Finding Aid to the American Institute of Physics Office of Director records of Marc Brodsky, 1993-2002.

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Biographical Note

Marc H. Brodsky served as the Executive Director and CEO of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) from 1993 to 2007. During his tenure, Brodsky oversaw dramatic changes in AIP publishing and publishing services, as nearly all editorial, production, distribution and business processes were changed to deal with electronic publishing. All the journals and magazines AIP publishes for itself and others went onto the World Wide Web, increasing access to the physics literature to more people than ever before in history.

Brodsky also worked to increase AIP Member Society participation is programs of common interest. Examples include free Member Society student memberships for Society of Physics Students undergraduates, funding of the Physics Olympiad U.S. Team, and coordination of many media and government relations activities. He also actively defended AIP's freedom of the press rights on many fronts, including attempted government restrictions on the processing of manuscripts from certain countries and suits from some who tried to restrict knowledge from comparisons of journal prices.

Brodsky is a physicist and electronics engineer. Prior to his AIP position, he was at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center for 25 years as a researcher (in semiconductor physics and devices), inventor, manager and executive. He received his bachelor, masters and doctorate degrees in physics from the University of Pennsylvania. He has been an adjunct or visiting faculty or researcher at Columbia University, University of Paris, Dundee University, and the Max Planck Institute (Stuttgart).

He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the IEEE. He has published over 90 technical papers, 30 invention disclosures, edited a book on amorphous semiconductors, and co-edited another. He holds seven U.S. Patents in semiconductor technology and consumer electronics.

Brodsky has provided active leadership in professional and scholarly publishing (PSP) activities, including Chair of the Executive Council of the PSP Division of the American Association of Publishers. He was also on the Board and Executive Committee of CrossRef, the online reference linking service, and the Board of the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers. (condensed from http://www.aip.org/history/historymatters/brodsky.htm)

Scope and Contents of Collection

Marc H. Brodsky served as Executive Director and CEO of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) from 1993 to 2007. This collection consists primarily of the chronological correspondence books kept by Brodsky's assistants, containing copies of both incoming and outgoing correspondence. The collection also contains meeting files and binders from Executive Committee (including Executive Sessions), Governing Board, and Management Committee meetings. During his tenure, Brodsky oversaw dramatic changes in AIP publishing and publishing services, as publishing transferred many operations to electronic publishing and online access. Brodsky also worked to increase AIP Member Society participation, increased funding of the Physics Olympiad U.S. Team, and coordination of many media and government relations activities. These areas of Brodsky's tenure are likely included as topics in this collection.

Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into two series:

• Series I: Correspondence
• Series II: Meeting materials

Each series is arranged chronologically.

Access to Collection

Permission of an officer of depositing organization required for access to records less than 25 years old. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.

Restrictions on Use of Collection

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Gift of Dr. Brodsky, 2007.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 2008.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], American Institute of Physics Office of Director records of Marc Brodsky. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

