Does he ever sleep? Contributions to science and scientific administration

Abstract

Bill Yost's contributions to organizations, institutions, and academic endeavors are myriad. Let us begin with his participation in the Acoustical Society of America—clearly the academic and professional home for most of us in this room. He has served this society in leadership roles for nearly fifty years, including stints as President and other positions in the ASA administration. His honors from the ASA are the most significant we offer – winning the Silver Medal for Psychological and Physiological Acoustics in 2006 and the Gold Medal in 2018. His contributions include hundreds of articles and books published in JASA and elsewhere, and he is an active participant in the national meetings of the Society. His academic career also includes important leadership roles in academic administrations at two major universities, serving, among other roles, as Dean, Research Administrator, and Department Chair. And all of this, while teaching courses, and writing and editing scholarly books and journal articles. As a leading auditory scientist, Yost enjoys multiple active collaborations world-wide, and has a compelling history of national grant funding. He is a legend and an aspirational example for his students and colleagues. But when does he sleep?