Physics and Society: A sub-discipline of Physics

The Forum on Physics and Society was born in the tumultuous 1960's and 70's and has a long record of accomplishments over the past 40 years. \begin{itemize} \item {303 APS session in 40 years, an average of 7.7/year.} \item {10 Books (3 Forum Studies, 7 AIP Conf. Proceedings, 4 booklets).} \item {Physics and Society has published results that have been widely referenced.} \item {2 Forum Board Members became U.S. Congressmen [V. Ehlers (R-MI), R. Holt (D-NJ)], others have had notable public service careers.} \item {Szilard and Burton-Forum Awards recognize positive contributions of physicists in society.} \item {The Forum helped establish the Congressional Science Fellowships.} \end{itemize} This talk will update the 1999 \textit{Forum History} (http://www.aps.org/units/fps/history.cfm) and provide anecdotal humor. Lastly, back-of-the-envelope calculations from my text, \textit{Physics of Society Issues: Calculations on National Security, Environment and Energy} (Springer, 2007), will be provided.