Container List

Series I: Correspondence
Box 1	Folder 1	Andrzej Herczynski chronology book, January-February, 1993
	Folder 2	Andrzej Herczynski chronology book, March-April, 1993
	Folder 3	Andrzej Herczynski chronology book, May-June, 1993
	Folder 4	Andrzej Herczynski chronology book, July-August, 1993
	Folder 5	Andrzej Herczynski chronology book, September-December, 1993
	Folder 6	Andrzej Herczynski chronology book correspondence index, 1994
	Folder 7	Andrzej Herczynski chronology book, January-April, 1994
	Folder 8	Andrzej Herczynski chronology book, May-August, 1994
	Folder 9	Executive Director's office chronology book correspondence index, January-March, 1994
	Folder 10	Executive Director's office chronology book, January, 1994
	Folder 11	Executive Director's office chronology book, February, 1994
	Folder 12	Executive Director's office chronology book, March, 1994
	Folder 13	Executive Director's office chronology book correspondence book, July-September, 1994
	Folder 14	Executive Director's office chronology book, July, 1994
	Folder 15	Executive Director's office chronology book, August, 1994
	Folder 16	Executive Director's office chronology book, September, 1994
	Folder 17	Bo Hammer chronology book correspondence index, 1994-1995
	Folder 18	Bo Hammer chronology book, August-December, 1994
	Folder 19	Bo Hammer chronology book, January-August, 1995
	Folder 20	Bo Hammer chronology book, September, 1995-October, 1996
	Folder 21	Beverly Fearn Porter chronology book correspondence index, 1995-1997
	Folder 22	Beverly Fearn Porter chronology book, March, 1995-April, 1997
	Folder 23	Executive Director's office chronology book correspondence book, 1995
	Folder 24	Executive Director's office chronology book, January, 1995
	Folder 25	Executive Director's office chronology book, February-March, 1995
	Folder 26	Executive Director's office chronology book, April, 1995
	Folder 27	Executive Director's office chronology book, May, 1995
	Folder 28	Executive Director's office chronology book, June, 1995
Box 2	Folder 1	Executive Director's office chronology book, July, 1995
	Folder 2	Executive Director's office chronology book, August, 1995
	Folder 3	Executive Director's office chronology book, August, 1995
	Folder 4	Executive Director's office chronology book, September, 1995
	Folder 5	Executive Director's office chronology book, October, 1995
	Folder 6	Executive Director's office chronology book, November, 1995
	Folder 7	Executive Director's office chronology book, December, 1995
	Folder 8	Executive Director's office chronology book correspondence index, 1996
	Folder 9	Executive Director's office chronology book, January, 1996
	Folder 10	Executive Director's office chronology book, February-March, 1996
	Folder 11	Executive Director's office chronology book, April, 1996
	Folder 12	Executive Director's office chronology book, May, 1996
	Folder 13	Executive Director's office chronology book, June, 1996
	Folder 14	Executive Director's office chronology book, July, 1996
	Folder 15	Executive Director's office chronology book, August-September, 1996
	Folder 16	Executive Director's office chronology book, October, 1996
	Folder 17	Executive Director's office chronology book, November, 1996
	Folder 18	Executive Director's office chronology book, December, 1996
Box 3	Folder 1	Emily Pelton chronology book, 1996-1997
	Folder 2	Angela Putney chronology book, November, 1997-December, 1999
	Folder 3	Executive Director's office chronology book correspondence index, 1997
	Folder 4	Executive Director's office chronology book, January-February, 1997
	Folder 5	Executive Director's office chronology book, March, 1997
	Folder 6	Executive Director's office chronology book, April-June, 1997
	Folder 7	Executive Director's office chronology book, July, 1997
	Folder 8	Executive Director's office chronology book, August-September, 1997
	Folder 9	Executive Director's office chronology book, October-December, 1997
	Folder 10	Executive Director's office chronology book correspondence index, 1998
	Folder 11	Executive Director's office chronology book, January, 1998
	Folder 12	Executive Director's office chronology book, February-March, 1998
	Folder 13	Executive Director's office chronology book, April-May, 1998
	Folder 14	Executive Director's office chronology book, June, 1998
	Folder 15	Executive Director's office chronology book, July-September, 1998
	Folder 16	Executive Director's office chronology book, October-November, 1998
	Folder 17	Executive Director's office chronology book, November-December, 1998
Box 4	Folder 1	Executive Director's office chronology book correspondence index, 1999
	Folder 2	Executive Director's office chronology book, January-March, 1999
	Folder 3	Executive Director's office chronology book, April-May, 1999
	Folder 4	Executive Director's office chronology book, May-June, 1999
	Folder 5	Executive Director's office chronology book, July-August, 1999
	Folder 6	Executive Director's office chronology book, September, 1999
	Folder 7	Executive Director's office chronology book, October, 1999
	Folder 8	Executive Director's office chronology book, November, 1999
	Folder 9	Executive Director's office chronology book, December, 1999
	Folder 10	Executive Director's office chronology book correspondence index, 2000
	Folder 11	Executive Director's office chronology book, January-March, 2000
	Folder 12	Executive Director's office chronology book, April, 2000
	Folder 13	Executive Director's office chronology book, May-June, 2000
	Folder 14	Executive Director's office chronology book, July, 2000
	Folder 15	Executive Director's office chronology book, August, 2000
	Folder 16	Executive Director's office chronology book, October-December, 2000
	Folder 17	Executive Director's office chronology book correspondence index, 2001
	Folder 18	Executive Director's office chronology book, January-March, 2001
	Folder 19	Executive Director's office chronology book, April, 2001
	Folder 20	Executive Director's office chronology book, May-June, 2001
	Folder 21	Executive Director's office chronology book, July-August, 2001
	Folder 22	Executive Director's office chronology book, September, 2001
Box 5	Folder 1	Executive Director's office chronology book, October-December, 2001
	Folder 2	Executive Director's office chronology book correspondence index, 2002
	Folder 3	Executive Director's office chronology book, January-March, 2002
	Folder 4	Executive Director's office chronology book, April, 2002
	Folder 5	Executive Director's office chronology book, May, 2002
	Folder 6	Executive Director's office chronology book, June, 2002
	Folder 7	Executive Director's office chronology book, July-September, 2002

