Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., Executive Officer of the Society from 1977-83 and Librarian from 1966-80, supported the APS through several Charitable Gift Annuities as well as a bequest upon his death in 2009 at the age of 94.  Using planned gifts to establish the Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. Fund for Library Acquisitions, he said, "was an easy and a practical way to help assure the continued growth of the Society's extraordinary collections."