Murray Strasberg, a role model

• Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Vol. 135; no. 4_Supplement; p. 2285
• Main Author: Blackstock, David T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01-04-2014
• ISSN: 0001-4966; 1520-8524
• DOI: 10.1121/1.4877495

Murray Strasberg held several different offices in the Acoustical Society: Executive Council Member 1969–1972, President 1974–1975, and Secretary 1987–1990. The Society was very fortunate to have Murray at its helm in 1974–1975. Wallace Waterfall died early in Murray's term. ASA old timers remember Wallace as the man who “ran the Acoustical Society out of his hip pocket” for years and years. How were we going to get along without him? Murray led us painstakingly through the difficult reorganization. Also up was the Standards issue. ASA decided to write and publish its own acoustical standards rather than leave them to other organizations. Finally, the recent birth of INCE had sadly led to turf wars, which had to be dealt with. Several years later, long after most presidents have happily gone out to pasture, Murray again stepped up, in this case to fill the void caused by Betty Goodfriend's retirement as ASA Secretary. Murray served as ASA's last Secretary. Beyond his splendid service to the Acoustical Society, Murray was a renowned acoustical scientist and, perhaps above all, a warm and generous friend.