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SIAM REVIEW Vol. 19, No. 3, July 1977

CHRONICLE All communications should be sent to H. B. Hair, SIAM Publications, 33 S. 17th Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19103.

New Members THOMAS A. ADAMS

Visalia, California NORMAN I. AGIN

Mathtech, Inc, Princeton, New Jersey

OLUSOLA AKINYELE

University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria

WILLIAM 0. ALLTOP

Washington State University Pullman, Washington

GEORGE T. ANGWIN

Menlo College Menlo Park, California

ATHANASSIOS C. ANTOULAS

ETH-Zurich Zurich, Switzerland

JUDITH ARONOW

Lamar University Ornage, Texas 77630

GEORGE N. BALANIS

Applied Theory, Inc, Los Angeles, California

RICHARD D. BARNHART

Bryan College Duton, Tennessee

RICHARD 0. BARTEL

*Washington University Maplewood, Missouri

JOHN D. BAUMANN

U.S. Air Force Hill AFB, Layton, Utah

HUBERT BERENS

University Erlangen-Nuremberg Erlangen, West Germany

MARY ANN BERG

University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois

T. N. BHARGAVA

Kent State University Kent, Ohio

CLAUDE E. BILLIGHEIMER

McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

GARY S. BLOOM California State University Fullerton, California

RICHARD J. BODONVI Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana

MOHAMED T. BOUDJELKHA Nationale Polytechnique Elharrach Algiers, Algeria

KENNETH J. BOWMAN Elsevier North-Holland Publishing New York, New York

WILLIAM L. BRIGGS University of California LaJolla, California

KEVIN A. BROUGHAN University Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand

JOSEPH G. BROWER Bricktown, New Jersey

ALLEN L. BROWN, JR. IBM Corp. Yorktown, Heights, New York

BUDDY L. BRUNER University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky

ROBERT N. BUCHAL Air Force Office of Scientific Research Bolling AFB, D. C.

RICHARD H. BYRD Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland

VITTORIO CANTONI Politecnico Di Torino Torino, Italy

JAMES M. CARTLIDGE Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana

ALBERT T. CELLARY *Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York

KUANG-I CHANG Ohio State University Lima, Ohio

MASAO R. Y. CHEN Vanier College St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada * Student membership.

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CHRONICLE 587

PETER J. CHRISLER Boeing Corp. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MARK J. CHRISTENSEN Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia

ROBERT A. CICENIA Rutgers University Camden, New Jersey

JOEL E. COHEN Rockafeller University New York, New York

PAUL M. COMOLLI Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin

JANE E. COPE Union Carbide Corp, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

RICHARD D. Cox Teledyne Geotech Garland, Texas

JACK L. CROWELL Delta College University Center, Michigan

JAMES S. DALEY California State University Hayward, California

JUAN A. DAVILA GARCIA Office of Petroleum Fuels Affairs Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

CHERYL M. DAVIS Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia

ROBERT M. DAVIS *Washington University St. Louis, Missouri

JOHN E. DEPHILLIS University of California Santa Cruz, California

JOAQUIN DIAZ Univ. Nac. Auto. de Mexico Mexico, D.F. Mexico

EDWARD S. DONOGHUE, JR. Brown University Providence, Rhode Island

LEWIS B. DOZIER *Courant Institute New York, New York

WILLIAM L. EDWARDS Mathematician Computer Sciences Corp. San Diego, California

RAYMOND G. EISENSTARK Sirocco Systems, Inc. New York, New York

BERTIL L. EKENBERG Lund University Lund, Sweden

HEINZ W. ENGEL Universitat Linz Linz, Austria

PHILIP G. ERICSON University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois

FRANK D. FARLEY Chrysler Corp. Sterling Heights, Michigan

RICHARD C. FARMER Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana

STEVEN A. FOGG Coca Cola Bottling Plants Inc. South Portland, Maine

LAWRENCE C. FORD Andrews University Berrien Springs, Michigan

JAMES A. FOREST Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. Houston, Texas

RALPH L. Fox, JR. Scientific Time Sharing Corp. White Plains, New York

DANIEL R. FRANTZ Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan

STEPHEN J. GANOCY Goodyear T. &-R. Akron, Ohio

ADELA GARCIA Excuela Ing. Agronomos Madrid, Spain

JOSEPH K. GASPER Omaha Public Power District Ohama, Nebraska

DUDLEY V. GOETSCHEL Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, Illinois

JAMES E. GOIN University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

CHERYL L. GRASS Hughes Aircraft Co. El Segundo, California

ROBERT L. GRAVES University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

ROGER C. GRIMSON University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina * Student membership.

