In this issue, Bob McEliece eulogizes a Society member and friend, Gus Solomon; Sergio Verd\'{u} holds a conversation with the 1996 Shannon Award winner; Brian Marcus discusses "Symbolic Dynamics and Coding Applications," the topic of his 1995 Plenary lecture; Sol Golomb teases members' minds with another interesting puzzle; and a variety of editors, officers, and members discuss the past, present, and future of the Society and information theory itself.
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