
in its charter of 1899, is to Promote the Advancement and Diffusion of the Knowledge of Physics. In the last 100 years the APS has published the most prestigious and widely read physics journals in the world. They are not only read by its membership of 40,000 which includes 2,000 in Asia, but physicists the world over. Dr. McIlrath was recently in Thailand where Clive Wing caught up with him to talk about the APS, its profile in Asia, and the recent agreement signed with the iGroup.
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