New fellows of the Acoustical Society of America.

Fall 2006 Meeting, joint with the Acoustical Society of Japan (Honolulu, Hawaii). The Technical Committee on Acoustical Oceanography AO sponsored two special sessions: 1 “Acoustic scattering by aquatic organisms,” organized by Ken Foote Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Masahiro Furusawa from the Acoustical Society of Japan; and 2 “Ocean acoustic tomography for coastal and deep water applications,” organized by Jim Mercer Applied Physical Laboratory, Seattle and Arato Kaneko from the Acoustical Society of Japan. I want to thank Jim and Ken for their extra efforts in coordinating these sessions with their co-chairs from Japan. The Best Student Paper Awards in Acoustical Oceanography went to Paul Roberts of Scripps first prize winner for his paper, “Multiple-angle acoustic scattering and classification of zooplankton,” and Tadanori Fujino Fisheries Research Agency, Hasaki, Japan who won second prize for his paper, “Target strength of a mesopelagic fish Maurolicus japonicus at 38 and 120 kHz.” Andone Lavery Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution represented AO at the Technical Program Organizing Meeting. Spring 2007 Meeting (Salt Lake City, Utah). The 2007 Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography was awarded to Brian Dushaw of the University of Washington, Applied Physical Laboratory, Seattle, for his research on acoustic tomography to measure temperature change in the ocean. Dr. Dushaw presented the AO Prize Lecture entitled, “The recent history of our understanding of low-mode internal tides in the ocean.” AO sponsored two special sessions and a memorial session for Hank Medwin. Jim Lynch Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution organized a special session entitled “Acoustic sensing of the ocean and seabed using gliders and AUVs.” Grant