EDITORIAL

Science and democracy

by Ilse Genovese

It's rare for an anniversary to stir so much eview and commentary but we've just witnessed one, and give it a big splash ourselves in this issue of the ACSM Bulletin. You guessed it...Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, two giants born on either side of the Atlantic two hundred years ago, n February 12th. more >>

SCIENCE

Dave Zilkoski's geodesy

by Ilse Genovese

After 34 years of service as geodesist and Director of the National Geodetic Survey at NOAA, Dave Zilkoski retires with a sense of extraordinary accomplishment--geodesy has positioned itself as the foundation for all geospatial positioning. more >>

The boundary of right and wrong

by John N. Hatzopoulos

From among the many definitions of the term "global development," I interpret this to mean a phenomenon with two possible manifestations--how things are and how they should be. Running between these two manifestations of development are learning stages that may be difficult to predict. more>>

Darwin's era of science

by Ilse Genovese

At age 28, Charles Darwin scribbled the first tenet of his grand theory--"one species does change into another." Twenty years later, after amassing a huge number of specimens and many data, he let the genie--his radical theory about evolution--out into the world. more>>

PUBLIC SERVICE

Tribute to Abraham Lincoln

by Michael E. Runae and Debbi Wilgoren

The wind was whipping so strongly at the Lincoln Memorial on February 12th that Frank J. Williams, a retired Rhode Island Supreme Court justice and long-time collector of Lincoln memorabilia, lost his place while reading the Gettysburg address. more>>

Objective measurement

by Ilse Genovese

Thomas Jefferson's ambition for many years was to found a great university that would serve as "the future bulwark of the human mind in this country." It was not until he was more than 70, after he retired from a long life of public service, that Jefferson found the time to fulfill this ambition. more>>

COMMENTARY

Let's discuss: How can we be more inclusive?

by Steve Douty

I don't believe that we have had any significant debate about the need of service and professional organizations to be more diverse and inclusive. The members of most professional organizations are disproportionately white, male, middle-to-upper-class, baby-boomer (read old), born and raised in the USA, and Cristian. Not these are somehow objectionable demographics. We are comfortable. We share a common language and daily life experiences. We are dying. more>>