Series II: Meeting materials
Box 5	Folder 8	Executive Committee meeting file, December, 1993
	Folder 9	Executive Committee meeting file, February, 1994
	Folder 10	Governing Board meeting file, March, 1994
	Folder 11	Executive Committee meeting file (contains confidential executive session notes), June, 1994
	Folder 12	Executive Committee meeting file, 1 of 2, September, 1994
	Folder 13	Executive Committee meeting file, 2 of 2, September, 1994
	Folder 14	Governing Board meeting file, 1 of 2, October, 1994
	Folder 15	Governing Board meeting file, 2 of 2, October, 1994
	Folder 16	Executive Committee meeting file, December, 1994
	Folder 17	Management Committee agendas and minutes, 1 of 3, 1994-2000
	Folder 18	Management Committee agendas and minutes, 2 of 3, 1994-2000
Box 6	Folder 1	Management Committee agendas and minutes, 3 of 3, 1994-2000
	Folder 2	Executive Committee meeting file, February, 1995
	Folder 3	Governing Board/Executive Committee meeting file, 1 of 2, March-April, 1995
	Folder 4	Governing Board/Executive Committee meeting file, 2 of 2, March-April, 1995
	Folder 5	Executive Committee meeting file (contains confidential executive session notes), June, 1995
	Folder 6	Executive Committee meeting file, 1 of 2, September, 1995
	Folder 7	Executive Committee meeting file, 2 of 2, September, 1995
	Folder 8	Governing Board meeting file, 1 of 2, October, 1995
	Folder 9	Governing Board meeting file, 2 of 2, October, 1995
	Folder 10	Executive Committee meeting file, 1 of 2, February, 1996
	Folder 11	Executive Committee meeting file, 2 of 2, February, 1996
	Folder 12	Governing Board meeting file, 1 of 2, March, 1996
	Folder 13	Governing Board meeting file, 2 of 2, March, 1996
	Folder 14	Executive Committee meeting file, 1 of 2, June, 1996
	Folder 15	Executive Committee meeting file, 2 of 2, June, 1996
Box 7	Folder 1	Executive Committee meeting file, September, 1996
	Folder 2	Governing Board meeting file, 1 of 2, October, 1996
	Folder 3	Governing Board meeting file, 2 of 2, October, 1996
	Folder 4	Executive Committee meeting file, February, 1997
	Folder 5	Governing Board meeting file, April, 1997
	Folder 6	Executive Committee meeting file (contains confidential executive session notes), June, 1997
	Folder 7	Executive Committee meeting file, 1 of 2, September, 1997
	Folder 8	Executive Committee meeting file, 2 of 2, September, 1997
	Folder 9	Governing Board meeting file, October, 1997
	Folder 10	Executive Committee meeting file, January, 1998
	Folder 11	Governing Board meeting file, March, 1998
	Folder 12	Executive Committee meeting file (contains confidential executive session notes), June, 1998
Box 8	Folder 1	Executive Committee meeting file, September, 1998
	Folder 2	Governing Board meeting file, October, 1998
	Folder 3	Executive Committee meeting file, February, 1999
	Folder 4	Governing Board meeting file, April, 1999
	Folder 5	Executive Committee meeting file, June, 1999
	Folder 6	Executive Committee meeting file, September, 1999
	Folder 7	Governing Board meeting file, 1 of 2, October, 1999
	Folder 8	Governing Board meeting file, 2 of 2 (contains closed executive session notes), October, 1999
	Folder 9	Committee on committees meeting file, 1 of 2, February, 2000
	Folder 10	Committee on committees meeting file, 2 of 2, February, 2000
	Folder 11	Executive Committee meeting file, February, 2000
	Folder 12	Governing Board meeting file, March-April, 2000
Box 9	Folder 1	Executive Committee meeting file, September, 2000
	Folder 2	Executive Committee meeting file (contains closed executive session notes), June, 2000
	Folder 3	Executive Committee & Governing Board meeting files, November, 2000
	Folder 4	Committee on committees meeting file, January, 2001
	Folder 5	Executive Committee meeting file (contains closed executive session notes), January, 2001
	Folder 6	Governing Board meeting file, March, 2001
	Folder 7	Executive Committee meeting file, June, 2001
	Folder 8	Executive Committee meeting file, September, 2001
	Folder 9	Executive Committee & Governing Board meeting files (contains closed executive session notes), October, 2001
	Folder 10	Committee on committees meeting file, February, 2002
	Folder 11	Executive Committee meeting file (contains closed executive session notes), February, 2002
	Folder 12	Governing Board meeting file, 1 of 2, April, 2002
	Folder 13	Governing Board meeting file, 2 of 2, April, 2002