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Physics News Update
Number 149 (Story #1), October 28, 1993 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP) has moved its headquarters to College Park, Maryland, just outside Washington, DC. After 60 years in New York City, AIP now occupies a new building, the American Center for Physics (ACP), with three of its Member Societies, The American Physical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers, and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. AIP is a not-for-profit corporation chartered for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its applications; it is the largest publisher of physics journals in the world. PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE is prepared by the AIP Public Information division. Our new address (including that of yours truly) is One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3843; Phone: 301-209-3090; Fax: 301-209-0846; electronic mail: pfs2@aip.org