Yost Is ASA President-Elect

William A. Yost, professor of psychology and of hearing sciences in the Parmly Hearing Institute of Loyola University Chicago, has been chosen as president-elect of the Acoustical Society of America. Formerly associate vice president for research and dean of Loyola’s graduate school, Yost holds a BA in psychology from Colorado College (1966) and received his PhD in experimental psychology from Indiana University in 1970. He was on the faculty of the University of Florida in Gainesville from 1971 to 1977 and subsequently joined Loyola.

“This is an exciting time to take on the responsibility of president,” says Yost. “The ASA is a strong society actively and successfully fulfilling its mission of increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and promoting its practical applications.” He says he hopes that “the ASA can continue to positively affect public policy in areas of acoustics,” particularly policy that is “based on sound science and engineering practices.” He adds that he looks forward to ASA’s continued growth and to “the enhancement of the many diverse fields of acoustics.” Yost was elected in May and took office the same month. In May 2005, he will succeed ASA’s current president, William Kuperman (see Physics Today, July 2003, page 67 ).

The ASA membership also chose a new vice president-elect. She is Donna L. Neff, staff scientist in the auditory perception laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. New executive council members are Judy R. Dubno, professor in the department of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, and Victor W. Sparrow, associate professor of acoustics at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park. Both were elected to serve three-year terms.