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588 CHRONICLE

RONALD D. GRISELL

University of Texas Galveston, Texas

JOHN GUCKENHEIMER

University of California Santa Cruz, California

CHARLES L. GUILLORY, JR.

Sperry Sun Houston, Texas

MAX D. GUNZBURGER

ICASE Hampton, Virginia

WILLIAM W. HAGER

Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

DEBORAH T. HAIMO

University of Missouri St. Louis, Missouri

ROBERT C. HALLSTROM

Loomis, California SAFA N. HAMAD

Utah State University Logan Utah

KAREN HASKELL

Washington State University Pullman, Washington

HOUSHANG H. HASSIBI

*University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota

ORVALD B. HAUGHSBY

Concordia College Moorhead, Minnesota

NANCY SHOEMAKER HEGNER

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York

MICHAEL T. HEINS

Rauland Co. Melrose Park, Illinois

ROBBINS E. HENRY

*University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky

JERRY HERMEL

*University of California Los Angeles, California

ISMAEL HERRERA

Univ. Nac. Auto. de Mexico Mexico, D. F. Mexico

GAIL S. HINES

*Auburn University Auburn, Alabama

RUTH L. HINKINS

University of California Berkley, California

GREGORY A. HIVELY

University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky

SAMUEL L. HOM Computer Sciences-Technicolor Associates Seabrook, Maryland

Yu KAO Hsu Bangor Community College Bangor, Maine

GEORGE D. IANCULESCU

*Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

PAULINE M. IPPOLITO

Planning Research Co., ISC McLean, Virginia

LAWRENCE P. JAMES

U.S. Government San Diego, California

DONALD B. JOHNSON

Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania

GEORGE J. JOSEPH

*University of Delaware Newark, Delaware

HARRIET H. KAGIWADA

*RAND Corp. Santa Monica, California

J. G. KALLBERG

University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

JAMES E. KEHNER

Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois

STANLEY P. KERR

University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois

THADDEUS W. KLIMEK Northern Petrochemical Co. Morris, Illinois

JOHN B. KLOUSTELIDIS National Technical University Athens, Greece

PAAVO E. KOVALA

University of Washington Seattle, Washington

DAVID A. KRIEGMAN

Bureau of the Census Washington, D.C.

PARUCHURI R. KRISHNAIAH AF Flight Dynamics Laboratory Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

JOHN E. KROLL

Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia * Student membership.

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CHRONICLE 589

GIOVANNI LABBIENTO

Bank of Montreal Montreal, Canada

JAMES R. LARKIN

Aetna Life and Casualty Hartford, Connecticut

JOHN W. LEE

Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon

SRINIVASA G. LEELAMMA

University of Texas Arlington, Texas

EUGENE L. LEONARD

Marymount College Salina, Kansas

DOMINIC S. P. LEUNG

Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana

REGINA M. LLOPIS

University of California Berkeley, California

JAMES E. LOGAN

University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa

DONALD D. F. Loo *University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada

PAUL Lu

Boeing Computer Services Co. Seattle, Washington

JUDY P. MAGEE

Bell Telephone Laboratories Greensboro, North Carolina

FRANZ W. MAIER

Universitat Salzburg Salzburg, Austria

RICHARD P. MATTIONE

*Clayton, Missouri MICHAEL A. MAYOR

Sperry Univac Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

ANTHONY P. McANDREW

Pennsylvania State University Hazleton, Pennsylvania

PETER J. MELVIN

University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois

CLAYTON W. MILLER

Chamberlain Manufacturing Co. Waterloo, Iowa

JACK MILLER

National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, Colorado

MARIO M. MILMAN *Australian National University Canberra, Australia

JOSEPH R. MOLNAR Jersey Central Power and Light Co. Forked River, New Jersey

ANDRES J. R. MOREIRA Universidad Catolica Guayoguil, Ecuador

THOMAS D. MORLEY University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois

