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I. Olkin 71967, p. 48; April 1968, p. 40; February 1969, p. 39; April 1970, p. 48; April1971, p. 47; April 1972, p. 55.Other Amstat News citations relating to work on COPSS Committees arethe “Brochure on Statistics as a Career” (April 1962, p. 4), the “AAAS ElectsStatisticians as Vice Presidents” (April 1962, p. 4), “Statistics Section (U) ofthe AAAS, ” by M.B. Ullman (February 1964, p. 9), and “Recommended Standardsfor Statistical Symbols and Notation,” by M. Halperin, H.O. Hartley(Chairman), and P.G. Hoel (June 1965, p. 12).The Academic Programs Committee was most beneficial, especiallythrough the work of Franklin Graybill in several publications of the Committeeon the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM) relating tostatistics, and of Paul Minton in preparing a list for Amstat News (October1970, December 1971) of US and Canadian schools that offer degrees instatistics. The work of the Bernard Greenberg committee on preparing the“Careers in Statistics” brochure was particularly commendable as evidencedby the fact that several hundred thousand copies of the brochure were distributed.The work of other Committees as well helped COPSS to achieve itsgoals. To further their efforts, it was suggested that the committee membersbe placed on a rotating basis of three-year terms whenever possible, that certainmembers be considered ex-officio members of the committees, that theCommittee for Liaison with Other Statistical Societies be studied to find moreeffective means of communication between societies, and that the ExecutiveCommittee of COPSS consider holding additional meetings to consider waysof strengthening statistics in the scientific community and nationally.In 1965 the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) beganconducting a survey of the state of undergraduate mathematical and statisticalsciences in the nation. This survey is conducted every five years and ten fullreports have been issued, the latest being in 2010. With its statistical expertise,COPSS participated in the 1990 and 1995 surveys.COPSS was represented at meetings of the Conference Board of MathematicalSciences, and this served to bring concerns of the statistical communityto the attention of the cognate mathematics societies.A chronic concern related to the annual meetings of the statistical sciences.For many years the IMS alternated meeting with the ASA in one yearand with the American Mathematical Association and Mathematical Associationof America in another year. Somehow schedules did not always meshgeographically. This led to a considerable amount of negotiation. At one pointhaving Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) with all societies included solved thisproblem.In the early days of COPSS the position of Chair rotated among the Societies.Later a Chair and Secretary/Treasurer were chosen by the chairs of themember societies. These are listed in Table 1.1.