Finding Aid to the Records of the American Institute of Physics, Office of the Director, Assistant to the Executive Director Andrzej Herczynski, 1989-1994Publisher:American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics. Encoding Information:Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Katherine A. Hayes on December 23, 2004. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process. . Finding aid written in English. Description of the CollectionLocation of collection:American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics. Title and dates of collection:Records of the American Institute of Physics, Office of the Director, Assistant to the Executive Director Andrzej Herczynski, 1989-1994 Records created by:American Institute of Physics. Office of the Director. Size of collection:3.5 linear feet (7 boxes) Short description of collection:The Office of the Director is responsible for the general management of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and its relationships with its various constituencies and the wider physics and technology community. Herczynski held AIP's Physics Management Fellowship and served as assistant to Executive Director Kenneth Ford from 1990-1994. The records document his major contributions, which were organizing the last three of five bilateral conferences with scientists of the U.S. and the former Soviet Union on chaos or nonlinear science; the development and coordination of AIP's programs to donate scientific journals to scientists and institutions in the former Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries; and the coordination of the Corporate Associates meetings and programs. Language(s) of material:English. Selected Search TermsThese papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms. History of the American Institute of Physics, Office of the Director, Assistant to the Executive Director Andrzej HerczynskiThe Office of the Director is responsible for the general management of the American Institute of Physics and its relationships with its various constituencies including Member Societies, Corporate Associates, and the wider physics and technology community. Andrzej Herczynski held the American Institute of Physics's Physics Management Fellowship and served as assistant to Executive Director Kenneth Ford from 1990-1994. He is a native of Poland and completed a Master of Science in mathematics at Warsaw University in 1980. He completed a Ph.D. in physics at Lehigh University in 1987 based on the topic, "Eigenfunction Expansion for Problems in Elastodynamics." His research interests lie in analytical modeling in fluid dynamics, kinetic theory, and biophysics. He is fluent in Polish, Russian, French, and English, and competent in German. Herczynski's expertise in both physics and Eastern European and Russian language and culture made his contribution to the Office of the Director invaluable in the areas of coordinating and maintaining the scientific information flow into and out of the former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries at a critical point in history. His major contributions were in the organization of the last three of five bilateral conferences with scientists of the United States and the former Soviet Union on chaos or nonlinear science from which the publication of the interdisciplinary journal Chaos grew; the development and coordination of AIP's programs to donate scientific journals to the former Soviet Union and other Eastern European scientists and institutions; and the coordination of the Corporate Associates meetings and programs. Scope and Contents of CollectionComprised of Herczynski's working files, including correspondence and planning documents for the Chaos conferences (1991, 1992, 1993), the donation of journals to the Former Soviet Union and other science and technical exchange programs, and the Corporate Associates program of the American Institute of Physics. The Chaos conference files also include limited information on the Chaos I and II conferences held prior to Herczynski's tenure. Arrangement/Organization of CollectionThe records were retained in their original three series: Chaos, Corporate Associates, and Science in the Former Soviet Union, but with minimal reordering to achieve a more consistent subject/chronological order. Access to CollectionPermission of the Office of the Director required for access to records less than 25 years old. Restrictions on Use of CollectionUse of primary source material in the Niels Bohr Library requires prior approval through an Application for Access, which includes a statement of research purpose and the names and addresses of two scholars as references. Access applications can be obtained by contacting the Library (telephone 301-209-3177; or e-mail nbl@aip.org). The application can also be printed from our website. Provenance and Acquisition InformationThe records were received from the Office of the Director upon Dr. Herczynski's departure in September 1994. Processing InformationSome of the folder titles were changed slightly to more accurately reflect their contents. Duplicates within files were removed. Some exceptionally large files were split to facilitate preservation and handling. The files were removed from their original manilla folders and placed in acid-free folders and archival document cases. Staples, clips, and rubber bands were removed for preservation purposes, and telefaxes were photocopied to acid-free paper and the originals removed from the collection. Photographs were copied for the collection and the originals placed in the photo archives of the Niels Bohr Library. Processed by Sandra Johnson, September 1995. Preferred Citation of CollectionCite as: [Folder title, date; Folder number, Box number], Records of the American Institute of Physics Office of the Director, Assistant to the Executive Andrzej Herczynski, 1989-1994. Other Related MaterialsSee collections under the American Institute of Physics, Office of the Director; American Institute of Physics, Corporate Associates. Container List
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