ZENSHO NAKAO University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma

H. N. NARANG Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee, Alabama

JOHN E. NELSON TRW Systems Group Redondo Beach, California

JOHN W. NEUBERGER Emory University Atlanta, Georgia

DEAN A. NEUMANN Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio

HUGH F. O'CONNELL Computype Inc. New York, New York

ADEDAPO ONABOLU University Lagos Lagos, Nigeria

STEPHEN C. OXFORD University of California Los Angeles, California

PAUL I. PETERSON Woodward Governor Co. Rockford, Illinois

RICHARD M. PETERSON Chicago State University Chicago, Illinois

Roy A. PLASTOCK New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey

DAVID W. PRATHER Kaman Sciences Corp. Colorado Springs, Colorado

PRAKASH C. RAI Denmark Tec. Denmark, South Carolina

A. KAMESWARA RAO C.I.A.E. Rockhampton, Australia * Student membership.

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590 CHRONICLE

RICHARD S. REMPEL Bethel College North Newton, Kansas

H. L. RESNIKOFF University of California Irvine, California

PAMELA C. RICHARDS Virginia Department Community College Richmond, Virginia

L. BRUCE RICHMOND University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

TEODOR Rus Institute for Computing Technique Napola, Rumania

DANIEL C. ST. CLAIR Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, Kentucky

DAVID H. SATTINGER University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota

JERRY E. SAXTON Geophysical Services Dallas, Texas

DAVE I. SCHONBACH Automatic Totalisators Inc. Newark, Delaware

LEONARD W. SCHWARTZ University of Adelaide Adelaide, South Australia

ROBERT SEDGEWICK Brown University Providence, Rhode Island

LETITIA K. SEESE Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey

ABUL H. SIDDIOI Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, India

STETSON M. SILER U.S. Air Force Kelly AFB, Texas

THOMAS M. SIMUNDKH Hoffman Electronics Elmonte, California

ALAN DAVID SLOAN Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia

ALAN D. SOLOHON Union Carbide Corp. Oak Ridge, Tennessee

JOHN A. SPICER Force Avionics Laboratory Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

MICHAEL L. STANCATI Science Applications Inc. Rolling Meadows, Illinois

JOHN W. STARNER, JR. University of Texas El Paso, Texas

TORGNY SVANES Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana

MELVIN M. SWEET Institute for Defense Analyses Princeton, New Jersey

ZIRo TAKEDA Ibaraki University Ibaraki, Japan

GURPARTAP S. TAKHAR Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, Canada

TZHY J. TARN Washington University St. Louis, Missouri

WILLIAM V. THAYER John Burroughs School St. Louis, Missouri

WILLIAM A. THEDFORD Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia

MICHAEL J. THIBODEAUX Menlo College Menlo Park, California

TAKEHIRO TOKUDA *Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo, Japan

A. I. TOLSTOY D. 0. T., U.S. Coast Guard Washington, D. C.

GARY L. TRAVE Naval Air Test Facility Lakehurst, New Jersey

ARMANDA G. TREJO E. N. C. B. Mexico, D. F. Mexico

ANTHONY E. TROJANOWSKI University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois

GODWIN A. UDOFIA University of Calabar Calabar, Nigeria

CARLOS A. VARGOS Univ. Nac. Auto. de Mexico Mexico, D. F. Mexico

CHARLES I. VOTAW Fort Hays Kansas State College Hays, Kansas * Student membership.

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CHRONICLE 591

HUBERT R. WALCZAK College of St. Thomas St. Paul, Minnesota

DA-LUN WANG University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky

CHRISTOPHER C. WHITE Castleton State College Castleton, Vermont

THOMAS M. WICKS Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico

MICHAEL WILLIAMS New York University New York, New York

WILLIAM M. WITTBOLD JR. Rockefeller University New York, New York

HON W. WONG *University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

WALTER MURRAY WONHAM University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada

JOSEPH S. WRIGHT New York State Drug Addiction Control Comm. Yonkers, New York

ROBERT K. WRIGHT University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont

THOMAS W. WRIGHT Ballistic Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

SIAVOSH M. ZAND USGS Menlo Park, California

THOMAS A. ZANG ICASE Hampton, Virginia

ALAN H. ZORN University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan

* Student membership.

Deaths

The Editors regret to report the death of Dr. Fred Fender, a member of SIAM since 1968, on May 24, 1976; the death of Kenneth C. Cartwright, a member of SIAM since 1957, on September 18, 1976; the death of Salvador B. Layno, a member of SIAM since 1967, on October 26, 1976; the death of Jane L. Evans, a member of SIAM since 1959, on October 30, 1976; the death of Edward A. Knobelauch, a member of SIAM since 1961, on July 26, 1976.

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