From the President

Occasionally, APS presidents notify members about applicable issues or write letters, statements, or op-eds that are of particular member interest.

2020

President Philip Bucksbaum

• Letter to Congressional Leadership Concerning International COVID-19 Response Legislation
• Letter Condemning Racism
• COVID-19 Response Letter

2017

President Laura Greene

• APS and AAAS Call for Justice for Scientist Sentenced to Death in Iran
• APS Urges Congress to Reach an Agreement that Raises the Budgetary Spending Caps for FY18
• APS Reaffirms Commitment to Promoting a Diverse and Inclusive STEM Workforce
• APS Concerns Regarding Executive Order on Immigration
• APS Concerns Regarding U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO

2016

President Homer Neal

• APS Offers Policy Recommendations to New Administration
• Letter of Support for H.R. 5583 - University Regulation Streamlining and Harmonization Act
• Letter to APS Members Concerning Recent Events
• Letter to Turkish President Regarding Mistreatment of Scholars
• Letter to House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee Concerning FY17 Funding for NSF
• Letter to House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee Concerning FY17 Funding for DOE Office of Science

2015

President Samuel Aronson

• Input on America COMPETES Reauthorization Bill
• Letter of Support to NSF on AP Courses in Engineering and Computer Science
• Letter to House Science Committee on America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015
• APS Announces Dr. Kate Kirby as Chief Executive Officer
• Statement on Diversity in Physics from APS President Sam Aronson

2014

President Malcolm Beasley

• Letter to Iranian President Rouhani Calling for Omid Kokabee's Release
• Particle Physics: U.S. Should Not Cede Research Leadership to Other Nations
• Letter of Support for High-Energy Physics Community & P5 Report
• Letter to President Obama on Support of Science in SOTU (January)

2013

President Michael Turner

• Statement for the Record to S-CST on Government Shutdown (October)
• Congratulating CERN and all of Physics for 2013 Nobel Prize (October)

2012

President Robert Byer

• Urging White House to Create Stand-Alone ITER Account (June)
• Condemning Iranian Physicist Assassinations (February)

2011

President Barry Barish

• Texas Higher Education Board (October)
• Condolences to Japanese Physics Societies (March)

2010

President Curtis Callan

• End of Year Message (December)
• FY 2011 Appropriations for the DOE Office of Science (April)

2009

President Cherry Murray

• Federal Stimulus Package for Science Funding (January)