It is the individual members, especially through the Commissions and Working Groups, who have promoted these enormous changes in the outlook of the Union. What was once an inward-looking body engaged purely with the procedures of astronomical research is now a dynamic and outward-looking organization, interacting with people, especially students and the public.Ī large part of this success must be attributed to the IAU’s unique body of individual members, whose number has grown strongly in recent decades. It is hardly recognizable in terms of its original organization and goals of a century ago. This article shows how the IAU has evolved dramatically since WW2. I discuss the second IAU Strategic Plan for the decade 2020–30 in the context of the overall evolution of the IAU in recent past decades.
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