Multitalented Directors Keep Societies On Course

The following list, reflecting the range of salaries paid to executive directors of United States science societies, was compiled from a variety of sources, principally from Science and Government Report ("Non-Profit Paychecks: SGR's Sixth Annual Survey," 23[5]:1-4, April 1, 1994), whose figures are used here with SGR's permission. John Crum, American Chemical Society--$258,455 Richard Nicholson, American Association for the Advancement of Science--$210,000 Bryant Welch, American Psychological Association--$191,908 Kenneth Ford, American Institute of Physics--$186,680 Michael Jackson, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology--$166,738 Bill Aldridge, National Science Teachers Association--$125,000 Celia Tannenbaum, National Audubon Society--$70,608 Catherine Didion, Association for Women in Science--$45,000 Below, for comparison, are salaries of a number of other nonprofit organization leaders, as cited by SGR in its April 1 issue: Purnell Choppin, president, Howard Hughes Medical Institute --$473,500 Gerald Mossinghoff, president, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association--$440,000 Barry Horowitz, president and CEO, Mitre Corp.--$295,000 Frank Press, president (now retired), National Academy ...